Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a specific oath be administered to any witness appearing before a committee.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 281 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a specific oath be administered to any witness appearing before a committee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 26, 2021 Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. DA- VIDSON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. BANKS, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. CAWTHORN, and Mr. MCKINLEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a specific oath be administered to any witness appearing before a committee. Resolved, That clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI of the Rules 1 of the House of Representatives is amended by striking 2 ‘‘may administer oaths to witnesses’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 3 administer the following oath to witnesses: ‘Do you sol- 4 emnly swear or affirm that the testimony that you are 5 about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing 6 but the truth, so help you God?’ ’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Mar 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR281.IH HR281 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS