H. Res. 918 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 13, 2023. 
Resolved, That the Committees on Oversight and Ac-
countability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary are directed 
to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the House 
of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds 
exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Con-
stitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the 
United States of America, including as set forth in the 
memorandum issued by the Chairs of the Committees on 
Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives, entitled ‘‘Impeachment 
Inquiry’’, dated September 27, 2023. 
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
For the purpose of continuing the investigation described 
in the first section of this resolution, the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability is authorized to conduct proceedings 
pursuant to this resolution as follows:
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(1) The chair of the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability may designate an open hearing or hear-
ings pursuant to this section. 
(2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition 
by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph dur-
ing any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability shall be per-
mitted 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 rank-
ing 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 aggre-
gate. Only the chair and ranking minority member, or 
an employee of the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability if yielded to by the chair or ranking minor-
ity member, may question witnesses during such periods 
of questioning. 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.
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(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness 
requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 
the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 
relevant to the investigation described 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 request shall be accompanied by a detailed 
written justification 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 Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability is authorized, 
with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability, to require, as deemed nec-
essary to the investigation— 
(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(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 
(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa-
tion.
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(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 
a proposed action of the ranking minority member pur-
suant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority mem-
ber shall have the right to refer to the committee for de-
cision the question whether such authority shall be so ex-
ercised and the chair shall convene the committee 
promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 
procedures for a committee meeting under clause 
2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 
(C) 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. 
(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly avail-
able in electronic form the transcripts of depositions con-
ducted by the Committee on Oversight and Account-
ability in furtherance of the investigation described in 
the first section of this resolution, with appropriate 
redactions for classified and other sensitive information. 
(6) The Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
may issue a report setting forth its findings and any rec-
ommendations and appending any information and ma-
terials the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
may deem appropriate with respect to the investigation 
described in the first section of this resolution. The chair
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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 pub-
licly available in electronic form, with appropriate 
redactions to protect classified and other sensitive infor-
mation. 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 described 
in the first section of this resolution, the Committee on Ways 
and Means is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to 
this resolution as follows: 
(1) The chair of the Committee on Ways and 
Means 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 recognition 
by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph dur-
ing any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means shall be permitted to ques-
tion witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than
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five minutes, as determined by the chair. The time avail-
able 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 ques-
tioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. 
Only the chair and ranking minority member, or an em-
ployee of the Committee on Ways and Means if yielded 
to by the chair or ranking minority member, may ques-
tion witnesses during such periods of questioning. 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 witness 
requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 
the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 
relevant to the investigation described 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 request shall be accompanied by a detailed 
written justification 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 Com-
mittee on Ways and Means is authorized, with the con-
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currence of the chair of the Committee on Ways and 
Means, to require, as deemed necessary to the investiga-
tion— 
(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(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 
(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa-
tion. 
(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 
a proposed action of the ranking minority member pur-
suant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority mem-
ber shall have the right to refer to the committee for de-
cision the question whether such authority shall be so ex-
ercised and the chair shall convene the committee 
promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 
procedures for a committee meeting under clause 
2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 
(C) 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.
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(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly avail-
able in electronic form the transcripts of depositions con-
ducted by the Committee on Ways and Means in fur-
therance of the investigation described in the first sec-
tion of this resolution, with appropriate redactions for 
classified and other sensitive information. 
(6) The Committee on Ways and Means may issue 
a report setting forth its findings and any recommenda-
tions 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, mi-
nority, 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 consultation 
with the chairs of the Committees on Oversight and Ac-
countability and on the Judiciary. 
SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 
THE JUDICIARY. 
For the purpose of continuing the investigation described 
in the first section of this resolution, the Committee on the
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Judiciary is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to 
this resolution as follows: 
(1) The chair of the Committee on the Judiciary 
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 recognition 
by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph dur-
ing any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee 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 employee of the 
Committee on the Judiciary if yielded to by the chair or 
ranking minority member, may question witnesses dur-
ing such periods of questioning. 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.
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(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness 
requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 
the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 
relevant to the investigation described 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 request shall be accompanied by a detailed 
written justification 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 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— 
(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(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 
(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa-
tion. 
(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 
a proposed action of the ranking minority member pur-
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suant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority mem-
ber shall have the right to refer to the committee for de-
cision the question whether such authority shall be so ex-
ercised and the chair shall convene the committee 
promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 
procedures for a committee meeting under clause 
2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 
(C) 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. 
(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly avail-
able in electronic form the transcripts of depositions con-
ducted by the Committee on the Judiciary in furtherance 
of the investigation described in the first section of this 
resolution, with appropriate redactions for classified and 
other sensitive information. 
SEC. 5. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE COM-
MITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 
(a) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 
conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry de-
scribed in the first section of this resolution pursuant to the 
procedures submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, including
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such procedures as to allow for the participation of the Presi-
dent 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 pur-
suant to this resolution, provided that the additional proce-
dures 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 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 investigation— 
(A) by subpoena or otherwise— 
(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 documents; 
and 
(B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 
(2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a 
proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant 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
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shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, 
subject to the notice procedures for a committee 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 re-
port to the House of Representatives resolutions, articles of 
impeachment, or other recommendations. 
SEC. 6. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 917. 
House Resolution 917 is hereby adopted. 
Attest: 
Clerk.