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sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com-
mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 
rule XI. 
(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author-
ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 
and may be served by any person designated by the 
ranking minority member. 
(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 
available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi-
tions conducted by the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability in furtherance of the investigation de-
scribed in the first section of this resolution, with 
appropriate redactions for classified and other sen-
sitive information. 
(6) The Committee on Oversight and Account-
ability may issue a report setting forth its findings 
and any recommendations and appending any infor-
mation and materials the Committee on Oversight 
and Accountability may deem appropriate with re-
spect to the investigation described in the first sec-
tion of this resolution. The chair may transmit such 
report and appendices, along with any supplemental, 
minority, additional, or dissenting views filed pursu-
ant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on 
the Judiciary and make such report publicly avail-
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able in electronic form, with appropriate redactions 
to protect classified and other sensitive information. 
Any report prepared under this paragraph may be 
prepared in consultation with the chairs of the Com-
mittees on Ways and Means and on the Judiciary. 
SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 
ON WAYS AND MEANS. 
For the purpose of continuing the investigation de-
scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means is authorized to conduct pro-
ceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 
(1) The chair of the Committee on Ways and 
Means may designate an open hearing or hearings 
pursuant to this section. 
(2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec-
ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 
paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means shall 
be permitted to question witnesses for equal speci-
fied periods of longer than five minutes, as deter-
mined by the chair. The time available for each pe-
riod of questioning under this paragraph shall be 
equal for the chair and the ranking minority mem-
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ber. The chair may confer recognition for multiple 
periods of such questioning, but each period of ques-
tioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. 
Only the chair and ranking minority member, or an 
employee of the Committee on Ways and Means if 
yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, 
may question witnesses during such periods of ques-
tioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to 
this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with 
questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 
clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 
(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit-
ness requests, the ranking minority member may 
submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit-
ness testimony relevant to the investigation de-
scribed in the first section of this resolution within 
72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 
designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re-
quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus-
tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 
requested witness to the investigation described in 
the first section of this resolution. 
(4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means is authorized, with 
the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on 
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Ways and Means, to require, as deemed necessary to 
the investigation— 
(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(I) the attendance and testimony of 
any person (including at a taking of a dep-
osition); and 
(II) the production of books, records, 
correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 
documents; and 
(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in-
formation. 
(B) In the case that the chair declines to con-
cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 
member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 
minority member shall have the right to refer to the 
committee for decision the question whether such 
authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 
convene the committee promptly to render that deci-
sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com-
mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 
rule XI. 
(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author-
ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 
and may be served by any person designated by the 
ranking minority member. 
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(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 
available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi-
tions conducted by the Committee on Ways and 
Means in furtherance of the investigation described 
in the first section of this resolution, with appro-
priate redactions for classified and other sensitive in-
formation. 
(6) The Committee on Ways and Means may 
issue a report setting forth its findings and any rec-
ommendations and appending any information and 
materials the Committee on Ways and Means may 
deem appropriate with respect to the investigation 
described in the first section of this resolution. The 
chair may transmit such report and appendices, 
along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 
dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule 
XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make 
such report publicly available in electronic form, 
with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 
other sensitive information. Any report prepared 
under this paragraph may be prepared in consulta-
tion with the chairs of the Committees on Oversight 
and Accountability and on the Judiciary. 
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SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 
ON THE JUDICIARY. 
For the purpose of continuing the investigation de-
scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary is authorized to conduct pro-
ceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 
(1) The chair of the Committee on the Judici-
ary may designate an open hearing or hearings pur-
suant to this section. 
(2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec-
ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 
paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary shall be 
permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 
periods of longer than five minutes, as determined 
by the chair. The time available for each period of 
questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for 
the chair and the ranking minority member. The 
chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 
such questioning, but each period of questioning 
shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 
the chair and ranking minority member, or an em-
ployee of the Committee on the Judiciary if yielded 
to by the chair or ranking minority member, may 
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question witnesses during such periods of ques-
tioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to 
this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with 
questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 
clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 
(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit-
ness requests, the ranking minority member may 
submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit-
ness testimony relevant to the investigation de-
scribed in the first section of this resolution within 
72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 
designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re-
quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus-
tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 
requested witness to the investigation described in 
the first section of this resolution. 
(4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the 
concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, to require, as deemed necessary to the in-
vestigation— 
(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(I) the attendance and testimony of 
any person (including at a taking of a dep-
osition); and 
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(II) the production of books, records, 
correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 
documents; and 
(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in-
formation. 
(B) In the case that the chair declines to con-
cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 
member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 
minority member shall have the right to refer to the 
committee for decision the question whether such 
authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 
convene the committee promptly to render that deci-
sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com-
mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 
rule XI. 
(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author-
ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 
and may be served by any person designated by the 
ranking minority member. 
(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 
available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi-
tions conducted by the Committee on the Judiciary 
in furtherance of the investigation described in the 
first section of this resolution, with appropriate 
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redactions for classified and other sensitive informa-
tion. 
SEC. 5. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE 
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 
(a) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 
conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry 
described in the first section of this resolution pursuant 
to the procedures submitted for printing in the Congres-
sional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, in-
cluding such procedures as to allow for the participation 
of the President and his counsel. 
(b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 
promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary 
for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings 
held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the addi-
tional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures 
referenced in subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, 
and the Rules of the House. 
(c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concur-
rence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 
require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 
(A) by subpoena or otherwise— 
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(i) the attendance and testimony of any 
person (including at a taking of a deposition); 
and 
(ii) the production of books, records, cor-
respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu-
ments; and 
(B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa-
tion. 
(2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 
a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall 
have the right to refer to the committee for decision the 
question whether such authority shall be so exercised and 
the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render 
that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a com-
mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule 
XI. 
(3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may 
be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be 
served by any person designated by the ranking minority 
member. 
(d) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 
report to the House of Representatives resolutions, articles 
of impeachment, or other recommendations. 
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SEC. 6. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 917. 
House Resolution 917 is hereby adopted. 
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House Calendar No. 54 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 918 
[Report No. 118–314] 
RESOLUTION 
Directing certain committees to continue their on-
going investigations as part of the existing House 
of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient 
grounds exist for the House of Representatives to 
exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Jo-
seph Biden, President of the United States of 
America, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 12, 2023 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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