IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 477 Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 7, 2023 Ms. GREENE of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, act- 1 ing as a whole or by any subcommittee thereof appointed 2 by the chairman for the purposes hereof and in accordance 3 with the rules of the committee, is authorized and directed 4 to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient 5 grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise 6 its constitutional power to impeach Secretary of Homeland 7 Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The committee shall report 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR477.IH HR477 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 477 IH to the House of Representatives such resolutions, articles 1 of impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems 2 proper. 3 SEC. 2. (a) For the purpose of making such investiga- 4 tion, the committee is authorized to require— 5 (1) by subpoena or otherwise— 6 (A) the attendance and testimony of any person 7 (including at a taking of a deposition by counsel for 8 the committee); and 9 (B) the production of such things; and 10 (2) by interrogatory, the furnishing of such informa- 11 tion; as it deems necessary to such investigation. 12 (b) Such authority of the committee may be exer- 13 cised— 14 (1) by the chairman and the ranking minority mem- 15 ber acting jointly, or, if either declines to act, by the other 16 acting alone, except that in the event either so declines, 17 either shall have the right to refer to the committee for 18 decision the question whether such authority shall be so 19 exercised and the committee shall be convened promptly 20 to render that decision; or 21 (2) by the committee acting as a whole or by sub- 22 committee. 23 Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be 24 issued over the signature of the chairman, or ranking mi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR477.IH HR477 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 477 IH nority member, or any member designated by either of 1 them, and may be served by any person designated by the 2 chairman, or ranking minority member, or any member 3 designated by either of them. The chairman, or ranking 4 minority member, or any member designated by either of 5 them (or, with respect to any deposition, answer to inter- 6 rogatory, or affidavit, any person authorized by law to ad- 7 minister oaths) may administer oaths to any witness. For 8 the purposes of this section, ‘‘things’’ includes, without 9 limitation, books, records, correspondence, logs, journals, 10 memorandums, papers, documents, writings, drawings, 11 graphs, charts, photographs, reproductions, recordings, 12 tapes, transcripts, printouts, data compilations from which 13 information can be obtained (translated if necessary, 14 through detection devices into reasonably usable form), 15 tangible objects, and other things of any kind. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 Jun 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR477.IH HR477 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS