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House Calendar No. 18 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 111 
[Report No. 115–28] 
Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to transmit certain documents 
to the House of Representatives relating to the financial practices of 
the President. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 
Mr. NADLER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
MARCH 8, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Ms. LEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. KENNEDY, 
Mr. POCAN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CAPUANO, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. BEYER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
LOWEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
WALZ, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. VARGAS, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. AGUILAR, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. SWALWELL 
of California, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLAY, Mr. NEAL, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. BASS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BRADY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
YARMUTH, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. BRENDAN 
F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HIMES, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
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KEATING, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CRIST, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KIL-
MER, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 
BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. RUSH, Ms. GABBARD, 
Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. ADAMS, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MICHELLE 
LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. 
ESTY, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. KIND, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. BROWNLEY of 
California, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LARSON 
of Connecticut, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER 
MARCH 8, 2017 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar and 
ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to transmit certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to 
the financial practices of the President. 
Resolved, That the Attorney General of the United 
States is directed to transmit, to the extent that such in-
formation is in the possession of the Attorney General, 
(in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the 
Attorney General determines appropriate) to the House of 
Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of 
the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, 
record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of 
the Department of Justice, including the Office of Legal 
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Counsel, or any portion of any such communication, that 
refers or relates to— 
(1) any criminal or counterintelligence inves-
tigation targeting President Donald J. Trump, Na-
tional
Security
Advisor
Michael
Flynn,
Paul 
Manafort, Carter Page, Roger Stone, or any em-
ployee of the Executive Office of the President; 
(2) any investment by any foreign government 
or agent of a foreign government in any entity 
owned in whole or in part by President Donald J. 
Trump; 
(3) President Trump’s proposal to maintain an 
interest in his business holdings, while turning over 
day-to-day operation of those interests to his sons 
Donald J. Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump; 
(4) President Trump’s plan to donate the prof-
its of any foreign governments’ use of his hotels to 
the United States Treasury, including the decision 
to exclude other payments by foreign governments to 
any other business holdings of the Trump Organiza-
tion from that arrangement; 
(5) the Foreign Emoluments Clause (U.S. Con-
stitution, Article I, § 9, Clause 8) as it may pertain 
to President Donald J. Trump or any employee of 
the Executive Office of the President; and 
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(I) Section 1905 of title 18, United States 
Code (prohibiting disclosure of confidential in-
formation). 
That the Attorney General of the United States is di-
rected to transmit, to the extent that such information is 
in the possession of the Attorney General, (in a manner ap-
propriate to classified information, if the Attorney General 
determines appropriate) to the House of Representatives, 
not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of 
this resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, cor-
respondence, or other communication of the Department of 
Justice, including the Office of Legal Counsel, or any por-
tion of any such communication, that refers or relates to— 
(1) any criminal or counterintelligence inves-
tigation targeting President Donald J. Trump, Na-
tional 
Security 
Advisor 
Michael 
Flynn, 
Paul 
Manafort, Carter Page, Roger Stone, or any employee 
of the Executive Office of the President; 
(2) any investment by any foreign government 
or agent of a foreign government in any entity owned 
in whole or in part by President Donald J. Trump; 
(3) President Trump’s proposal to maintain an 
interest in his business holdings, while turning over 
day-to-day operation of those interests to his sons 
Donald J. Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump; 
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(4) President Trump’s plan to donate the profits 
of any foreign governments’ use of his hotels to the 
United States Treasury, including the decision to ex-
clude other payments by foreign governments to any 
other business holdings of the Trump Organization 
from that arrangement; 
(5) the Foreign Emoluments Clause (U.S. Const. 
art. I, §9, cl. 8) as it may pertain to President Don-
ald J. Trump or any employee of the Executive Office 
of the President; and 
(6) any of the following Federal statutes gov-
erning conflicts of interest as they may pertain to 
President Donald J. Trump or any employee of the 
Executive Office of the President: 
(A) The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. app. 101 et seq.). 
(B) Section 3110 of title 5, United States 
Code (concerning employment of relatives). 
(C) Section 7342 of title 5, United States 
Code (concerning receipt and disposition of for-
eign gifts). 
(D) Section 7353 of title 5, United States 
Code (concerning gifts to federal employees). 
(E) Section 201 of title 18, United States 
Code (prohibiting bribery of public officials). 
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(F) Section 208 of title 18, United States 
Code (prohibiting participation by government 
officials in matters affecting their personal fi-
nancial interest). 
(G) Section 211 of title 18, United States 
Code (prohibiting acceptance or solicitation to 
obtain appointive public office). 
(H) Section 219 of title 18, United States 
Code (prohibiting federal officers and employees 
from acting as agents of foreign principals). 
(I) Section 1905 of title 18, United States 
Code (prohibiting disclosure of confidential in-
formation). 
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House Calendar No. 18 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 111 
[Report No. 115–28] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to trans-
mit certain documents to the House of Rep-
resentatives relating to the financial practices of 
the President. 
MARCH 8, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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