A joint resolution to establish a joint congressional committee to investigate the causes and origins of United States involvement in the hostilities in Vietnam.

Establishes the Joint Committee on the Causes and Origins of United States Involvement in the Vietnam Hostilities to be composed of fourteen members to conduct a thorough study and investigation of: (1) the actions of each President and Administration relating to Vietnam since 1945, and the effects of such actions on the commitment of the United States to the Republic of Vietnam; (2) the foreign policy assumptions of each such President and Administration relating to Vietnam, with special emphasis on the United States view of the objectives of Communist China and the Soviet Union worldwide and in Southeast Asia and how this may have affected United States involvement in Vietnam; (3) the diplomatic policy of the United States relating to Vietnam since 1945 and the influence of such policy on the United States commitment to the Republic of Vietnam; (4) changes in United States military and strategic concepts and doctrines since 1945 and how military concepts and doctrines affected the United States military role in Vietnam; and (5) executive-congressional relations in the context of United States involvement in Vietnam, and the manner in which the overall pattern of the executive-congressional relationship on foreign policy matters since 1945 affected congressional and executive actions with respect to Vietnam.

Provides that the joint committee shall transmit to each House of the Congress a report which shall contain its findings and conclusions. Provides that, upon the transmittal of such report, the joint committee shall cease to exist.