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misleading narratives of President Joseph Robinette 
Biden, Jr.’s cognitive and physical health; 
(5) examine President Joseph Robinette Biden, 
Jr.’s use of autopen for official Presidential acts as 
well as who was controlling such actions; 
(6) investigate and report on the existence, con-
tent, and suppression of Special Counsel Robert 
Hur’s tapes and related evidence; 
(7) examine President Joseph Robinette Biden, 
Jr.’s mishandling of classified documents; and 
(8) issue a final report to the House containing 
such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for 
corrective measures described as it may deem nec-
essary. 
(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—In addition to the final re-
port addressing issued under subsection (a)(7), the Select 
Committee may report to the House or any committee of 
the House from time to time the results of its investiga-
tions, together with such detailed findings, policy rec-
ommendations, and legislative proposals as it may deem 
advisable. 
(c) JURISDICTION.— 
(1) NO LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Se-
lect Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction 
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and shall have no authority to take legislative action 
on any bill or resolution. 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE
JURISDICTION.—The sole 
authority of the Select Committee shall be to inves-
tigate and report on President Joseph Robinette 
Biden, Jr.’s cognitive and physical health decline 
and the potential concealment of information from 
the American public, and to make policy rec-
ommendations and legislative proposals in response 
to its investigation and report. The Select Com-
mittee may, at its discretion, hold public hearings in 
connection with any aspect of its investigative func-
tions. 
(d) STAFF; FUNDING.— 
(1) The appointment and the compensation of 
staff for the Select Committee shall be subject to 
regulations issued by the Committee on House Ad-
ministration. 
(2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House 
or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select 
Committee to carry out this resolution and shall be 
deemed to be staff of the Select Committee. 
(B) The Select Committee may request the 
head of any Federal agency to detail, on a nonreim-
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bursable basis, any of the personnel of the agency to 
the Select Committee. 
(3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply 
with respect to the Select Committee in the same 
manner as such section applies with respect to a 
standing committee, except that the selection of any 
consultant or organization under such section shall 
be subject to approval by the Speaker. 
(e) DEADLINES.—The Select Committee shall submit 
all of its reports to the House by December 31, 2025. All 
policy recommendations and legislative proposals shall be 
submitted to the relevant standing committees not later 
than December 31, 2025. The Select Committee shall sub-
mit all legislative proposals to the relevant standing com-
mittees not later than 30 days after their adoption by the 
Select Committee. 
SEC. 4. PROCEDURE. 
(a) ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY.—Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select 
Committee is authorized to study the sources and methods 
of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X inso-
far as such study is related to the matters described in 
sections 3 and 4. 
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(b) TREATMENT
OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 
Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of 
clause 11(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall apply to the Select Committee. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF RULES GOVERNING PROCE-
DURES OF COMMITTEES.—Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives shall apply to the Select Com-
mittee except as follows: 
(1) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the 
Select Committee. 
(2) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to 
the Select Committee in the same manner as it ap-
plies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. 
(3) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two 
Members of the Select Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for taking testimony or receiving evidence 
and one-third of the Members of the Select Com-
mittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any ac-
tion other than one for which the presence of a ma-
jority of the Select Committee is required. 
(4) The chair of the Select Committee may au-
thorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) 
of rule XI in the investigation and study conducted 
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pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this resolution, in-
cluding for the purpose of taking depositions. 
(5) The chair of the Select Committee is au-
thorized to compel by subpoena the furnishing of in-
formation by interrogatory. 
(6)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon 
consultation with the ranking minority member, may 
order the taking of depositions, including pursuant 
to subpoena, by a Member or counsel of the Select 
Committee, in the same manner as a standing com-
mittee pursuant to section 3(t) of House Resolution 
5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. 
(B) Depositions taken under the authority pre-
scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the 
most recent procedures submitted by the chair of the 
Committee on Rules for printing in the Congres-
sional Record. 
(7) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this reso-
lution may be signed by the chair of the Select Com-
mittee or a designee. 
(8) The chair of the Select Committee may, 
after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, recognize— 
(A) Members of the Select Committee to 
question a witness for periods longer than five 
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minutes 
as 
though 
pursuant 
to 
clause 
2(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and 
(B) staff of the Select Committee to ques-
tion a witness as though pursuant to clause 
2(j)(2)(C) of rule XI. 
(9) The chair of the Select Committee may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
ordered on questions referenced in clause 2(h)(4) of 
rule XI, and may resume proceedings on such post-
poned questions at any time after reasonable notice. 
Notwithstanding any intervening order for the pre-
vious question, an underlying proposition shall re-
main subject to further debate or amendment to the 
same extent as when the question was postponed. 
(10) The provisions of paragraphs (f)(1) 
through (f)(12) of clause 4 of rule XI shall apply to 
the Select Committee. 
SEC. 5. TERMINATION. 
The Select Committee shall terminate 30 days after 
filing the final report under section 3(a)(7). 
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