Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary.

This resolution temporarily establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is comprised of not more than 13 Members appointed by the Speaker (5 of whom shall be appointed in consultation with the minority leader).

The subcommittee must investigate matters related to the collection, analysis, dissemination, and use of information on U.S. citizens by executive branch agencies, including whether such efforts are illegal, unconstitutional, or otherwise unethical. The subcommittee must make a final report of its findings by January 2, 2025, and terminates 30 days after filing that report.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 12 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 12

Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal 
 Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

 Mr. Jordan submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal 
 Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL 
              GOVERNMENT.

    (a) Establishment; Composition.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established for the One 
        Hundred Eighteenth Congress a select investigative subcommittee 
        of the Committee on the Judiciary called the Select 
        Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government 
        (hereinafter referred to as the ``select subcommittee'').
            (2) Composition.--
                    (A) The select subcommittee shall be composed of 
                the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
                on the Judiciary, together with not more than 13 other 
                Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
                appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 shall 
                be appointed in consultation with the minority leader. 
                The Speaker shall designate one member of the select 
                subcommittee as its chair. Any vacancy in the select 
                subcommittee shall be filled in the same manner as the 
                original appointment.
                    (B) Each member appointed to the select 
                subcommittee shall be treated as though a member of the 
                Committee on the Judiciary for purposes of the select 
                subcommittee.
    (b) Investigative Functions and Authority.--
            (1) Investigative functions.--The select subcommittee is 
        authorized and directed to conduct a full and complete 
        investigation and study and, not later than January 2, 2025, 
        issue a final report to the House of its findings (and such 
        interim reports as it may deem necessary) regarding--
                    (A) the expansive role of article II authority 
                vested in the executive branch to collect information 
                on or otherwise investigate citizens of the United 
                States, including ongoing criminal investigations;
                    (B) how executive branch agencies work with, obtain 
                information from, and provide information to the 
                private sector, non-profit entities, or other 
                government agencies to facilitate action against 
                American citizens, including the extent, if any, to 
                which illegal or improper, unconstitutional, or 
                unethical activities were engaged in by the executive 
                branch or private sector against citizens of the United 
                States;
                    (C) how executive branch agencies collect, compile, 
                analyze, use, or disseminate information about citizens 
                of the United States, including any unconstitutional, 
                illegal, or unethical activities committed against 
                citizens of the United States;
                    (D) the laws, programs, and activities of the 
                executive branch as they relate to the collection of 
                information on citizens of the United States and the 
                sources and methods used for the collection of 
                information on citizens of the United States;
                    (E) any other issues related to the violation of 
                the civil liberties of citizens of the United States; 
                and
                    (F) any other matter relating to information 
                collected pursuant to the investigation conducted under 
                this paragraph at any time during the One Hundred 
                Eighteenth Congress.
            (2) Authority.--
                    (A) The select subcommittee may report to the House 
                or any committee of the House from time to time the 
                results of its investigations and studies, together 
                with such detailed findings and legislative 
                recommendations as it may deem advisable.
                    (B) Any markup of legislation shall be held at the 
                full Committee level consistent with clause 1(l) of 
                rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Procedure.--
            (1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
        and the rules of the Committee on the Judiciary shall apply to 
        the select subcommittee in the same manner as a subcommittee 
        except as follows:
                    (A) The chair of the select subcommittee may, after 
                consultation with the ranking minority member, 
                recognize--
                            (i) members of the select subcommittee to 
                        question a witness for periods longer than five 
                        minutes as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) 
                        of such rule XI; and
                            (ii) staff of the select subcommittee to 
                        question a witness as though pursuant to clause 
                        2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI.
                    (B) The Committee on the Judiciary (or the chair of 
                the Committee on the Judiciary, if acting in accordance 
                with clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI) may authorize and 
                issue subpoenas to be returned at the select 
                subcommittee.
                    (C) With regard to the full scope of investigative 
                authority under subsection (b)(1), the select 
                subcommittee shall be authorized to receive information 
                available to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence, consistent with congressional reporting 
                requirements for intelligence and intelligence-related 
                activities, and any such information received shall be 
                subject to the terms and conditions applicable under 
                clause 11 of rule X.
            (2) The provisions of this resolution shall govern the 
        proceedings of the select subcommittee in the event of any 
        conflict with the rules of the House or of the Committee on the 
        Judiciary.
    (d) Service.--Service on the select subcommittee shall not count 
against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.
    (e) Successor.--The Committee on the Judiciary is the ``successor 
in interest'' to the select subcommittee for purposes of clause 8(c) of 
rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (f) Sunset.--The select subcommittee shall cease to exist 30 days 
after filing the final report required under subsection (b).
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