Establishes a Special Committee on the Captive Naitons, a nonpermanent committee in the House of Representatives. Provides that the Committee shall conduct an inquiry into the captive non-Russian nations with particular reference to the moral and legal status of Red totalitarian control over them. Provides that a study be conducted in regards to the fact concerning the conditions existing in these nations and the means by which the United States can assist them by peaceful processes in their present plight.
Requires the committee to make interim reports to the House of Representatives on the results of its inquiry. Grants the necessary powers to the committee to sit and act at such times and places and to require the attendance of witnesses. Allows the committee to employ and fix the compensation of consultants as it deems necessary.
Provides that the committee shall enjoy a nonstanding status, performing its duties in the course of the Congress and subject to renewal only as determined by needs in the completion of its work and further purposes of the House of Representatives.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Rules.
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