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House Calendar No. 170 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 982 
[Report No. 115–835] 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, to transmit, respectively, certain information to 
the House of Representatives referring to the separation of children 
from their parents or guardians as a result of the President’s ‘‘zero 
tolerance’’ policy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 3, 2018 
Mr. PALLONE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JULY 18, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SAR-
BANES, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N 
of New Mexico, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. TONKO, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. CASTOR
of Florida, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCNERNEY, and 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas 
JULY 18, 2018 
Reported without recommendation, referred to the House Calendar, and 
ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, to transmit, re-
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•HRES 982 RH 
spectively, certain information to the House of Rep-
resentatives referring to the separation of children from 
their parents or guardians as a result of the President’s 
‘‘zero tolerance’’ policy. 
Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed, to 
transmit, respectively, to the House of Representatives, 
not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of 
this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, advi-
sory legal opinions, notes from meetings, audio recordings, 
records (including telephone and electronic mail records), 
correspondence, and other communications, or any portion 
of any such communications, to the extent that any such 
one or more items are within the possession of the Presi-
dent or the Secretary, respectively, and refer to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The health and welfare of children forcibly 
separated from their parents or guardians as a re-
sult of the President’s ‘‘zero tolerance’’ policy. 
(2) The long-term implications of the Presi-
dent’s ‘‘zero tolerance’’ policy on the health of chil-
dren described in paragraph (1). 
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House Calendar No. 170 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 982 
[Report No. 115–835] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to 
transmit, respectively, certain information to the 
House of Representatives referring to the separa-
tion of children from their parents or guardians 
as a result of the President’s ‘‘zero tolerance’’ 
policy. 
JULY 18, 2018 
Reported without recommendation, referred to the House 
Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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