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House of Rep.HR635 to Investigate Bush Adm.and Recommend Impeachment
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Be it Resolved, That there is hereby established in the House of
Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee
on Administration Predetermination to Go to War and... (Introduced in
House)
HRES 635 IH
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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 635
Creating a select committee to investigate
the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional
authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and
countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make
recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Congressman CONYERS submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Creating a select committee to investigate the
Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization,
manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing
torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations
regarding grounds for possible impeachment.
Resolved,
That there is hereby established in the House of
Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee
on Administration Predetermination to Go to War and Manipulation of
Intelligence (in this resolution referred to as the `Select
Committee´).
PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS
SEC. 2. (a) The Select Committee is authorized and directed to
investigate all relevant government agencies actions and decisions
relating to the Administration's intent to go to war before
congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence,
encouraging and countenancing torture, and retaliating against critics,
including:
(1) actions by the White House, National
Security Council, Department of State, Department of Defense, and
Central Intelligence Agency related to United Nations and Iraq Survey
Group inspections of Iraq;
(2) knowledge of Iraq's ability regarding and
intentions toward, or lack of ability regarding or intentions toward,
nuclear weapons capability;
(3) knowledge regarding Iraq's possession of or
attempted possession of, or regarding the lack of possession of or
attempted possession of, chemical or biological weapons;
(4) knowledge of Iraq's possession of aluminum
tubes for conventional rocket programs or for nuclear weapons
development;
(5) knowledge regarding Iraq's intent, or lack
of intent, toward acquiring yellowcake uranium from Niger;
(6) knowledge of any involvement, or lack of
involvement, by Iraq in the September 11, 2001, attacks against the
United States;
(7) knowledge of any connections or ties, or of
any lack of connections or ties, between Iraq and al Qaeda;
(8) knowledge of any meeting, or lack of any
meeting, between Iraqi intelligence officials and Mohammed Atta in
Prague, Czechoslovakia;
(9) preparations for detention, interrogation
and treatment of detainees, or lack thereof, made in the planning stages
of the Iraq conflict prior to March 19, 2003;
(10) knowledge of abuses and mistreatment of
detainees during the Iraq conflict after March 19, 2003;
(11) the investigation of abuses and
mistreatment, or lack thereof, the results of these investigations, any
sanctions or punishment of offenders, and any efforts to keep these
reports either from supervisors, officials or the public;
(12) an examination of all prison facilities,
including the High Value Detainee facility at Baghdad airport and secret
prisons or `black sites,´ for detaining individuals outside the United
States;
(13) the extent to which civilian, military, or
intelligence officials expressly authorized, willingly ignored, or
created an atmosphere that condoned the abuses and mistreatment that
occurred at Abu Ghraib, Iraq; and
(14) knowledge on the part of any White House
officials of the covert identity of Valerie Plame Wilson and any
discussion or communication by such officials with members of the media
about such identity, and any failure to enforce Executive Order 12958.
APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP
SEC. 3. (a) Members- The Select Committee shall be composed of 20
Members of the House to be appointed by the Speaker, of whom--
(1) 10 Members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the
minority leader as set forth below;
(2) 1 Member he shall designate as chairman;
(3) 1 Member he shall designate, upon the recommendation of the minority
leader, as vice chairman.
(4) 4 Members shall sit on the Committee on the Judiciary, of whom
2shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader;
(5) 4 Members shall sit on the Committee on International Relations, of
whom 2 shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority
leader;
(6) 4 Members shall sit on the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, of whom 2 shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
the minority leader;
(7) 4 Members shall sit on the Committee on Government Reform, of whom 2
shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader; and
(8) 4 Members shall sit on the Committee on Armed Services, of whom 2
shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader.
(b) Vacancies- Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Select
Committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term `Member´ means any
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the House of
Representatives.
POWERS OF SELECT COMMITTEE
SEC. 4. (a) In General-
(1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE- The Select Committee or, on the authority of
the Select Committee, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the
purpose of carrying out this resolution--
(A) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, take
such testimony, receive such evidence, administer such oaths; and
(B) subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, by subpoena or otherwise, the
attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such
books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as the
Select Committee or such designated subcommittee or designated member
may determine advisable, including but not limited to--
(i) White House documents (e.g., memoranda, e-mails, notes of phone
calls, handwritten notes);
(ii) Department of Defense documents;
(iii) Department of Justice materials;
(iv) Department of State documents;
(v) Central Intelligence Agency analyses; (vi) Defense Intelligence
Agency analyses; (vii) National Security Council memoranda; and (viii)
Special Counsel Patrick Fitgzerald's notes, grand jury materials, and
other evidence collected or created as part of the CIA leak
investigation.
(2) SUBPOENAS-
(A) ISSUANCE-
(i) IN GENERAL- A subpoena may be issued under this section only--
(I) by the agreement of the chairman and the vice chairman; or (II) by
the affirmative vote of 10 members of the Select Committee. (ii)
SIGNATURE- Subject to clause (i), subpoenas issued under this subsection
may be issued under the signature of the chairman or any member
designated by a majority of the Select Committee, and may be served by
any person designated by the chairman or by a member designated by a
majority of the Select Committee.
(B) ENFORCEMENT-
(i) IN GENERAL- In the case of contumacy or failure to obey a subpoena
issued under subsection (a), the United States district court for the
judicial district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or
may be found, or where the subpoena is returnable, may issue an order
requiring such person to appear at any designated place to testify or to
produce documentary or other evidence. Any failure to obey the order of
the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of that court.
(ii) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT- In the case of any failure of any witness
to comply with any subpoena or to testify when summoned under authority
of this section, the Select Committee may, by majority vote, certify a
statement of fact constituting such failure to the appropriate United
States attorney, who may bring the matter before the grand jury for its
action, under the same statutory authority and procedures as if the
United States attorney had received a certification under sections 102
through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 192
through 194).
(b) Contracting- The Select Committee may, to such extent and in such
amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, enter into contracts to
enable the Select Committee to discharge its duties under this
resolution.
(c) Information From Federal Agencies-
(1) IN GENERAL- The Select Committee is authorized to secure directly
from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission,
office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Government,
information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of
this resolution. Each department, bureau, agency, board, commission,
office, independent establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the
extent authorized by law, furnish such information, suggestions,
estimates, and statistics directly to the select committee, upon request
made by the chairman, the chairman of any subcommittee created by a
majority of the Select Committee, or any member designated by a majority
of the Select Committee.
(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DISSEMINATION- Information shall
only be received, handled, stored, and disseminated by members of the
Select Committee and its staff consistent with all applicable statutes,
regulations, and Executive orders.
(d) Assistance From Federal Agencies-
(1) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION- The Administrator of General
Services shall provide to the Select Committee on a reimbursable basis
administrative support and other services for the performance of the
Select Committee's functions.
(2) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES- In addition to the assistance
prescribed in paragraph (1), departments and agencies of the United
States may provide to the Select Committee such services, funds,
facilities, staff, and other support services as they may determine
advisable and as may be authorized by law.
(e) Gifts- The Select Committee may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or
donations of services or property.
(f) Postal Services- The Select Committee may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments
and agencies of the United States.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 5. (a) Subject to the adoption of expenses resolutions as required
by clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Select Committee may incur expenses in connection with its functions
under this resolution.
(b) In carrying out its functions under this resolution, the Select
Committee, is authorized to--
(1) appoint, either on permanent basis or as experts or consultants,
such staff as the Select Committee considers necessary;
(2) prescribe the duties and responsibilities of such staff;
(3) fix the compensation of such staff at a single per annum gross rate
which does not exceed the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from
time to time, of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of
title 5, United States Code;
(4) terminate the employment of any such staff as the Select Committee
considers appropriate; and,
(5) reimburse members of the Select Committee and of its staff for
travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in
the performance of their duties and responsibilities for the Select
Committee, other than expenses in connection with any meeting of the
Select Committee, or a subcommittee thereof, held in the District of
Columbia.
(c) The Select Committee and all authority granted in this resolution
shall expire 30 days after the filing of the report of the Select
Committee with the House.
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEE
SEC. 6. (a) The Select Committee shall report to the House as soon as
practicable during the present Congress, but not later than six months
after the date of passage of this resolution, the results of its
investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems
advisable. The Select Committee shall report to the Committee on the
Judiciary as soon as practicable during the present Congress, but not
later than six months after the date of passage of this resolution, of
any substantial and credible information which such Select Committee
receives in carrying out its responsibilities that may constitute
grounds for possible impeachment.
(b) Any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall
be filed with the Clerk of the House.
(c) Any such report shall be referred to the committee or committees
which have jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof.
(d) The records, files, and materials of the Select Committee shall be
transferred to the Clerk of the House but, if the report of the Select
Committee is referred to only one committee under the provisions of
subsection (c), the records, files, and materials of the Select
Committee shall be transferred instead to the committee to which the
final report is referred.
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