119-hres539

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 539 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 539

 Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the 
 Committee on Homeland Security.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 24, 2025

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana submitted the following resolution; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Ethics

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 RESOLUTION

 Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the 
 Committee on Homeland Security.

Whereas, on May 9, 2025, Representative McIver took part in an incident at the 
 Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility located in Newark, New Jersey;
Whereas Representative LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, as a result of her actions 
 on May 9, 2025, has been charged in a three-count indictment by a 
 Federal grand jury for assaulting, resisting, impeding, and interfering 
 with Federal officers;
Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have challenged guidance from a 
 Federal officer regarding access to the secure immigration detention 
 facility;
Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have interfered with Homeland 
 Security Investigations

    (HSI) officials from making an arrest of an 
 unauthorized visitor;
Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have ``slammed her forearm into the 
 body'' and ``restrain'' an HSI officer by ``forcibly grabbing him'';
Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have further interfered with an 
 Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deportation Officer engaged in the 
 performance of his official duties;
Whereas body camera and other video evidence support the allegations made within 
 the Federal indictment;
Whereas such actions constitute a violation of 

section 111

    (a)

    (1) of title 18, 
 United States Code, relating to assaulting, resisting, impeding, and 
 interfering with a Federal officer;
Whereas clause 1 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
 provides, ``A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
 employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall 
 reflect creditably on the House.'';
Whereas such actions of a Member of the House of Representatives do not reflect 
 creditably on the House; and
Whereas Representative McIver's continued service on the Committee on Homeland 
 Security, which is charged with oversight of Federal immigration 
 enforcement and other national security matters, would represent a 
 significant conflict of interest: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved,

SECTION 1. CENSURE OF REPRESENTATIVE LAMONICA MCIVER.

 Representative LaMonica McIver--

    (1) is censured;

    (2) shall forthwith present herself in the well of the 
 House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and

    (3) is censured with the public reading of this resolution 
 by the Speaker.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL FROM COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

 The following named Member be, and is hereby, removed from the 
following standing committee of the House of Representatives:
 Committee on Homeland Security: Mrs. McIver.
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