IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 12 
Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal 
Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee 
on the Judiciary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. JORDAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization 
of the Federal Government as a select investigative sub-
committee of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 
1. 
SELECT 
SUBCOMMITTEE 
ON 
THE 
WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress a 
select investigative subcommittee of the Committee 
on the Judiciary called the Select Subcommittee on 
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the Weaponization of the Federal Government (here-
inafter referred to as the ‘‘select subcommittee’’). 
(2) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) The select subcommittee shall be com-
posed of the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on the Judiciary, together 
with not more than 13 other Members, Dele-
gates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed 
by the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 shall 
be appointed in consultation with the minority 
leader. The Speaker shall designate one mem-
ber of the select subcommittee as its chair. Any 
vacancy in the select subcommittee shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original ap-
pointment. 
(B) Each member appointed to the select 
subcommittee shall be treated as though a 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary for 
purposes of the select subcommittee. 
(b) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.— 
(1) INVESTIGATIVE
FUNCTIONS.—The select 
subcommittee is authorized and directed to conduct 
a full and complete investigation and study and, not 
later than January 2, 2025, issue a final report to 
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the House of its findings (and such interim reports 
as it may deem necessary) regarding— 
(A) the expansive role of article II author-
ity vested in the executive branch to collect in-
formation on or otherwise investigate citizens of 
the United States, including ongoing criminal 
investigations; 
(B) how executive branch agencies work 
with, obtain information from, and provide in-
formation to the private sector, non-profit enti-
ties, or other government agencies to facilitate 
action against American citizens, including the 
extent, if any, to which illegal or improper, un-
constitutional, or unethical activities were en-
gaged in by the executive branch or private sec-
tor against citizens of the United States; 
(C) how executive branch agencies collect, 
compile, analyze, use, or disseminate informa-
tion about citizens of the United States, includ-
ing any unconstitutional, illegal, or unethical 
activities committed against citizens of the 
United States; 
(D) the laws, programs, and activities of 
the executive branch as they relate to the collec-
tion of information on citizens of the United 
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States and the sources and methods used for 
the collection of information on citizens of the 
United States; 
(E) any other issues related to the viola-
tion of the civil liberties of citizens of the 
United States; and 
(F) any other matter relating to informa-
tion collected pursuant to the investigation con-
ducted under this paragraph at any time during 
the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 
(2) AUTHORITY.— 
(A) The select subcommittee may report to 
the House or any committee of the House from 
time to time the results of its investigations and 
studies, together with such detailed findings 
and legislative recommendations as it may deem 
advisable. 
(B) Any markup of legislation shall be held 
at the full Committee level consistent with 
clause 1(l) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives. 
(c) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the rules of the Committee on the 
Judiciary shall apply to the select subcommittee in 
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the same manner as a subcommittee except as fol-
lows: 
(A) The chair of the select subcommittee 
may, after consultation with the ranking minor-
ity member, recognize— 
(i) 
members 
of 
the 
select 
sub-
committee to question a witness for periods 
longer than five minutes as though pursu-
ant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of such rule XI; 
and 
(ii) staff of the select subcommittee to 
question a witness as though pursuant to 
clause 2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 
(B) The Committee on the Judiciary (or 
the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, if 
acting in accordance with clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) 
of rule XI) may authorize and issue subpoenas 
to be returned at the select subcommittee. 
(C) With regard to the full scope of inves-
tigative authority under subsection (b)(1), the 
select subcommittee shall be authorized to re-
ceive information available to the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, consistent 
with congressional reporting requirements for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities, 
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and any such information received shall be sub-
ject to the terms and conditions applicable 
under clause 11 of rule X. 
(2) The provisions of this resolution shall gov-
ern the proceedings of the select subcommittee in 
the event of any conflict with the rules of the House 
or of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
(d) SERVICE.—Service on the select subcommittee 
shall not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) 
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
(e) SUCCESSOR.—The Committee on the Judiciary is 
the ‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select subcommittee for 
purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives. 
(f) SUNSET.—The select subcommittee shall cease to 
exist 30 days after filing the final report required under 
subsection (b). 
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