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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 16
To establish a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. KING submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
To establish a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
There is established in the House of Representatives
a select committee to be known as the Select Committee
on POW and MIA Affairs.
SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS.
The select committee shall conduct a full investiga-
tion of all unresolved matters relating to any United
States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era,
the Korean conflict, or World War II, including MIA’s and
POW’s.
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SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.
(a) MEMBERS.—The select committee shall be com-
posed of 10 Members of the House, who shall be appointed
by the Speaker. Not more than half of the members of
the select committee shall be of the same political party.
(b) VACANCY.—Any vacancy occurring in the mem-
bership of the select committee shall be filled in the same
manner in which the original appointment was made.
(c) CHAIRPERSON.—The Speaker shall designate 1
member of the select committee to be its chairperson.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—For purposes of carrying out this
resolution, the select committee (or any subcommittee of
the select committee authorized to hold hearings) may sit
and act during the present Congress at any time or place
within the United States (including any Commonwealth
or possession of the United States, or elsewhere, whether
the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned)
and to hold such hearings as it considers necessary.
(b) RULES
OF
PROCEDURE.—The provisions of
clauses 1, 2, and 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House
shall apply to the select committee.
(c) PROHIBITION AGAINST MEETING AT CERTAIN
TIMES.—Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit the
applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House to the select committee.
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SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) EXPENSES.—Subject to the adoption of expense
resolutions as required by clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules
of the House, the select committee may incur expenses in
connection with its functions under this resolution.
(b) STAFF AND TRAVEL.—In carrying out its func-
tions under this resolution, the select committee may—
(1) appoint, either on a permanent basis or as
experts or consultants, any staff that the select com-
mittee considers necessary;
(2) prescribe the duties and responsibilities of
the staff;
(3) fix the compensation of the staff at a single
per annum gross rate that does not exceed the high-
est rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time,
of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316
of title 5, United States Code;
(4) terminate the employment of any such staff
as the select committee considers appropriate; and
(5) reimburse members of the select committee
and of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other
necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform-
ance of their functions for the select committee,
other than expenses in connection with any meeting
of the select committee, or a subcommittee thereof,
held in the District of Columbia.
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(c) EXPIRATION.—The select committee and all au-
thority granted in this resolution shall expire 30 days after
the filing of the final report of the select committee with
the House, or just prior to noon on January 5, 1999,
whichever occurs first.
SEC. 6. REPORTS AND RECORDS.
(a) FINAL REPORT.—As soon as practicable during
the present Congress, the select committee shall submit
to the House a final report setting forth its findings and
recommendations as a result of its investigation.
(b) FILING OF REPORTS.—Any report made by the
select committee when the House is not in session shall
be filed with the Clerk of the House.
(c) REFERRAL OF REPORTS.—Any report made by
the select committee shall be referred to the committee
or committees that have jurisdiction over the subject mat-
ter of the report.
(d) RECORDS, FILES, AND MATERIALS.—Following
the termination of the select committee, the records, files,
and materials of the select committee shall be transferred
to the Clerk of the House. If the final report of the select
committee is referred to only 1 committee under the provi-
sions of subsection (c), the records, files, and materials
of the select committee shall be transferred instead to the
committee to which the final report is referred.
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SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this resolution:
(1) The term ‘‘Member of the House’’ means
any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to, the Congress.
(2) The term ‘‘MIA’’ means any United States
personnel that is unaccounted for and missing in ac-
tion.
(3) The term ‘‘POW’’ means any United States
personnel that is unaccounted for and known to be
a prisoner of war.
(4) The term ‘‘select committee’’ means the Se-
lect Committee on MIA and POW Affairs estab-
lished by this resolution.
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