IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 779 
Enforcing the Constitution’s separation of powers and the congressional pre-
rogative of disclosure under the speech or debate clause by directing 
the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives to publish 
in the Congressional Record the 28-page chapter which was redacted 
from the December 2002 Final Report of the Joint Inquiry into Intel-
ligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks 
of September 11, 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2016 
Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. MASSIE, and Mr. LYNCH) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Enforcing the Constitution’s separation of powers and the 
congressional prerogative of disclosure under the speech 
or debate clause by directing the Chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives to pub-
lish in the Congressional Record the 28-page chapter 
which was redacted from the December 2002 Final Re-
port of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community 
Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001. 
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Whereas in December 2002, the Joint Inquiry into Intel-
ligence Community Activities Before and After the Ter-
rorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, chaired by then 
Representative Porter Goss (R–FL) and then Senator 
Bob Graham (D–FL) issued a Final Report, from which 
a 28-page chapter was redacted and classified allegedly to 
protect intelligence sources and methods; 
Whereas according to the Joint Inquiry, the redacted pages 
detail ‘‘specific sources of foreign support for some of the 
September 11th hijackers while they were in the United 
States’’; 
Whereas Senator Graham has described this 28-page chapter 
as a ‘‘smoking gun’’ that implicates Saudi Arabia in fi-
nancing Saudi nationals complicit in the 9/11 inter-
national terrorist murders while residing in San Diego; 
Whereas this 28-page chapter is a congressional document 
and thereby the property of Congress, a fact confirmed 
by the Central Intelligence Agency in responding by letter 
to a Mandatory Declassification Review request on Sep-
tember 21, 2011, stating, ‘‘The U.S. Congress is the 
‘owner’ of this document. . . .’’; 
Whereas the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine pro-
hibits the President from classifying congressional docu-
ments or seeking to prevent Congress from disclosing 
congressional materials to the American people; 
Whereas there is substantial precedent for this resolution, 
such as the example of the Senate Select Committee to 
Study Government Operations with Respect to Intel-
ligence Activities (‘‘Church Committee’’), which in No-
vember 1975 published a report on ‘‘Alleged Assassina-
tion Plots Involving Foreign Leaders’’; 
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Whereas, on October 31, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford ar-
gued to the Church Committee that, ‘‘It is my opinion 
that public disclosure now of information . . . concerning 
allegations of political assassination activities of the 
United States Government will result in grievous harm to 
the national interest . . . .’’, but Chairman Frank 
Church rejoined in defense of publication that ‘‘the na-
tional interest is better served by letting the American 
people know the true and complete story. A basic tenet 
of our democracy is that the people must be told the mis-
takes of their government so that they may have the op-
portunity to correct them.’’, and history proved President 
Ford wrong and Chairman Church right; 
Whereas the United States Supreme Court in Gravel v. 
United States, 408 U.S. 606 (1972), upheld the constitu-
tional prerogative of Members of Congress or committees 
of Congress to disclose classified information under the 
speech or debate clause of article I, section 6, clause 1 
in the exercise of their oversight duties; 
Whereas the Chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives, Representative Devin Nunes 
(R–CA) and Representative Adam Schiff (D–CA), who 
have jurisdiction of the issue, support declassification and 
publication of this 28-page chapter to the American peo-
ple; 
Whereas an ambassador and Foreign Minister of Saudi Ara-
bia have urged declassification and publication of this 28- 
page chapter; 
Whereas former co-chair of the Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence, Richard Shelby (R–Ala) has stated as re-
gards to this 28-page chapter: ‘‘I . . . read every one of 
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those pages thoroughly. My judgment is that 95 percent 
of that information should be declassified and become un-
censored so the American people would know.’’; 
Whereas President George Washington in his Farewell Ad-
dress warned against paying ‘‘habitual’’ homage toward 
any foreign nation; 
Whereas declassification and disclosure of this 28-page chap-
ter might prompt Congress to alter the foreign policy of 
the United States toward Saudi Arabia; 
Whereas the American people demand justice and deserve to 
know the full story regarding the September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks; 
Whereas the families of the murdered victims and the sur-
vivors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks de-
serve full and public disclosure of the entirety of the re-
sults of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community 
Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001, which was undertaken by Congress on 
behalf of and for the protection of the American people; 
Whereas sunshine is said to be the best of disinfectants; 
Whereas Government by the consent of the governed subordi-
nates secrecy to transparency; and 
Whereas justice and truth must prevail over the embarrass-
ment or protection of enemies of the American people 
that aided, abetted, or materially assisted the gruesome 
international terrorist murders of 9/11: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That not later than 7 days after the date 
of the adoption of this resolution, the Chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Permanent Select Committee 
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on Intelligence of the House of Representatives shall pub-
lish in the Congressional Record the 28-page chapter 
which was redacted from the December 2002 Final Report 
of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities 
Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 
2001. 
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