Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

H. Res. 497 In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 17, 2019. Resolved, That William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Com- merce, shall be found to be in contempt of Congress for fail- ing to comply with subpoenas authorized by the Committee on Oversight and Reform and duly issued by Chairman Eli- jah E. Cummings relating to the 2020 Census. Resolved, That the Attorney General (i) failed to comply with a Committee subpoena issued on April 2, 2019, to produce documents, and (ii) ordered a Department of Justice employee, John Gore, not to comply with a Committee sub- poena requiring him to appear for deposition testimony before the Committee on April 11, 2019. Resolved, That the Secretary of Commerce failed to com- ply with a Committee subpoena issued on April 2, 2019, to produce documents. Resolved, That the Report of the Committee on Over- sight and Reform details the refusal of the Attorney General to produce documents to the Committee as required by sub- 2 •HRES 497 EH poena, the order from the Attorney General directing John Gore to defy a duly authorized Committee subpoena for depo- sition testimony, and the refusal of the Secretary of Com- merce to produce documents to the Committee as required by subpoena. Resolved, That pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 192 and 194, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall certify the Re- port of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, detailing the refusal of William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, to produce documents to the Committee on Oversight and Reform as directed by subpoena, to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to the end that Mr. Barr be proceeded against in the manner and form pro- vided by law. Resolved, That pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 192 and 194, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall certify the Re- port of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, detailing the refusal of Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, to produce documents to the Committee as directed by sub- poena, to the United States Attorney for the District of Co- lumbia, to the end that Mr. Ross be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law. Resolved, That the Speaker of the House shall otherwise take all appropriate action to enforce the subpoenas. 3 •HRES 497 EH Resolved, That the Chairman of the Committee on Over- sight and Reform shall take all necessary steps to enforce the above-referenced subpoenas, including, but not limited to, seeking authorization from the House of Representatives through a vote of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group pur- suant to clause 8(b) of rule II, and H. Res. 430, to initiate or to intervene in proceedings in any federal court of com- petent jurisdiction, to seek judgements affirming the duty of the subpoena recipients to comply with the above-referenced subpoenas, and to seek any appropriate ancillary relief, in- cluding injunctive relief. Attest: Clerk.