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designate one member of the select subcommittee as its 
chair. Any vacancy in the select subcommittee shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(b) Each member appointed to the select sub-
committee shall be treated as though a member of the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform for purposes of the 
select subcommittee. 
SEC. 3. (a) The select subcommittee is authorized 
and directed to conduct a full and complete investigation 
and study and issue a final report to the House of its find-
ings (and such interim reports as it may deem necessary) 
regarding— 
(1) the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and 
transparency of the use of taxpayer funds and relief 
programs to address the coronavirus crisis, including 
through Federal agencies, State and local govern-
ment entities, financial institutions and other private 
businesses, contracts, grants, loans, loan guarantees, 
investments, cooperative agreements, or any other 
means; 
(2) reports of waste, fraud, abuse, price 
gouging, profiteering, or other abusive practices re-
lated to the coronavirus crisis; 
(3) the implementation or effectiveness of any 
Federal law applied, enacted, or under consideration 
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to address the coronavirus crisis and prepare for fu-
ture pandemics; 
(4) preparedness for and response to the 
coronavirus crisis, including the planning for and 
implementation of testing, containment, mitigation, 
and surveillance activities; the acquisition, distribu-
tion, or stockpiling of protective equipment and med-
ical supplies; and the development of vaccines and 
treatments; 
(5) the economic impact of the coronavirus cri-
sis on individuals, communities, small businesses, 
health care providers, States, and local government 
entities; 
(6) any disparate impacts of the coronavirus 
crisis on different communities and populations, in-
cluding with respect to race, ethnicity, age, sex, gen-
der identity, sexual orientation, disability, and geo-
graphic region, and any measures taken to address 
such disparate impacts; 
(7) executive branch policies, deliberations, deci-
sions, activities, and internal and external commu-
nications related to the coronavirus crisis; 
(8) the protection of whistleblowers who provide 
information about waste, fraud, abuse, or other im-
proper activities related to the coronavirus crisis; 
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(9) cooperation by the executive branch and 
others with Congress, the Inspectors General, the 
Government Accountability Office, and others in 
connection with oversight of the preparedness for 
and response to the coronavirus crisis; and 
(10) any other issues related to the coronavirus 
crisis. 
(b) The select subcommittee may report to the House 
or any committee of the House from time to time the re-
sults of its investigations and studies, together with such 
detailed findings and legislative recommendations as it 
may deem advisable. 
(c) The select subcommittee may not hold a markup 
of legislation. 
SEC. 4. (a) Rule XI and the rules of the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform shall apply to the select sub-
committee in the same manner as a subcommittee except 
as follows: 
(1) The chair of the select subcommittee may 
authorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 
2(m) of rule XI and rule 12(g) of the rules of the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform in the inves-
tigation and study conducted pursuant to section 3, 
including for the purpose of taking depositions. 
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(2) The chair of the select subcommittee is au-
thorized to compel by subpoena the furnishing of in-
formation by interrogatory. 
(3) Subpoenas so authorized may be signed by 
the chair of the select subcommittee or a designee. 
(4) The chair of the select subcommittee may 
order the taking of depositions, under oath and pur-
suant to notice or subpoena, by a member of the se-
lect subcommittee or a counsel of the select sub-
committee. Such depositions shall be governed by 
rule 15 of the rules of the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform. For purposes of such rule, references 
to ‘‘the Committee’’ shall be construed as references 
to the select subcommittee. 
(5) The chair of the select subcommittee may, 
after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, recognize— 
(A) members of the select subcommittee to 
question a witness for periods longer than five 
minutes 
as 
though 
pursuant 
to 
clause 
2(j)(2)(B) of such rule XI; and 
(B) staff of the select subcommittee to 
question a witness as though pursuant to clause 
2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 
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(6) Agenda and reports required by rule 2(f) 
and rule 4(c) of the rules of the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform shall be required on the third cal-
endar day before a meeting, hearing, or consider-
ation of a report, as applicable. 
(b) The provisions of this resolution shall govern the 
proceedings of the select subcommittee in the event of any 
conflict with the rules of the House or of the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform. 
SEC. 5. Any committee of the House having custody 
of records in any form relating to the matters described 
in section 3 shall transfer copies of such records to the 
select subcommittee within 7 days of the adoption of this 
resolution or receipt of such records. Such records shall 
become the records of the select subcommittee. 
SEC. 6. Service on the select subcommittee shall not 
count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule 
X. 
SEC. 7. The Committee on Oversight and Reform is 
the ‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select subcommittee for 
purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II. 
SEC. 8. The select subcommittee shall cease to exist 
30 days after filing the final report required under section 
3. 
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