Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.

H. Res. 660 In the House of Representatives, U. S., October 31, 2019. Resolved, That the Permanent Select Committee on In- telligence and the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, are directed to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representa- tives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America. SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PRO- CEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COM- MITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. For the purpose of continuing the investigation described in the first section of this resolution, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this resolution as the ‘‘Permanent Select Committee’’) is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 2 •HRES 660 EH (1) The chair of the Permanent Select Committee shall designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section. (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph dur- ing any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Perma- nent Select Committee shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of such questioning, but each period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only the chair and ranking minority member, or a Permanent Select Committee employee if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 3 •HRES 660 EH the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation described in the first section of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such request shall be accompanied by a detailed written justification of the relevance of the testimony of each requested witness to the investigation described in the first section of this resolution. (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Perma- nent Select Committee is authorized, with the concur- rence of the chair, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— (i) by subpoena or otherwise— (I) the attendance and testimony of any person (including at a taking of a deposition); and (II) the production of books, records, cor- respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu- ments; and (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa- tion. (B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member pur- suant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority mem- ber shall have the right to refer to the committee for de- 4 •HRES 660 EH cision the question whether such authority shall be so ex- ercised and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be served by any person designated by the ranking minority member. (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly avail- able in electronic form the transcripts of depositions con- ducted by the Permanent Select Committee in further- ance of the investigation described in the first section of this resolution, with appropriate redactions for classified and other sensitive information. (6) The Permanent Select Committee is directed to issue a report setting forth its findings and any rec- ommendations and appending any information and ma- terials the Permanent Select Committee may deem ap- propriate with respect to the investigation described in the first section of this resolution. The chair shall trans- mit such report and appendices, along with any supple- mental, minority, additional, or dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make such report publicly available in 5 •HRES 660 EH electronic form, with appropriate redactions to protect classified and other sensitive information. The report re- quired by this paragraph shall be prepared in consulta- tion with the chairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. SEC. 3. TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. The chair of the Permanent Select Committee or the chair of any other committee having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution is authorized, in consultation with the ranking minority member, to transfer such records or materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. SEC. 4. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE COM- MITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. (a) The House authorizes the Committee on the Judici- ary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment in- quiry referenced in the first section of this resolution pursu- ant to the procedures submitted for printing in the Congres- sional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, includ- ing such procedures as to allow for the participation of the President and his counsel. (b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings held pur- suant to this resolution, provided that the additional proce- 6 •HRES 660 EH dures are not inconsistent with the procedures referenced in subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, and the Rules of the House. (c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— (A) by subpoena or otherwise— (i) the attendance and testimony of any person (including at a taking of a deposition); and (ii) the production of books, records, cor- respondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. (2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be served by any person designated by the ranking minority member. 7 •HRES 660 EH (d) The Committee on the Judiciary shall report to the House of Representatives such resolutions, articles of im- peachment, or other recommendations as it deems proper. Attest: Clerk.