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ignate 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 ap-
pointment. 
(B) Each member appointed to the select sub-
committee shall be treated as though a member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary for purposes of the 
select subcommittee. 
(b) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.— 
(1) INVESTIGATIVE
FUNCTIONS.—The select sub-
committee is authorized and directed to conduct a full 
and complete investigation and study and, not later than 
January 2, 2025, issue a final report to the House of 
its findings (and such interim reports as it may deem 
necessary) regarding— 
(A) the expansive role of article II authority 
vested in the executive branch to collect information 
on or otherwise investigate citizens of the United 
States, including ongoing criminal investigations; 
(B) how executive branch agencies work with, 
obtain information from, and provide information to 
the private sector, non-profit entities, or other gov-
ernment agencies to facilitate action against Amer-
ican citizens, including the extent, if any, to which 
illegal or improper, unconstitutional, or unethical
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activities were engaged in by the executive branch 
or private sector against citizens of the United 
States; 
(C) how executive branch agencies collect, com-
pile, analyze, use, or disseminate information about 
citizens of the United States, including any uncon-
stitutional, illegal, or unethical activities committed 
against citizens of the United States; 
(D) the laws, programs, and activities of the 
executive branch as they relate to the collection of 
information on citizens of the United States and the 
sources and methods used for the collection of infor-
mation on citizens of the United States; 
(E) any other issues related to the violation of 
the civil liberties of citizens of the United States; 
and 
(F) any other matter relating to information 
collected pursuant to the investigation conducted 
under this paragraph at any time during the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 
(2) AUTHORITY.— 
(A) The select subcommittee may report to the 
House or any committee of the House from time to 
time the results of its investigations and studies, to-
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gether with such detailed findings and legislative 
recommendations as it may deem advisable. 
(B) Any markup of legislation shall be held at 
the full Committee level consistent with clause 1(l) 
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the rules of the Committee on the Judi-
ciary shall apply to the select subcommittee in the same 
manner as a subcommittee except as follows: 
(A) The chair of the select subcommittee may, 
after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, recognize— 
(i) 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 
(ii) staff of the select subcommittee to 
question a witness as though pursuant to 
clause 2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 
(B) The Committee on the Judiciary (or the 
chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, if acting 
in accordance with clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI)
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may authorize and issue subpoenas to be returned 
at the select subcommittee. 
(C) With regard to the full scope of investiga-
tive authority under subsection (b)(1), the select 
subcommittee shall be authorized to receive infor-
mation available to the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, consistent with congressional 
reporting requirements for intelligence and intel-
ligence-related activities, and any such information 
received shall be subject to the terms and conditions 
applicable under clause 11 of rule X. 
(2) 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 the Judiciary. 
(d) SERVICE.—Service on the select subcommittee shall 
not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule 
X of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
(e) SUCCESSOR.—The Committee on the Judiciary is the 
‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select subcommittee for pur-
poses of clause 8(c) of rule II of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.
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(f) SUNSET.—The select subcommittee shall cease to 
exist 30 days after filing the final report required under sub-
section (b). 
Attest: 
Clerk.