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House Calendar No. 63 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 461 
[Report No. 114–288] 
Establishing a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2015 
Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce. 
Resolved, That there is hereby established a Select In-
vestigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce (hereinafter ‘‘select panel’’). 
SEC. 2. (a) The select panel shall be composed of not 
more than 13 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Com-
missioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more 
than five shall be appointed on the recommendation of the 
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minority leader. Any vacancy in the select panel shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(b) Each member appointed to the select panel shall 
be treated as though a member of the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce for purposes of the select panel. 
(c) No member may serve on the select panel in an 
ex officio capacity. 
(d) The Speaker shall designate as chair of the select 
panel a member elected to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce. 
SEC. 3. (a) The select panel is authorized and di-
rected to conduct a full and complete investigation and 
study and issue a final report of its findings (and such 
interim reports as it may deem necessary) regarding— 
(1) medical procedures and business practices 
used by entities involved in fetal tissue procurement; 
(2) any other relevant matters with respect to 
fetal tissue procurement; 
(3) Federal funding and support for abortion 
providers; 
(4) the practices of providers of second and 
third trimester abortions, including partial birth 
abortion and procedures that may lead to a child 
born alive as a result of an attempted abortion; 
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(5) medical procedures for the care of a child 
born alive as a result of an attempted abortion; and 
(6) any changes in law or regulation necessary 
as a result of any findings made under this sub-
section. 
(b) The chair of the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce shall cause any such report to be printed and made 
publicly available in electronic form. 
SEC. 4. Rule XI and the rules of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce shall apply to the select panel in 
the same manner as a subcommittee except as follows: 
(1) The chair of the select panel may authorize 
and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule 
XI in the investigation and study conducted pursu-
ant to section 3, including for the purpose of taking 
depositions. 
(2) The chair of the select panel, upon consulta-
tion with the ranking minority member, may order 
the taking of depositions, under oath and pursuant 
to notice or subpoena, by a member of the select 
panel or a counsel of the select panel. Such deposi-
tions shall be governed by the regulations issued by 
the chair of the Committee on Rules pursuant to 
section 3(b)(2) of House Resolution 5, One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress, and printed in the Congres-
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sional Record. The select panel shall be deemed to 
be a committee for purposes of such regulations. 
(3) The chair of the select panel may, after con-
sultation with the ranking minority member, recog-
nize— 
(A) members of the select panel to ques-
tion a witness for periods longer than five min-
utes as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of 
rule XI; and 
(B) staff of the select panel to question a 
witness as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(C) 
of rule XI. 
SEC. 5. Service on the select panel shall not count 
against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule X. 
SEC. 6. The select panel shall cease to exist 30 days 
after filing the final report required under section 3. 
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House Calendar No. 63 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 461 
[Report No. 114–288] 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing a Select Investigative Panel of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
OCTOBER 6, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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