IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 396 
Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate 
whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to 
exercise the power vested by article 1, section 2, clause 5 of the Constitu-
tion in respect to acts of misconduct by Donald John Trump, President 
of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2019 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. LEWIS, and Mr. 
COHEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary 
to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the 
House of Representatives to exercise the power vested 
by article 1, section 2, clause 5 of the Constitution 
in respect to acts of misconduct by Donald John Trump, 
President of the United States. 
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, act-
ing as a whole or by any subcommittee thereof appointed 
by the chairman for the purposes hereof and in accordance 
with the rules of the committee, is authorized and directed 
to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient 
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(11) authorizing the issuance of security clear-
ances and disclosure of national secrets to persons 
known by the U.S. Intelligence Community to pose 
security risks; 
(12) refusal to acknowledge and failure to act 
to deter aggression and defend against attacks on 
the electoral systems and processes of the United 
States by foreign nations, actors, and entities; 
(13) engaging in a criminal scheme to violate 
Federal campaign finance laws to defraud the people 
of the United States; 
(14) mismanagement of the executive branch by 
failing to nominate persons for positions requiring 
confirmation by the United States Senate; 
(15) destabilizing the peace and security of the 
United States by condoning and normalizing White 
nationalism and giving legitimacy to those who ad-
here to the doctrine of White supremacy; 
(16) endeavoring to abuse the law enforcement 
powers of the United States to investigate and pun-
ish persons considered by Donald John Trump to be 
his political enemies; 
(17) undermining the essential institution of a 
free and independent press by attacking media orga-
nizations and individuals as ‘‘enemies of the people’’; 
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(18) denigrating immigrants and undermining 
the international standing of the United States by 
separating minor-age immigrant children from their 
parents with no means or intention of family reunifi-
cation; and for 
(19) irreparable breaches of the public trust. 
SEC. 2. The committee shall report to the House of 
Representatives such resolutions, articles of impeachment, 
or other recommendations as it deems proper. 
SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of making such investiga-
tion, the committee, as it deems necessary to such inves-
tigation, is authorized to require— 
(1) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(A) the attendance and testimony of any 
person (including at a taking of a deposition by 
counsel for the committee); and 
(B) the production of such things; and 
(2) by interrogatory, the furnishing of such in-
formation; 
(b) Such authority of the committee may be exer-
cised— 
(1) by the chairman and the ranking minority 
member acting jointly, or, if the ranking member de-
clines to act, by the chairman acting alone, except 
that in the event either so declines, either shall have 
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shall have the right to refer to the committee for de-
cision the question whether such authority shall be 
so exercised and the committee shall be convened 
promptly to render that decision; or 
(2) by the committee acting as a whole or by 
subcommittee. 
Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be 
issued over the signature of the chairman, and may be 
served by any person designated by the chairman, or any 
member designated by the chairman. The chairman, or 
any member designated by the chairman (or, with respect 
to any deposition, answer to interrogatory, or affidavit, 
any person authorized by law to administer oaths) may 
administer oaths to any witness. For the purposes of this 
section, ‘‘things’’ includes, without limitation, books, 
records, correspondence, logs, journals, memorandums, 
papers, documents, writings, drawings, graphs, charts, 
photographs, reproductions, recordings, tapes, transcripts, 
printouts, data compilations from which information can 
be obtained (translated if necessary, through detection de-
vices into reasonably usable form), tangible objects, and 
other things of any kind. 
SEC. 4. There shall be paid out of the applicable ac-
counts of the House such sums as may be necessary to 
assist the Committee on the Judiciary in conducting the 
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inquiry under this resolution, any of which may be used 
for the procurement of staff or consultant services. 
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