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House Calendar No. 118 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1253 
[Report No. 117–501] 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain docu-
ments to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of the 
Department of the Interior’s Departmental Ethics Office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2022 
Mr. WESTERMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and 
ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced resolution, see copy of resolution as introduced on July 22, 2022] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit 
certain documents to the House of Representatives relat-
ing to the actions of the Department of the Interior’s 
Departmental Ethics Office. 
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior is directed 
to transmit, to the House of Representatives, not later than 
14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, 
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copies of any document, memorandum, correspondence, and 
other communication or any portion of any such commu-
nication, that refers or relates to the operation of the De-
partment of the Interior’s Departmental Ethics Office and 
the creation of ethics guidance, including the following: 
(1) Any documents and communications relating 
to the process for creating ethics compliance mate-
rials, including but not limited to any reference to— 
(A) the creation of Ethics Guidance on 
Recusal Obligations; 
(B) the creation of Ethics Recusal and 
Screening Arrangements; 
(C) how the Departmental Ethics Office col-
lects information from political appointees; and 
(D) how the Departmental Ethics Office 
verifies the information provided by political ap-
pointees. 
(2) Any documents and communications relating 
to the time frame in which political appointees are 
provided final ethics guidance. 
(3) Any documents and communications relating 
to ethics waivers for political appointees; including 
but not limited to any reference to— 
(A) requests for ethics waivers; 
(B) denying an ethics waiver; and 
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(C) granting an ethics waiver. 
(4) Any documents and communications relating 
to the drafting and finalization of ethics guidance for 
all Interior Department political appointees. 
(5) Any meeting or communication that occurred 
between the Designated Agency Ethics Official and all 
Interior Department political appointees, relating to 
the drafting and finalization of ethics guidance. 
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House Calendar No. 118 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1253 
[Report No. 117–501] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to 
transmit certain documents to the House of Rep-
resentatives relating to the actions of the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s Departmental Ethics Of-
fice. 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 
House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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