IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 917 
Authorizing the enforcement of subpoenas issued by the Chairs of the Com-
mittees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, or the Judici-
ary as part of the inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for 
the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to 
impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2023 
Mr. ARMSTRONG submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the enforcement of subpoenas issued by the 
Chairs of the Committees on Oversight and Account-
ability, Ways and Means, or the Judiciary as part of 
the inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the 
House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional 
power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United 
States of America, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That the chairs of each of the Committees 
on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and 
the Judiciary are authorized, with the approval of the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, to initiate or in-
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tervene in certain judicial proceedings before a Federal 
court for the purpose of advancing the ongoing investiga-
tions into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House 
of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to 
impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of 
America, including as set forth in the memorandum issued 
by the Chairs of the Committees on Oversight and Ac-
countability, Ways and Means, and Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives, entitled ‘‘Impeachment Inquiry’’, 
dated September 27, 2023, and that the Chair of each 
such Committee has had and continues to have the author-
ity to issue subpoenas to further this impeachment in-
quiry. 
SUBPOENA AUTHORITY 
SEC. 2. 
The authority provided by clause 2(m) of Rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the Chairs 
of the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways 
and Means, and Judiciary included, from the beginning 
of the existing House of Representatives impeachment in-
quiry described in the first section of this resolution, and 
continues to include, so long as the impeachment inquiry 
is ongoing, the authority to issue subpoenas on behalf of 
such Committees for the purpose of furthering the im-
peachment inquiry. 
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RATIFYING AND AFFIRMING SUBPOENAS 
SEC. 3. 
The House of Representatives ratifies and affirms 
any subpoenas previously issued, pursuant to the authority 
established by the Constitution of the United States and 
clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives, by the Chairs of the Committees on Over-
sight and Accountability, Ways and Means, or the Judici-
ary as part of the impeachment inquiry described in the 
first section of this resolution. 
INITIATION AND INTERVENTION IN JUDICIAL 
PROCEEDINGS 
SEC. 4. 
(a) The chairs of each of the Committees on Over-
sight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Judi-
ciary are authorized, on behalf of such Committees, and 
with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, to initiate or intervene in any judicial pro-
ceeding before a Federal court— 
(1) to seek declaratory judgments and any and 
all ancillary relief, including injunctive relief, affirm-
ing the duty of any recipient of a subpoena author-
ized, described, ratified or affirmed by the second or 
third section of this resolution to comply with that 
subpoena, including the subpoenas issued to— 
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(A) Jack Morgan, U.S. Department of 
Justice; and 
(B) Mark F. Daly, Senior Litigation Coun-
sel, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice; 
and 
(2) to petition for disclosure of— 
(A) information relevant to the impeach-
ment inquiry, pursuant to Federal Rule of 
Criminal 
Procedure 
6(e), 
including 
Rule 
6(e)(3)(E) (providing that the court may au-
thorize disclosure of a grand-jury matter ‘‘pre-
liminarily to a * * * judicial proceeding’’); and 
(B) materials relevant to the impeachment 
inquiry currently held by the National Archives 
and Records Administration, including those to 
which access may be provided pursuant to sec-
tion 2205 of title 44, United States Code. 
(b) The chair of each of the Committees on Oversight 
and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary 
exercising authority described in subsection (a) shall no-
tify the House of Representatives, with respect to the com-
mencement of any judicial proceeding thereunder. 
(c) The Office of General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives shall, with the authorization of the Speak-
er, represent any of the Committees on Oversight and Ac-
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countability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary in any 
judicial proceeding initiated or intervened in pursuant to 
the authority described in the subsection (a). 
(d) The Office of General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives is authorized to retain private counsel, ei-
ther for pay or pro bono, to assist in the representation 
of any of the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, 
Ways and Means, and the Judiciary in any judicial pro-
ceeding initiated or intervened in pursuant to the author-
ity described in subsection (a). 
(e) In connection with any judicial proceeding 
brought under subsection (a), the chair of each of the 
Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and 
Means, and Judiciary exercising authority thereunder has 
any and all necessary authority under Article I of the Con-
stitution. 
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