119-hres316

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 316 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 316

 Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents 
 relating to the use of insecure electronic communication platforms, 
including Signal, for official communications and to the compliance of 
 the Administration with all Federal records laws.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 9, 2025

 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Norton, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. 
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Brown, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Garcia 
 of California, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Casar, Ms. 
 Crockett, Ms. Randall, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Bell, Ms. 
 Simon, Mr. Min, and Ms. Pressley) submitted the following resolution; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 RESOLUTION

 Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents 
 relating to the use of insecure electronic communication platforms, 
including Signal, for official communications and to the compliance of 
 the Administration with all Federal records laws.

 Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit, to the 
extent that such documents are in the possession of the President, to 
the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption 
of this resolution, in a complete and unredacted form, a copy of any 
document, record, report, memorandum, correspondence, or other 
communication that refers or relates to the following:

    (1) The plan of the Administration to preserve in 
 compliance with Federal recordkeeping requirements all official 
 communications, including any official communications--
        (A) containing highly sensitive national security 
 information; and
        (B) sent via electronic communication platforms 
 (such as Signal, SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp, Teams, 
 MatterMost, Slack, and Gmail).

    (2) The conduct of official business via electronic 
 communication platforms on Federal Government devices, 
 including--
        (A) via platforms such as Signal, SMS, iMessage, 
 WhatsApp, Teams, MatterMost, Slack, and Gmail; and
        (B) such official business that involves the 
 communication of highly sensitive national security 
 information.

    (3) The conduct of official business via electronic 
 communication platforms on personal devices in violation of 
 Federal law, including--
        (A) via platforms such as Signal, SMS, iMessage, 
 WhatsApp, Teams, MatterMost, Slack, and Gmail; and
        (B) such official business that involves the 
 communication of highly sensitive national security 
 information.

    (4) Plans, procedures, guidance, or practices to ensure 
 that communications involving official business are not set to 
 automatically delete after a period of time in violation of 
 Federal recordkeeping requirements when such communications are 
 sent via electronic communication platforms, including any such 
 communications--
        (A) containing highly sensitive national security 
 information; and
        (B) sent via such platforms as Signal, SMS, 
 iMessage, WhatsApp, Teams, MatterMost, Slack, and 
 Gmail.
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