119-hres448

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 448 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 448

 Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the Cover-Up of 
 President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s Cognitive and Physical Health 
 Decline.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 29, 2025

 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. Rose, Mr. Van 
 Orden, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) submitted the following resolution; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Rules

_______________________________________________________________________

 RESOLUTION

 Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the Cover-Up of 
 President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s Cognitive and Physical Health 
 Decline.

 Resolved,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.

 There is hereby established the Select Committee to Investigate the 
Cover-Up of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s Cognitive and 
Physical Health Decline (hereinafter referred to as the ``Select 
Committee'').

SEC. 2. COMPOSITION.

    (a) Appointment of Members.--The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members 
to the Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after 
consultation with the minority leader.

    (b) Designation of Chair.--The Speaker shall designate one Member 
to serve as chair of the Select Committee.
            (c) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Select Committee shall be filled 
in the same manner as the original appointment.

SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS.

    (a) Functions.--The functions of the Select Committee are to--

    (1) investigate and report upon the facts of President 
 Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s cognitive and physical health 
 decline and the potential concealment of information from the 
 American public;

    (2) investigate President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s 
 cancer diagnosis and whether the President's administration 
 concealed information from the American public;

    (3) examine, investigate, and report on Vice President 
 Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, and others' roles in the cover up of 
 President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s cognitive and physical 
 health decline;

    (4) investigate and report on the role of fake news and 
 legacy media outlets in spreading false or misleading 
 narratives of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s cognitive 
 and physical health;

    (5) examine President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s use of 
 autopen for official Presidential acts as well as who was 
 controlling such actions;

    (6) investigate and report on the existence, content, and 
 suppression of Special Counsel Robert Hur's tapes and related 
 evidence;

    (7) examine President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s 
 mishandling of classified documents; and

    (8) issue a final report to the House containing such 
 findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective 
 measures described as it may deem necessary.

    (b) Interim Reports.--In addition to the final report addressing 
issued under subsection

    (a)

    (7) , the Select Committee may report to the 
House or any committee of the House from time to time the results of 
its investigations, together with such detailed findings, policy 
recommendations, and legislative proposals as it may deem advisable.
            (c) Jurisdiction.--

    (1) No legislative jurisdiction.--The Select Committee 
 shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no 
 authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolution.

    (2) Investigative jurisdiction.--The sole authority of the 
 Select Committee shall be to investigate and report on 
 President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s cognitive and physical 
 health decline and the potential concealment of information 
 from the American public, and to make policy recommendations 
 and legislative proposals in response to its investigation and 
 report. The Select Committee may, at its discretion, hold 
 public hearings in connection with any aspect of its 
 investigative functions.
            (d) Staff; Funding.--

    (1) The appointment and the compensation of staff for the 
 Select Committee shall be subject to regulations issued by the 
 Committee on House Administration.

    (2)
        (A) Staff of employing entities of the House or a joint 
 committee may be detailed to the Select Committee to carry out 
 this resolution and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select 
 Committee.
        (B) The Select Committee may request the head of any 
 Federal agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of 
 the personnel of the agency to the Select Committee.

    (3) Section 202
            (i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301
            (i) ) shall apply with respect to the Select 
 Committee in the same manner as such section applies with 
 respect to a standing committee, except that the selection of 
 any consultant or organization under such section shall be 
 subject to approval by the Speaker.

    (e) Deadlines.--The Select Committee shall submit all of its 
reports to the House by December 31, 2025. All policy recommendations 
and legislative proposals shall be submitted to the relevant standing 
committees not later than December 31, 2025. The Select Committee shall 
submit all legislative proposals to the relevant standing committees 
not later than 30 days after their adoption by the Select Committee.

SEC. 4. PROCEDURE.

    (a) Access to Information From Intelligence Community.--
Notwithstanding clause 3
            (m) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Select Committee is authorized to study the 
sources and methods of entities described in clause 11

    (b)

    (1)
        (A) of rule 
X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in sections 
3 and 4.

    (b) Treatment of Classified Information.--Clause 11

    (b)

    (4) , clause 
11

    (e) , and the first sentence of clause 11

    (f) of rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives shall apply to the Select Committee.
            (c) Applicability of Rules Governing Procedures of Committees.--
Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply to the 
Select Committee except as follows:

    (1) Clause 2

    (a) of rule XI shall not apply to the Select 
 Committee.

    (2) Clause 2

    (g)

    (2)
            (D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select 
 Committee in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent 
 Select Committee on Intelligence.

    (3) Pursuant to clause 2

    (h) of rule XI, two Members of the 
 Select Committee shall constitute a quorum for taking testimony 
 or receiving evidence and one-third of the Members of the 
 Select Committee shall constitute a quorum for taking any 
 action other than one for which the presence of a majority of 
 the Select Committee is required.

    (4) The chair of the Select Committee may authorize and 
 issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2
            (m) of rule XI in the 
 investigation and study conducted pursuant to sections 3 and 4 
 of this resolution, including for the purpose of taking 
 depositions.

    (5) The chair of the Select Committee is authorized to 
 compel by subpoena the furnishing of information by 
 interrogatory.

    (6)
        (A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consultation 
 with the ranking minority member, may order the taking of 
 depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a Member or 
 counsel of the Select Committee, in the same manner as a 
 standing committee pursuant to 

section 3

    (t) of House Resolution 
 5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
        (B) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in 
 this paragraph shall be governed by the most recent procedures 
 submitted by the chair of the Committee on Rules for printing 
 in the Congressional Record.

    (7) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this resolution may be 
 signed by the chair of the Select Committee or a designee.

    (8) The chair of the Select Committee may, after 
 consultation with the ranking minority member, recognize--
        (A) Members of the Select Committee to question a 
 witness for periods longer than five minutes as though 
 pursuant to clause 2

    (j)

    (2)
        (B) of rule XI; and
        (B) staff of the Select Committee to question a 
 witness as though pursuant to clause 2

    (j)

    (2)
            (C) of rule 
 XI.

    (9) The chair of the Select Committee may postpone further 
 proceedings when a record vote is ordered on questions 
 referenced in clause 2

    (h)

    (4) of rule XI, and may resume 
 proceedings on such postponed questions at any time after 
 reasonable notice. Notwithstanding any intervening order for 
 the previous question, an underlying proposition shall remain 
 subject to further debate or amendment to the same extent as 
 when the question was postponed.

    (10) The provisions of paragraphs

    (f)

    (1) through

    (f)

    (12) of 
 clause 4 of rule XI shall apply to the Select Committee.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

 The Select Committee shall terminate 30 days after filing the final 
report under 

section 3

    (a)

    (7) .
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