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    Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their
Use in the House, 1947-2011
Christopher M. Davis
Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process
March 16, 2011

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Summary
A resolution of inquiry is a simple resolution making a direct request or demand of the President
or the head of an executive department to furnish the House with specific factual information in
the Administration’s possession. Under the rules and precedents of the U.S. House of
Representatives, such resolutions, if properly drafted, are given a privileged parliamentary status.
This means that, under certain circumstances, a resolution of inquiry can be brought up on the
House floor even if the committee to which it was referred has not reported it and the majority
party leadership has not scheduled it for consideration.
Between 1947 and 2011, 290 resolutions of inquiry were introduced in the House of
Representatives. Two periods in particular, 1971-1975 and 2003-2006, saw the highest levels of
activity on resolutions of inquiry during the 64 years studied.
Although nearly every standing House committee has been referred at least one resolution of
inquiry during the post-World War II period, the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs,
and the Judiciary have received the largest share of references because the most commonly
sought information has related to defense, foreign relations, and intelligence. Most resolutions of
inquiry are directed to the President himself, but other executive branch officials have been the
subject of such information requests as well.
Just under half of the resolutions of inquiry introduced between 1947 and 2011 were reported by
the committee to which they were referred, in most cases, adversely, indicating that the
committee opposed the resolution. This opposition might be because the resolution had been
made moot by the executive branch complying in whole or in part with the request, or because
such a request would, in the view of the committee, compromise an ongoing investigation,
endanger sensitive information, or seek already-available information. Less than a quarter of the
resolutions of inquiry introduced during the period studied reached the House floor, the last one
in 1995.
Although Representatives of both political parties have utilized resolutions of inquiry, in recent
Congresses, such resolutions have overwhelmingly become a tool of the minority party in the
House. This development has led some to question whether resolutions of inquiry are being
“misused” for partisan gain or are unduly increasing the workload of certain House committees.
Others have attributed the increase to a frustration among minority party Members with their
inability to readily obtain information from the executive branch.
Available data suggest that approximately 30% of the time, a resolution of inquiry has resulted in
the production of information to the House. In the majority of cases, however, it is simply
unknown, unclear, or in dispute whether the resolution of inquiry produced any of the requested
information, a fact which might suggest the need for additional investigation of the efficacy of
this parliamentary oversight tool by policymakers.
This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Contents
Resolutions of Inquiry Generally.................................................................................................1
Use of Resolutions of Inquiry: 1947-2011 ...................................................................................2
Some Congresses Show High Levels of Activity ...................................................................2
Most Resolutions Relate to Defense or Foreign Affairs..........................................................4
Most Resolutions of Inquiry Are Directed to the President.....................................................5
House Action on Resolutions of Inquiry ......................................................................................7
Committees Are Acting on More Resolutions of Inquiry........................................................7
Few Resolutions of Inquiry Reach the House Floor ...............................................................8
Resolutions of Inquiry Are Increasingly A Minority Party Tool..............................................9
Effectiveness of Resolutions of Inquiry is Unclear.................................................................9
Conclusion and Questions for Consideration ............................................................................. 11

Figures
Figure 1. Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the House of Representatives ...............................3
Figure 2. Committees of Primary Referral for Resolutions of Inquiry ..........................................5
Figure 3. Primary Official to Whom House Resolutions of Inquiry Were Directed .......................6
Figure 4. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Information? ........................................ 10

Tables
Table 1. House Resolutions of Inquiry and Associated Action, 1947-2011 ................................. 13
Table 2. Form of House Committee Report on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011 ..................... 14
Table 3. House Floor Action on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011............................................ 15
Table 4. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. Congress, 1947-2011 ............... 16
Table 5. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. President, 1947-2011 ............... 17
Table 6. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Requested Information?......................... 18
Table 7. Identified Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives, 1947-2011.................................................................................................... 19

Contacts
Author Contact Information ...................................................................................................... 73

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Resolutions of Inquiry Generally
A resolution of inquiry is a measure that formally calls on the executive branch to provide
specified factual information to Congress. The use of resolutions of this type as a tool of
executive oversight stems from the earliest days of Congress.1 Although resolutions of inquiry
have occasionally been used in the Senate, they are far more common in the House of
Representatives, and this report examines their use only in that chamber between 1947 and the
present.2
House resolutions of inquiry are simple resolutions (designated “H.Res.”), which are introduced
in the same manner as other legislation. 3 Under chamber rules and precedents, however,
resolutions of inquiry, if properly drafted and under specified circumstances, are afforded a
privileged parliamentary status.4 Clause 7 of House Rule XIII makes a resolution of inquiry
privileged for consideration at any time after it is reported or discharged from committee,
consistent with the normal three-day layover period required of committee reports.5
If a resolution of inquiry is not reported to the House within 14 legislative days after its
introduction (not counting the days of introduction and discharge), a motion to discharge a
committee from its further consideration can be made on the House floor. Should the committee
or committees of referral report (or be discharged under a time limit imposed by the Speaker)
within the 14-day period, however, only a Member acting at the direction of the committee may
move to proceed to its consideration on the floor.6 Thus, even when a House committee opposes a
resolution of inquiry, the committee will frequently mark it up and report it, perhaps adversely, to
retain control over the measure and prevent a supporter from making the privileged motions on
the House floor to discharge or call up the legislation.
To retain the privileged parliamentary status described above, resolutions of inquiry may not
contain a preamble and must call only for facts within the executive branch’s control. Such
resolutions may not seek opinions or investigations and are traditionally framed as “requesting”
the President or “directing” the head of a cabinet-level agency to respond. As is the case with

1

For more information on resolutions of inquiry, see CRS Report RL31909, House Resolutions of Inquiry, by
Christopher M. Davis. Also: U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson’s Manual, and Rules of the House of
Representatives, H.Doc. 110-162, 110th Cong., 2nd sess. (Washington: GPO, 2009), §864, pp. 649-651.
2
1947 was chosen as year to begin this examination because it is the first year in which most provisions of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (P.L. 79-753, 60 stat. 812) became effective, a milestone which is widely
viewed as the beginning of the “modern” U.S. Congress.
3
Members have occasionally called on the Executive Branch to provide information to the House and Senate in an
inquiry framed as a concurrent, rather than simple, resolution. In modern practice, however, resolutions of inquiry are
simple resolutions introduced, and acted upon, in one chamber. See Asher C. Hinds, Hinds’ Precedents of the House of
Representatives of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1907), vol. 3, §1875.
4
House rules and precedents place certain types of legislation in a special “privileged” category which gives measures
of this kind the ability to be called up for consideration when the House is not considering another matter.
5
House Rule XIII, clause 4. For more information on House layover requirements, see CRS Report RS22015,
Availability of Legislative Measures in the House of Representatives (The “Three-Day Rule”), by Elizabeth Rybicki.
6
In cases of multiple referral, all committees must report or be discharged before a resolution of inquiry may be
considered on the floor. For a discussion of who may call up a multiply referred resolution of inquiry, see William
Holmes Brown and Charles W. Johnson, House Practice, A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the
House (Washington: GPO, 2003), ch. 49, §5, p. 820.

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other types of privileged business, committee reports accompanying resolutions of inquiry are
presented from the floor, rather than through the hopper.
If the House chooses to consider a resolution of inquiry, it is considered under the Hour Rule.
When raised, such resolutions may be agreed to, rejected, or tabled by majority vote. In fact, it
has been common historically for the majority party Member managing a resolution of inquiry on
the House floor to quickly move to table it, either because he or she opposes its provisions, or
because the request has been rendered moot by the executive branch having provided some or all
of the requested information.
Finally, as simple resolutions, resolutions of inquiry have no legal force. Thus, compliance by the
executive branch with the House’s request for factual information in such a resolution is
voluntary, resting largely on a sense of comity between co-equal branches of government and a
recognition of the necessity for Congress to be well-informed as it legislates. Executive branch
compliance with resolutions of inquiry might also be indirectly influenced by a general respect
for congressional legislative and oversight power, including Congress’s power to appropriate or
withhold money for an agency’s budget.

Use of Resolutions of Inquiry: 1947-2011
Some Congresses Show High Levels of Activity
The Congressional Research Service has identified 290 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the
House between 1947 and 2011—an average of nine per Congress. These statistics are represented
in Table 1 Use in the House, 1947-2011
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ContentsResolutions of Inquiry Generally
Use of Resolutions of Inquiry: 1947-2011
Some Congresses Show High Levels of Activity
Most Resolutions Relate to Defense or Foreign Affairs
Most Resolutions of Inquiry Are Directed to the President
House Action on Resolutions of Inquiry
Committees Are Acting on More Resolutions of Inquiry
Few Resolutions of Inquiry Reach the House Floor
Resolutions of Inquiry Are Increasingly A Minority Party Tool
Effectiveness of Resolutions of Inquiry is Unclear
Conclusion and Questions for Consideration

      Figures
      Figure 1. Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the House of Representatives
Figure 2. Committees of Primary Referral for Resolutions of Inquiry
Figure 3. Primary Official to Whom House Resolutions of Inquiry Were Directed
Figure 4. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Information?

    

      Tables
      Table 1. House Resolutions of Inquiry and Associated Action, 1947-2011
Table 2. Form of House Committee Report on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011
Table 3. House Floor Action on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011
Table 4. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. Congress, 1947-2011
Table 5. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. President, 1947-2011
Table 6. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Requested Information?
Table 7. Identified Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-2011

    
SummaryA resolution of inquiry is a simple resolution making a direct request or demand of the President or the head of an executive department to furnish the House with specific factual information in the Administration's possession. Under the rules and precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives, such resolutions, if properly drafted, are given a privileged parliamentary status. This means that, under certain circumstances, a resolution of inquiry can be brought up on the House floor even if the committee to which it was referred has not reported it and the majority party leadership has not scheduled it for consideration.
Between 1947 and 2011, 290 resolutions of inquiry were introduced in the House of Representatives. Two periods in particular, 1971-1975 and 2003-2006, saw the highest levels of activity on resolutions of inquiry during the 64 years studied. 
Although nearly every standing House committee has been referred at least one resolution of inquiry during the post-World War II period, the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary have received the largest share of references because the most commonly sought information has related to defense, foreign relations, and intelligence. Most resolutions of inquiry are directed to the President himself, but other executive branch officials have been the subject of such information requests as well.
Just under half of the resolutions of inquiry introduced between 1947 and 2011 were reported by the committee to which they were referred, in most cases, adversely, indicating that the committee opposed the resolution. This opposition might be because the resolution had been made moot by the executive branch complying in whole or in part with the request, or because such a request would, in the view of the committee, compromise an ongoing investigation, endanger sensitive information, or seek already-available information. Less than a quarter of the resolutions of inquiry introduced during the period studied reached the House floor, the last one in 1995.
Although Representatives of both political parties have utilized resolutions of inquiry, in recent Congresses, such resolutions have overwhelmingly become a tool of the minority party in the House. This development has led some to question whether resolutions of inquiry are being "misused" for partisan gain or are unduly increasing the workload of certain House committees. Others have attributed the increase to a frustration among minority party Members with their inability to readily obtain information from the executive branch.
Available data suggest that approximately 30% of the time, a resolution of inquiry has resulted in the production of information to the House. In the majority of cases, however, it is simply unknown, unclear, or in dispute whether the resolution of inquiry produced any of the requested information, a fact which might suggest the need for additional investigation of the efficacy of this parliamentary oversight tool by policymakers.
This report will be updated as events warrant.
Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2011
Resolutions of Inquiry GenerallyA resolution of inquiry is a measure that formally calls on the executive branch to provide specified factual information to Congress. The use of resolutions of this type as a tool of executive oversight stems from the earliest days of Congress.1 Although resolutions of inquiry have occasionally been used in the Senate, they are far more common in the House of Representatives, and this report examines their use only in that chamber between 1947 and the present.2
House resolutions of inquiry are simple resolutions (designated "H.Res."), which are introduced in the same manner as other legislation.3 Under chamber rules and precedents, however, resolutions of inquiry, if properly drafted and under specified circumstances, are afforded a privileged parliamentary status.4 Clause 7 of House Rule XIII makes a resolution of inquiry privileged for consideration at any time after it is reported or discharged from committee, consistent with the normal three-day layover period required of committee reports.5
If a resolution of inquiry is not reported to the House within 14 legislative days after its introduction (not counting the days of introduction and discharge), a motion to discharge a committee from its further consideration can be made on the House floor. Should the committee or committees of referral report (or be discharged under a time limit imposed by the Speaker) within the 14-day period, however, only a Member acting at the direction of the committee may move to proceed to its consideration on the floor.6 Thus, even when a House committee opposes a resolution of inquiry, the committee will frequently mark it up and report it, perhaps adversely, to retain control over the measure and prevent a supporter from making the privileged motions on the House floor to discharge or call up the legislation.
To retain the privileged parliamentary status described above, resolutions of inquiry may not contain a preamble and must call only for facts within the executive branch's control. Such resolutions may not seek opinions or investigations and are traditionally framed as "requesting" the President or "directing" the head of a Cabinet-level agency to respond. As is the case with other types of privileged business, committee reports accompanying resolutions of inquiry are presented from the floor, rather than through the hopper.
If the House chooses to consider a resolution of inquiry, it is considered under the Hour Rule. When raised, such resolutions may be agreed to, rejected, or tabled by majority vote. In fact, it has been common historically for the majority party Member managing a resolution of inquiry on the House floor to quickly move to table it, either because he or she opposes its provisions, or because the request has been rendered moot by the executive branch having provided some or all of the requested information.
Finally, as simple resolutions, resolutions of inquiry have no legal force. Thus, compliance by the executive branch with the House's request for factual information in such a resolution is voluntary, resting largely on a sense of comity between co-equal branches of government and a recognition of the necessity for Congress to be well-informed as it legislates. Executive branch compliance with resolutions of inquiry might also be indirectly influenced by a general respect for congressional legislative and oversight power, including Congress's power to appropriate or withhold money for an agency's budget.
Use of Resolutions of Inquiry: 1947-2011Some Congresses Show High Levels of Activity
    The Congressional Research Service has identified 290 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the House between 1947 and 2011—an average of 9 per Congress. These statistics are represented in Table 1 and the resolutions are described in detail in Table 7 of this report.

    The number of resolutions of inquiry introduced in individual Congresses over this 64-year
 period varies widely. Two distinct periods, however (as shown in Figure 1), saw a number of
 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the House that far exceeded the overall average: the 92nd-94th
92nd-94th Congresses (1971-1976), during which a total of 87 resolutions of inquiry were introduced, and
the 108th and 109th the 108th and 109th Congresses (2003-2006), during which 53 resolutions were authored. The
 number of resolutions of inquiry introduced in these five Congresses alone account for nearly half
 of all such measures introduced during the 64-year period examined.

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Figure 1. Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the House of Representatives

Resolutions Introduced

1947-2011
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
80

83

86

89

92

95

98

1
10

4
10

7
10

0
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Congresses
Figure 1. Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the House of Representatives
1947-2011
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
 issues of the Journal of the House of Representatives.
Notes: As of March 16, 2011.


          
        
      
    
    As both Table 1 and Figure 1 indicate, recent activity on resolutions of inquiry in the House is
 high from a historic perspective. The number of House resolutions of inquiry introduced in the
108th 108th (2003-2004) and 109th109th (2005-2006) Congresses reflected a sharp increase in the number
 introduced over the decade preceding itthem. In each Congress between the 102nd102nd (1991-1992) and
107th 107th (2001-2002) Congresses, an average of one resolution of inquiry was introduced. In the
108th 108th Congress, 14 such resolutions were introduced, and 39 resolutions of inquiry were
 introduced in the 109th109th Congress. The 53 resolutions of inquiry introduced in these two
 Congresses exceeded the total number of such resolutions introduced in the previous two decades
 combined.

    During the period studied (1947-2011), the 39 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the 109th
109th Congress are exceeded only by the 44 resolutions introduced in the 93rd93rd Congress (1973-1974).
 But this latter total may be misleadingly high due solely to rules in effect at that time. In the 93rd
93rd Congress, House rules limited the co-sponsorship of measures to a maximum of 25
 Representatives. 77 Several of the 44 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the 93rd93rd Congress were
 identical resolutions introduced separately in an apparent effort to enable more than 25 Members
 to cosponsor them. When these “doubles”"doubles" are taken into account, more resolutions of inquiry
 were introduced in the 109th109th Congress than in any single Congress since World War II. In the 111th
111th Congress (2009-2010), 29 resolutions of inquiry were introduced. As of this writing, no
 resolutions of inquiry have been introduced in the 112th112th Congress (2011-2012).

    The reason for the sharp increase in the number of such resolutions introduced during recent
some recent Congresses is open to interpretation. Some have charged that instead of using resolutions of
7

U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson’s Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives, §25, p. 612.

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 inquiry as an oversight tool to obtain information from the executive branch, in at least some
 instances, minority party membersMembers have purposely used the privileged status such resolutions
 enjoy as a way to “force”"force" committees to act on a given subject or get Members to record votes on
 politically controversial policy questions, in essence, enabling the minority party to “schedule” a
"schedule" a committee markup meeting on a subject of its choosing. Those holding this view point to the high
 number of resolutions introduced during periods when the House and the President are of the
 same political party as evidence of the political use of resolutions of inquiry.

    One committee report stated this view of several resolutions of inquiry referred to the committee
 seeking information on pre-Iraq war intelligence, saying, “"[these] resolutions are politicallycalculatedpolitically-calculated attacks on the ... administration.”8"8 Still another report argued, “"the Minority [party] is
 attempting to use this parliamentary tool for political means. Perhaps most importantly, as a
 matter of procedure, [the resolution of inquiry] challenges the Majority’'s prerogatives and its
 right to set the legislative agenda, and for that reason alone should be rejected.”9"9 Members
 holding this viewpoint argue that recent activity on resolutions of inquiry are more about
“ "message politics”" than obtaining information.

    Other Members have taken an opposite view, arguing that resolutions of inquiry have increased in
 number recently because the executive branch has frequently responded to information requests
 from Congress, particularly those made by minority party Members relating to politically
 sensitive issues, “"grudgingly.”" Such Members argue that the White House has treated letters from
 lawmakers requesting information “"as if they are junk mail, routinely tossing them aside without
 responding.”10"10 This executive branch behavior, these Members argue, coupled with what they
 characterize as an ambivalence by majority parties to the rights of the minority in the House, have
has led to the increased use of such resolutions. Members holding this view argue that resolutions of
 inquiry, because they are privileged, are one of the few parliamentary tools to hold the executive
 branch to account available to individual Members, including the minority party.

Most Resolutions Relate to Defense or Foreign Affairs

    The most commonly identified subjects of House resolutions of inquiry over the past six decades
 have been defense, foreign affairs, and intelligence. This may help to explain in part the sharp
 increases noted above during the 92nd-94th (1971-1976) and 108th-109th92nd-94th (1971-1976) and 108th-109th (2003-2006) Congresses,
 periods where Members were focused on military conflicts in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan and
 on intelligence issues stemming from the so-called global war on terrorism.

    As with other legislation introduced in the House, the Speaker, acting through the
 Parliamentarian, refers resolutions of inquiry to committee based on the subject matter of the
 measure and the jurisdiction of House committees as codified in clause 1 of Rule X.

    With the exception of the Committees on Budget, Rules, and Standards of Official Conduct,
Ethics, every standing committee of the House has, at some time over the 64 years examined, had at least
8

U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Report to Accompany H.Res. 549, 109th Cong., 1st sess.,
H.Rept. 109-351 (Washington: GPO, 2005), p. 2.
9
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Adverse Report to Accompany H.Res. 467, 109th
Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 109-258 (Washington: GPO, 2005), p. 6.
10
U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, Adverse Report to Accompany H.Res. 643, 109th Cong., 2nd sess.,
H.Rept. 109-382 (Washington: GPO, 2006), p. 185.

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 one resolution of inquiry referred to it. However, as is reflected in Figure 2, and as may be
 inferred from the most common subjects of such resolutions mentioned above, three House
 committees have received the greatest share of referrals: Armed Services, which was referred 72
 resolutions of inquiry over this period; Foreign Affairs, with 69; and Judiciary, which received 36.
 These three panels were the committees of primary referral for 61% of all resolutions of inquiry
 introduced between 1947 and 2011.

      
        
          
            Figure 2. Committees of Primary Referral for Resolutions of Inquiry
1947-2011

Number of Primary Referrals

80

72

70

69
56

60
50
40

36

30
20

18

16

13

10

Armed Svs.
For. Affs.
Judiciary
En. & Comm.
Intell.
Ways Mns.
Nat. Res.
All others

10
0
House Committees

1947-2011
Source: Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant issues of the Journal of the United
 States House of Representatives.
Notes: As of March 16, 2011. For purposes of consistency and clarity, committees are identified by their
 designation in clause 1 of House Rule X as adopted by the 112th Congress.

112th Congress.
          
        
      
    
    The multiple referral of legislation has been permitted in the House since 1975, and over the
 period examined, several resolutions of inquiry were referred to more than one House committee.
 Note, however, that since 2004, only two resolutions of inquiry have been multiply referred. It is
 not clear if this is the case because the subject of recent resolutions fell exclusively into the
 jurisdiction of one committee, because resolution sponsors have introduced separate resolutions
 directed to different officials (as opposed to one multiply-referred resolution directed to all of
 them), or because House Speakers, acting through the Parliamentarian, have chosen to avoid the
 multiple referral of resolutions of inquiry wherever possible.

Most Resolutions of Inquiry Are Directed to the President

    As has been noted, privileged resolutions of inquiry are traditionally directed to the President of
 the United States, or, under House Rule XIII, to the “"head of an executive department.”" Under
 long-standing chamber precedents, the “"head of an executive department” has been interpreted to

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mean the secretary of a cabinet" has been interpreted to mean the Secretary of a Cabinet-level executive agency, not subordinate government officials.11 As
11 As such, although a resolution of inquiry directed to an officer below the cabinetCabinet level could be
 introduced, it would not enjoy its privileged status under House rules. The inclusion of lesser
 officials is viewed as destroying the privilege of an entire resolution, even in cases where a
 request is also directed to the President or a cabinet secretary.
Cabinet Secretary.
    Since 1947, 106 of the 290 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the House (37%) have been
 directed to the President of the United States; 57 (20%) have been directed to the Secretary of
 Defense or his predecessor; 36 resolutions (12%) sought information from the Secretary of State;
 and 23 (8%) from the Attorney General. Various other executive branch officials, including the
 Secretaries of Commerce, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Labor, and
 the Treasury have been the target of House resolutions of inquiry. These statistics are represented
 in Figure 3.
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Figure 3. Primary Official to Whom House Resolutions of Inquiry Were Directed
1947-2011

Number of Resolutions

120

106

100
80
60

57
45

40

36
23

20

8

7

8

President
Defense
State
Atty. Gen.
Treasury
Comm.
HHS
Other

0
Executive Branch Official
1947-2011
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
 issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
.Notes: As of March 16, 2011. In cases in which a resolution was addressed to more than one executive branch
 official, the first listed official was counted.


          
        
      
    
    A small number of resolutions of inquiry introduced during the period examined were directed
 solely or in part to sub-cabinetCabinet officials, including the Directors of Central Intelligence and
 National Intelligence, the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Internal
 Revenue Service Commissioner. As noted, such resolutions were arguably not privileged for

11

Asher C. Hinds, Hinds’ Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1907),
vol. 3, §1861, p. 169. The Executive departments are listed in 5 U.S.C. 101.

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 consideration in the House, and, in at least once instance, the Speaker sustained a point of order to
 that effect when an effort was made to raise the measure on the chamber floor.12

12House Action on Resolutions of Inquiry
Committees Are Acting on More Resolutions of Inquiry

    A committee has a number of choices after a resolution of inquiry is referred to it. It may mark up
 and report the resolution without amendment, or it may amend it. It may report the resolution to
 the House favorably, adversely, or without recommendation. It may also take no action,; however,
 as has been noted, in failing to act, it risks a Member making a privileged motion on the House
 floor to discharge the committee of the legislation.

    Fewer than half of the resolutions of inquiry introduced between 1947 and 2011 were acted on by
 the primary House committee of referral. Approximately 49% (142 of 290) of the resolutions of
 inquiry introduced were actively considered at the committee level. As is discussed below in
 more detail, the fact that a resolution was not acted on does not necessarily mean, however, that
 its sponsor did not receive some of the requested information from the executive branch or
 achieve some other goal.

    As is reflected in Table 2, during the period examined, committees which chose to mark- up a
 resolution of inquiry and report it to the House chose frequently (73%), to report the resolution
“ "adversely,”" a parliamentary designation which means that the committee did not recommend that
 the House agree to the resolution. In a smaller percentage of cases during the time period
 examined, House committees have chosen to report resolutions of inquiry favorably (13%) or
 without recommendation (15%). On occasion, such resolutions have been amended by the
 committee before being reported, sometimes adopting a full substitute.

    No generalizations can be made about adverse reports on a resolution of inquiry. A House
 committee may choose to report a resolution adversely because they oppose it, and, as has been
 noted, because by doing so they ensure that no Member except a designee of the committee may
 call the resolution up on the floor. In several instances over the period examined, however, an
 adverse report was clearly made because the executive branch had produced some or all of the
 requested information, and the committee did not want the House to waste its time on a moot
 question. It has also been common for committees to report adversely with the rationale that
 production of the information would compromise an ongoing investigation or because, in the
 view of the committee, the requested information was too sensitive to be provided or, conversely,
 was already widely available, and thus, not the proper subject of a privileged resolution.

    The data examined show that since the 108th108th Congress (2003-2004), committees have almost
 universally marked up every properly drafted resolution of inquiry referred to them regardless of
 its subject, sponsor, or how the committee felt about the resolution. This was not the case in
 earlier Congresses during the 64-year period studied. This may suggest that committees are acting
 on resolutions of inquiry at least in part to retain control of the resolution.
12

Deschler’s Precedents of the United States House of Representatives, H. Doc. 94-661, 94th Cong., 2nd sess., vol. 4,
ch. 15, §2.1.

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    The fact that more resolutions of inquiry are being introduced, and House committees are
 marking up virtually every such resolution referred to them, has led some to question whether
 resolutions of inquiry are creating an undue workload burden for House committees. Those
 holding such a view argue that if committees feel they “"have to”" mark up a resolution of inquiry
 because it is privileged, the potential exists for minority party Members to “flood”"flood" a committee
 with such resolutions and seize control over a committee’'s markup agenda from the majority.

    Those holding this view note that certain House committees are disproportionately affected by
 such resolutions, and they argue that using resolutions of inquiry in this way is not the purpose
 such measures were created or given privileged status under chamber rules. They note, for
 example, that in the 109th109th Congress (2005-2006), 45% (10 out of 22) of the reports made to the
 House by the Committee on International Relations (now designated Foreign Affairs) were on
 minority-party sponsored resolutions of inquiry.1313 During the same period, 21% (3 out of 14) of
 the reports made to the House by the Committee on Armed Services were on minority-party
 sponsored resolutions of inquiry.14
14
    Members holding the opposite view argue that although resolutions of inquiry may have
 increased in number in recent years, they still represent a small fraction of the overall legislative
 workload and are easily managed by the chamber’'s committee system. They further argue that
 such resolutions actually aid the House, by compelling its committees to seek information from
 the executive branch that Members need to legislate effectively. Those holding this view might
 argue that resolutions of inquiry motivate committees to focus on their central role in the
 oversight process.

Few Resolutions of Inquiry Reach the House Floor

    As is reflected in Table 3, House floor consideration of resolutions of inquiry during the 64-year
 period examined was generally rare, and in recent Congresses, non-existent. In the last 26 years,
 only two resolutions of inquiry have received action on the House floor.

    Between 1947 and 2011, 64 resolutions of inquiry have been considered on the House floor,
 under a quarter (22%) of those introduced, and approximately half of those reported by the
chamber’ chamber's committees. Of the resolutions receiving floor action, 52 (81%) were laid on the table
 by majority vote, effectively killing them. Just 11 resolutions of inquiry have been agreed to by
 the House since 1947, the most recent occurring in the 104th104th Congress (1995-1996). It is worth
 reiterating that the tabling of a resolution on the House floor may have been undertaken because
 the question had been made moot by the executive branch being in substantial compliance with
 the resolution. For example, in a handful of instances during the period examined, it was the
 sponsor of the resolution of inquiry who moved to lay the resolution on the table, apparently
satisfied it had produced the desired result.

13
See U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Legislative Review Activities, 109th Cong., 2nd sess.,
H.Rept. 109-747 (Washington: GPO, 2007), pp. 27-28.
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 satisfied it had produced the desired result.Resolutions of Inquiry Are Increasingly A Minority Party Tool

    Resolutions of inquiry are sometimes assumed to be an oversight tool that is used
 disproportionately, or even exclusively, by congressional minorities. This view is, in a sense,
 understandable. The majority party in the House arguably has far more effective oversight tools at
 its disposal: namely committee hearings, subpoenas, and the ability to enact law, to name but a few.
pass legislation.
    An examination of resolutions of inquiry introduced between 1947 and 2011, however, reveals a
 far more bipartisan overall picture than this view might suggest. Over the 64 years examined, the
 party affiliation of resolution of inquiry sponsors is fairly evenly divided. Of the 290 resolutions
 of inquiry introduced between 1947 and 2011, 124 were introduced by Members of the
 congressional majority party and 166 by minority party members.15Members.15 The political affiliation of
 resolution of inquiry sponsors versus that of the President is more divided. Of the 290 resolutions
 of inquiry introduced in the House between 1947 and 2011, 217 (75%) were introduced by
 Members of Congress belonging to the opposite political party of the President.

    If, on the other hand, one examines only recent Congresses, the statistical picture is much starker
 and supports the view that resolutions of inquiry have become almost exclusively a minority party
 tool. In recent years, the sponsorship of resolutions of inquiry has become far more partisan, and
 more lopsided in party division than at any time during the six decades studied. In the last 10
 years, only one of the 82 resolutions of inquiry introduced was authored by a majority party
 Member of Congress having the same political party as the President. The balance have been
 introduced by minority party Members and directed at Presidents of the opposite party.

Effectiveness of Resolutions of Inquiry is Unclear

    Because resolutions of inquiry are primarily intended to be an information-gathering tool, one
 question is whether available evidence suggests such resolutions have been successful in
 producing information from the executive branch.

    The data in Table 6 and in Figure 3 are gleaned from an examination of legislative history
 documents, such as committee reports and floor debate, accompanying resolutions of inquiry
 introduced between 1947 and 2011. Based on these documents and the measures themselves,
 resolutions of inquiry were divided into three categories: (1) Yes, evidence suggests the resolution
 did produce full or partial information from the executive branch; (2) No, the evidence suggests
 that no information was received from the executive branch in response to the resolution; or (3)
 Whether information was produced is unknown, unclear, or in dispute.

    In the case of 52% of the resolutions of inquiry introduced between 1947 and 2011, whether the
 resolution resulted in the production of information was unknown, unclear, or in dispute based on
 an examination of the legislative history. Thirty percent of the resolutions of inquiry introduced
 over the period studied appear to have resulted in the production of some or all of the information
 requested of the executive branch. Seventeen percent of the resolutions authored during the
 period appear to have failed to produce any requested information. When a similar examination is
 limited to the most recent period of high resolution of inquiry activity noted above, 2003-2006,
15
Two resolutions of inquiry introduced over the period were sponsored by Members with a political affiliation other
than Democratic or Republican. For purposes of this analysis, both sponsors were grouped with the Democratic Party,
which is the party they voluntarily affiliated with for purposes of House committee assignment.

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 the effectiveness of such resolutions in producing information from the executive branch is far
 less. During these years, such resolutions failed to produce information 64% of the time and
 succeeded in only 19% of cases.

    As these statistics suggest, making determinations about the “success”"success" of resolutions of inquiry
 can be difficult. As has been noted, more than half of the resolutions of inquiry introduced
 between 1947 and 2011 were never marked up by House committee or considered on the chamber
 floor. In such cases there are no legislative history documents to examine to find clues as to
 whether the Member’'s information request was answered or ignored. It is easy to imagine that, in
 at least some of these instances, information must have been obtained. This supposition seems
 particularly likely in cases of resolutions introduced in the early years studied, where requests
 were commonly made for routine, non-controversial data, such as labor statistics or documents
 about the government’'s use of railroad cars. It seems reasonable to suppose that such resolution’s
resolutions' sponsors never tried to call the measures up on the floor precisely because their request had been
 satisfied; in such a scenario, inaction on a resolution would be an indication of its success. But
 that is only a supposition. Likewise, the very introduction of a resolution of inquiry might
 encourage an executive department to hand over information, but it may not be immediately
 apparent that the resolution was the motivating factor.

    Although the established purpose of resolutions of inquiry is to be a tool for producing factual
 information, that may not be the only goal a Member has when authoring such legislation. Calling
 attention to an issue,; seizing a committee’'s agenda from the majority party,; forcing other
 legislative action, such as a hearing,; getting Members on the record with difficult policy votes,; or
 simply demonstrating interest in a particular subject area, may all be possible goals for
 introducing a resolution of inquiry. As has been noted above, in recent Congresses, some have
 argued that the increase in resolutions of inquiry introduced is precisely because the resolutions
 are being used for goals such as these, rather than as a purely information-gathering mechanism.

      
        
          
            Figure 4. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Information?
1947-2011

152
Unclear
Yes
No

88

50

0

50

100

150

200

Number of Resolutions
1947-2011
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
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.Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. Categories based solely on examination of legislation and related
 legislative history documents.


          
        
      
    Conclusion and Questions for Consideration

    An examination of resolutions of inquiry introduced in the House between 1947 and 2011 raises
 several questions for the potential consideration of policymakers. Overall, the data suggest that
 resolutions of inquiry have become more common in recent years, have resulted in more work at
 the committee level, and have increasingly been used by minority party Members in the House.

    As noted, the data examined raise the question of whether recent increases in the number of
 House resolutions of inquiry are affecting the workload of certain chamber committees. If policy
 makers were to determine that this is the case, and that it merits action, they might examine
 whether changes in the treatment of such resolutions under House rules and precedents were
 warranted. The House might respond, for example, by making such resolutions privileged only if
 a House committee chose to report them favorably. Or they might choose instead to simply
 extend the time period that committees have to report a privileged resolution of inquiry from the
 present 14 legislative days, to a longer period of time. A change of this latter type might preserve
 the traditional use of resolutions of inquiry for all Members and give committees more freedom to
 choose when they will act on them. It might also discourage resolutions of inquiry from being
 introduced in an attempt to gain political advantage by highlighting important, but transient, “hot
button”"hot button" political issues.

    Perhaps the clearest picture emerging from a systematic examination of resolution of inquiry
 activity in the post-WWII period, however, relates to the efficacy of such resolutions. Although
 the data show that in some cases, particularly historically, such resolutions have produced
 information, over half the time it is simply unclear if resolutions of inquiry result in the
 production of any information to the House, and if so, to what degree.

    The possibility that the standing committees of the House are spending an increased amount of
 their finite time acting on resolutions whose true efficacy is largely unknown, may lead
 policymakers to try to institute a more rigorous accounting of future resolutions of this type.
 Lawmakers might do so in a number of ways. Committees, for example, might direct the agencies
 they oversee to formally catalogue and submit to them, what response, if any, they have made to
 recently introduced resolutions. Committees might be encouraged to report this information to the
 House in the activities report they are already required to submit to the House each Congress
 under clause 1(d)(1) of Rule XI or by some other mechanism. Executive branch communications
 to the House in response to a resolution of inquiry might be designated as such in the
 Congressional Record, or noted in a special category when received by the Clerk of the House, so
 that the “"cause and effect”" (or lack thereof) of such resolutions might become clearer.
 Policymakers might also consider standardizing the procedures House committees use to handle
 resolutions of inquiry, for example, requiring them to transmit the resolution to the executive
 branch within a stated timeframe with a letter from the chairman formally requesting executive
comment on the resolution.16
16
In the early years of the period studied, it appeared to be universal practice for a House committee receiving referral
of a resolution of inquiry to immediately request executive comment on the resolution. The executive’s response to this
request was commonly printed in the committee’s report to the House on the resolution. In recent Congresses, however,
it is not clear from the legislative history documents examined if House committees are still routinely making such
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 comment on the resolution.16
    Other options exist. The House Committee on Rules, as the panel with jurisdiction over chamber
 rules, might examine whether resolutions of inquiry, as a privileged mechanism rooted in the
 earliest days of Congress, continue to be necessary considering advances in information
 technology, including the development of oversight tools available to Members in recent decades.
 The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has special duties under House
 Rule X to report committee oversight plans to the House along with any recommendations to
 promote “"more effective and coordinated oversight,”" might also consider examining the use of
 such resolutions as oversight tools.
 
    Whether policymakers ultimately determined that changes in the use of resolutions of inquiry
 were warranted or not, such an examination might arguably give all Members of the House a
 better understanding of their use in the ongoing oversight relationship between the legislative and
executive branches of government.

(...continued)
requests for formal executive comment on resolutions of inquiry, and if so, to what extent.

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Table 1. House Resolutions of Inquiry and Associated Action, 1947-2011
Resolutions of Inquiry
Introduced

Resolutions Receiving
Committee Action

Resolutions Receiving
Floor Action

80th (1947-1948)

15

10

10

81st

Congress and Years
(1949-1950)

14

5

5

82nd (1951-1952)

8

5

5

83rd (1953-1954)

17

6

7

84th

(1955-1956)

8

2

1

85th (1957-1958)

3

0

0

86th

(1959-1960)

1

0

0

87th (1961-1962)

2

0

0

88th (1963-1964)

0

0

0

89th

(1965-1966)

5

1

1

90th (1967-1968)

0

0

0

91st

(1969-1970)

0

0

0

92nd (1971-1972)

17

12

16

93rd (1973-1974)

44

6

8

94th

(1975-1976)

26

2

1

95th (1977-1978)

3

0

0

96th

(1979-1980)

13

4

6

97th (1981-1982)

4

2

2

98th (1983-1984)

8

6

0

99th

6

4

0

100th (1987-1988)

(1985-1986)

4

3

0

101st (1989-1990)

4

2

0

102nd (1991-1992)

1

1

1

103rd (1993-1994)

2

1

0

104th

(1995-1996)

1

1

1

105th (1997-1998)

1

0

0

106th

(1999-2000)

1

0

0

107th (2001-2002)

0

0

0

108th (2003-2004)

14

13

0

109th

(2005-2006)

39

31

0

110th (2007-2008)

0

0

0

111th

(2009-2010)

Total

29

25

0

290

142

64

Source:  executive branches of government.
    
      Table 1. House Resolutions of Inquiry and Associated Action, 1947-2011

        
          Congress and Years

          Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced

          Resolutions Receiving Committee Action

          Resolutions Receiving Floor Action

        

          80th (1947-1948)

          15

          10

          10

        

          81st (1949-1950)

          14

          5

          5

        

          82nd (1951-1952)

          8

          5

          5

        

          83rd (1953-1954)

          17

          6

          7

        

          84th (1955-1956)

          8

          2

          1

        

          85th (1957-1958)

          3

          0

          0

        

          86th (1959-1960)

          1

          0

          0

        

          87th (1961-1962)

          2

          0

          0

        

          88th (1963-1964)

          0

          0

          0

        

          89th (1965-1966)

          5

          1

          1

        

          90th (1967-1968)

          0

          0

          0

        

          91st (1969-1970)

          0

          0

          0

        

          92nd (1971-1972)

          17

          12

          16

        

          93rd (1973-1974)

          44

          6

          8

        

          94th (1975-1976)

          26

          2

          1

        

          95th (1977-1978)

          3

          0

          0

        

          96th (1979-1980)

          13

          4

          6

        

          97th (1981-1982)

          4

          2

          2

        

          98th (1983-1984)

          8

          6

          0

        

          99th (1985-1986)

          6

          4

          0

        

          100th (1987-1988)

          4

          3

          0

        

          101st (1989-1990)

          4

          2

          0

        

          102nd (1991-1992)

          1

          1

          1

        

          103rd (1993-1994)

          2

          1

          0

        

          104th (1995-1996)

          1

          1

          1

        

          105th (1997-1998)

          1

          0

          0

        

          106th (1999-2000)

          1

          0

          0

        

          107th (2001-2002)

          0

          0

          0

        

          108th (2003-2004)

          14

          13

          0

        

          109th (2005-2006)

          39

          31

          0

        

          110th (2007-2008)

          0

          0

          0

        

          111th (2009-2010)

          29

          25

          0

        

          Total

          290

          142

          64

        
Source: Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant issues of the Journal of the United
 States House of Representatives.
. Notes: Table reflects resolutions of inquiry introduced through March 16, 2011. 
      
    
      Table 2. Form of House Committee Report on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011

        
          Congress and Years

          Adverse

          Favorable

          Without Recommendation

        

          80th (1947-1948)

          6

          3

          1

        

          81st (1949-1950)

          4

          1

          0

        

          82nd (1951-1952)

          1

          1

          3

        

          83rd (1953-1954)

          6

          0

          0

        

          84th (1955-1956)

          1

          0

          1

        

          85th (1957-1958)

          0

          0

          0

        

          86th (1959-1960)

          0

          0

          0

        

          87th (1961-1962)

          0

          0

          0

        

          88th (1963-1964)

          0

          0

          0

        

          89th (1965-1966)

          1

          0

          0

        

          90th (1967-1968)

          0

          0

          0

        

          91st (1969-1970)

          0

          0

          0

        

          92nd (1971-1972)

          12

          0

          0

        

          93rd (1973-1974)

          6

          0

          0

        

          94th (1975-1976)

          2

          0

          0

        

          95th (1977-1978)

          0

          0

          0

        

          96th (1979-1980)

          3

          1

          0

        

          97th (1981-1982)

          1

          0

          1

        

          98th (1983-1984)

          5

          0

          1

        

          99th (1985-1986)

          4

          0

          0

        

          100th (1987-1988)

          2

          1

          0

        

          101st (1989-1990)

          2

          0

          0

        

          102nd (1991-1992)

          0

          0

          1

        

          103rd (1993-1994)

          1

          0

          0

        

          104th (1995-1996)

          0

          1

          0

        

          105th (1997-1998)

          0

          0

          0

        

          106th (1999-2000)

          0

          0

          0

        

          107th (2001-2002)

          0

          0

          0

        

          108th (2003-2004)

          13

          0

          0

        

          109th (2005-2006)

          26

          0

          5

        

          110th (2007-2008)

          0

          0

          0

        

          111th (2009-2010)

          7

          10

          8

        

          Total

          103

          18

          21

        
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant Table reflects resolutions of inquiry introduced through March 16, 2011.

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Table 2. Form of House Committee Report on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011
Adverse

Favorable

Without
Recommendation

80th (1947-1948)

6

3

1

81st

Congress and Years
(1949-1950)

4

1

0

82nd (1951-1952)

1

1

3

83rd (1953-1954)

6

0

0

84th

(1955-1956)

1

0

1

85th (1957-1958)

0

0

0

86th

(1959-1960)

0

0

0

87th (1961-1962)

0

0

0

88th (1963-1964)

0

0

0

89th

(1965-1966)

1

0

0

90th (1967-1968)

0

0

0

91st

(1969-1970)

0

0

0

92nd (1971-1972)

12

0

0

93rd (1973-1974)

6

0

0

94th

(1975-1976)

2

0

0

95th (1977-1978)

0

0

0

96th

(1979-1980)

3

1

0

97th (1981-1982)

1

0

1

98th (1983-1984)

5

0

1

99th

4

0

0

100th (1987-1988)

(1985-1986)

2

1

0

101st (1989-1990)

2

0

0

102nd (1991-1992)

0

0

1

103rd (1993-1994)

1

0

0

104th

(1995-1996)

0

1

0

105th (1997-1998)

0

0

0

106th

(1999-2000)

0

0

0

107th (2001-2002)

0

0

0

108th (2003-2004)

13

0

0

109th

(2005-2006)

26

0

5

110th (2007-2008)

0

0

0

111th

(2009-2010)

Total

7

10

8

103

18

21

Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
. Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. 
      
    
      Table 3. House Floor Action on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011

        
          Congress and Years

          Tabled

          Agreed to

        

          80th (1947-1948)

          6

          4

        

          81st (1949-1950)

          4

          1

        

          82nd (1951-1952)

          3

          2

        

          83rd (1953-1954)

          7

          0

        

          84th (1955-1956)

          1

          0

        

          85th (1957-1958)

          0

          0

        

          86th (1959-1960)

          0

          0

        

          87th (1961-1962)

          0

          0

        

          88th (1963-1964)

          0

          0

        

          89th (1965-1966)

          1

          0

        

          90th (1967-1968)

          0

          0

        

          91st (1969-1970)

          0

          0

        

          92nd (1971-1972)

          14

          1

        

          93rd (1973-1974)

          8

          0

        

          94th (1975-1976)

          0

          1

        

          95th (1977-1978)

          0

          0

        

          96th (1979-1980)

          4

          2

        

          97th (1981-1982)

          2

          0

        

          98th (1983-1984)

          0

          0

        

          99th (1985-1986)

          1

          0

        

          100th (1987-1988)

          0

          0

        

          101st (1989-1990)

          0

          0

        

          102nd (1991-1992)

          1

          0

        

          103rd (1993-1994)

          0

          0

        

          104th (1995-1996)

          0

          1

        

          105th (1997-1998)

          0

          0

        

          106th (1999-2000)

          0

          0

        

          107th (2001-2002)

          0

          0

        

          108th (2003-2004)

          0

          0

        

          109th (2005-2006)

          0

          0

        

          110th (2007-2008)

          0

          0

        

          111th (2009-2010)

          0

          0

        

          Total

          52

          12

        
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant  Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011.

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Table 3. House Floor Action on Resolutions of Inquiry, 1947-2011
Congress and Years

Tabled

Agreed to

80th (1947-1948)

6

4

81st (1949-1950)

4

1

82nd (1951-1952)

3

2

83rd (1953-1954)

7

0

84th (1955-1956)

1

0

85th

(1957-1958)

0

0

86th (1959-1960)

0

0

87th

(1961-1962)

0

0

88th (1963-1964)

0

0

89th (1965-1966)

1

0

90th

(1967-1968)

0

0

91st (1969-1970)

0

0

92nd (1971-1972)

14

1

93rd (1973-1974)

8

0

94th (1975-1976)

0

1

95th

(1977-1978)

0

0

96th (1979-1980)

4

2

97th

(1981-1982)

2

0

98th (1983-1984)

0

0

99th (1985-1986)

1

0

100th

(1987-1988)

0

0

101st (1989-1990)

0

0

102nd (1991-1992)

1

0

103rd (1993-1994)

0

0

104th (1995-1996)

0

1

105th

(1997-1998)

0

0

106th (1999-2000)

0

0

107th

(2001-2002)

0

0

108th (2003-2004)

0

0

109th (2005-2006)

0

0

110th

(2007-2008)

0

0

111th (2009-2010)

0

0

Total

52

12

Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
.Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011.

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Table 4. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. Congress, 1947-2011
Congressional Majority
Party

Sponsor Member of
Majority Party

Sponsor Member of
Minority Party

80th (1947-1948)

R

15

0

81st

Congress and Years
(1949-1950)

D

5

9

82nd (1951-1952)

D

0

8

83rd (1953-1954)

R

13

4

84th

(1955-1956)

D

2

6

85th (1957-1958)

D

1

2

86th

(1959-1960)

D

0

1

87th (1961-1962)

D

2

0

88th (1963-1964)

D

0

0

89th

(1965-1966)

D

0

5

90th (1967-1968)

D

0

0

91st

(1969-1970)

D

0

0

92nd (1971-1972)

D

9

8

93rd (1973-1974)

D

27

17

94th

(1975-1976)

D

23

3

95th (1977-1978)

D

1

2

96th

(1979-1980)

D

5

8

97th (1981-1982)

D

4

0

98th (1983-1984)

D

7

1

99th

D

5

1

100th (1987-1988)

(1985-1986)

D

3

1

101st (1989-1990)

D

1

3

102nd (1991-1992)

D

1

0

103rd (1993-1994)

D

0

2

104th

(1995-1996)

R

0

1

105th (1997-1998)

R

0

1

106th

(1999-2000)

R

0

1

107th (2001-2002)

R

0

0

108th (2003-2004)

R

0

14

109th

(2005-2006)

R

1

38

110th (2007-2008)

D

0

0

111th

D

0

29

-

125

165

(2009-2010)

Total

Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. “D” signifies Democratic Party. “R” signifies Republican Party.

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Table 5. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. President, 1947-2011

Congress and Years

President’s Party

Sponsor Party Same
As President

Sponsor Party
Different Than
President

80th (1947-1948)

D

0

15

81st (1949-1950)

D

45

9

82nd (1951-1952)

D

0

8

83rd

(1953-1954)

R

13

4

84th (1955-1956)

R

6

2

85th (1957-1958)

R

2

1

86th (1959-1960)

R

1

0

87th (1961-1962)

D

2

0

88th

(1963-1964)

D

0

0

89th (1965-1966)

D

0

5

90th

(1967-1968)

D

0

0

91st (1969-1970)

R

0

0

92nd (1971-1972)

R

8

9

93rd

(1973-1974)

R

17

27

94th (1975-1976)

R

3

23

95th (1977-1978)

D

1

2

96th (1979-1980)

D

5

8

97th (1981-1982)

R

0

4

98th

(1983-1984)

R

1

7

99th (1985-1986)

R

1

5

100th

(1987-1988)

R

1

3

101st (1989-1990)

R

3

1

102nd (1991-1992)

R

0

1

103rd

(1993-1994)

D

0

2

104th (1995-1996)

D

1

0

105th

(1997-1998)

D

1

0

106th (1999-2000)

D

1

0

107th (2001-2002)

R

0

0

108th

(2003-2004)

R

0

14

109th (2005-2006)

R

1

38

110th

(2007-2008)

R

0

0

111th (2009-2010)

D

0

29

TOTAL

-

73

217

Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. “D” signifies Democratic Party. “R” signifies Republican Party.

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Table 6. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Requested Information?
1947-2011
Yes (Even Partial)

No

Unknown, Unclear, or
Disputed

80th (1947-1948)

10

1

4

81st (1949-1950)

4

1

9

82nd (1951-1952)

5

0

3

Congress and Years

83rd

(1953-1954)

8

0

9

84th (1955-1956)

2

0

6

85th (1957-1958)

0

0

3

86th (1959-1960)

0

0

1

87th (1961-1962)

0

0

2

88th

(1963-1964)

0

0

0

89th (1965-1966)

2

0

3

90th

(1967-1968)

0

0

0

91st (1969-1970)

0

0

0

92nd (1971-1972)

10

4

3

93rd

(1973-1974)

8

0

36

94th (1975-1976)

1

1

24

95th (1977-1978)

0

0

3

96th (1979-1980)

3

2

8

97th (1981-1982)

3

0

1

98th

(1983-1984)

5

1

2

99th (1985-1986)

3

1

2

100th

(1987-1988)

2

0

2

101st (1989-1990)

2

0

2

102nd (1991-1992)

1

0

0

103rd

(1993-1994)

0

1

1

104th (1995-1996)

1

0

0

105th (1997-1998)

0

0

1

106th (1999-2000)

0

0

1

107th (2001-2002)

0

0

0

108th

(2003-2004)

6

8

0

109th (2005-2006)

4

26

9

110th (2007-2008)

0

0

0

111th (2009-2010)

8

4

17

88

50

152

TOTAL

Source: CRS Analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant
issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. Categories based on CRS examination of resolutions and related
legislative history documents.

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Table 7. Identified Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-2011
Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 38

Secretary of War

01/06/1947

Secretary of the Navy

Rep. Lawrence H. Smith (R-WI)
H.Res. 80

Secretary of State

01/30/1947

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Materials in the possession of
the War and Navy Departments
suitable for use in relieving the
housing shortage

Armed Services

-

Withdrawal of U.S. troops from
China

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

02/05/1947

Subject of Inquiry

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

-

02/05/1947
H.Rept. 80-16

H.Res. 254

Secretary of State

06/24/1947

Documents, records, and
memorandum related to Serge
Rubenstein

Rep. Ellsworth Buck (R-NY)

Judiciary

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

07/11/1947

07/11/1947
H.Rept. 80-886

H.Res. 255

Attorney General

06/24/1947

Documents, records, and
memorandum related to Serge
Rubenstein

Rep. Ellsworth Buck (R-NY)

Judiciary

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

07/11/1947

07/11/1947
H.Rept. 80-887

H.Res. 257

Secretary of the Treasury

06/26/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 258
06/25/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Secretary of State

Food and meat being shipped
from Greece and the
Mediterranean to the United
States

Ways and Means

Food and meat being shipped
from Greece and the
Mediterranean to the United
States

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

07/09/1947

-

07/09/1947
H.Rept. 80-814

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 365

Secretary of Defense

11/24/1947

Subject of Inquiry
Decommissioning of certain
factories in post-war Germany

Rep. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Foreign Affairs

Agreed to

Reported favorably (amended)

12/18/1947

12/18/1947
H.Rept. 80-1225

H.Res. 366

Secretary of Commerce

11/24/1947

Sale of supplies to the Soviet
Union by firms and individuals
located in the United States

Rep. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD)

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Reported favorably (amended)

Agreed to
12/05/1947

12/05/1947
H.Rept. 80-1155

H.Res. 380

Secretary of Commerce

Amount of coal and oil being
sent to Canada and other
countries by the United States

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

United States Maritime
Commission

Information relative to oil Idle
tankers and why said tankers
have not been put into
operation

Merchant Marine and Fisheries

Director of the Office of
Defense Transportation

Shortage of coal cars used in
transportation of coal to New
England and whether coal cars
from Great Lakes terminals may
be transferred to New England

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Whether full use is being made
of oil tankers under the control
of the Navy

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

12/04/1947

11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 381
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 382
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 383
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Secretary of the Navy

-

-

-

12/04/1947
H.Rept. 80-1154

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 385

Secretary of the Interior

12/02/1947

Subject of Inquiry
The amount of fuel, gasoline,
petroleum products, and coal
available in the United States

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Public Lands

Agreed to

Reported without
recommendation

02/16/1948

12/19/1947
H.Rept. 80-1231

H.Res. 511

Secretary of Agriculture

03/24/1948
Rep. John Z. Anderson (R-CA)

Research on price spreads
between the producer and
consumer of agricultural
products

Agriculture

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

04/07/1948

04/07/1948
H.Rept. 80-1662

H.Res. 522

Secretary of Commerce

04/07/1948
Rep. John P. Thomas (R-NJ)

A letter authored by FBI
Director, J. Edgar Hoover,
relating to Dr. Edward U.
Condon, Director of the
National Bureau of Standards

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Reported favorably

Agreed to
04/22/1948

04/19/1948
H.Rept. 80-1753

H.Res. 50

Secretary of State

Situation in Palestine

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

01/13/1949

Reported adversely

01/31/1949

Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)

01/31/1949
H.Rept. 81-10

H.Res. 80

Secretary of Defense

02/03/1949

Administrative action on the
program of national defense
preparedness

Rep. Edwin Arthur Hall (R-NY)

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

02/09/1949

02/09/1949
H.Rept. 81-36

H.Res. 147
03/11/1949
Rep. Clark W. Thompson (DTX)

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Secretary of State

Effect of imports on the
domestic fishing industry

Merchant Marine and Fisheries

Agreed to

Reported favorably (amended)

04/22/1948

03/30/1949
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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 196

Secretary of State

04/27/1949
Rep. Vito Marcantonio
(American Laborite-NY)
H.Res. 198

Subject of Inquiry
Denial of visas to certain foreign
officials (Pierre Cot of the
Republic of France and Konni
Zilliacus of Great Britain)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

05/04/1949

05/04/1949
H.Rept. 81-504

United States Tariff Commission

Statistics relating to the woolen
and worsted manufacturing
industry

Ways and Means

-

Secretary of Labor

Employment statistics relating to
the woolen and worsted
manufacturing industry

Education and Labor

-

Corporate income tax statistics
relating to the woolen and
worsted manufacturing industry

Ways and Means

Administrator of Veterans’
Affairs

Personal finances of mental
patients hospitalized by the
Veterans’ Administration

Veterans’ Affairs

Secretary of the Treasury

Receipts from taxes paid on tips
and gratuities received by
taxpayers

Ways and Means

Foreign policy of the United
States in the far east

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

02/09/1950

04/29/1949
Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-MA)
H.Res. 199
04/29/1949

-

Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-MA)
H.Res. 200

Secretary of the Treasury

04/29/1949

-

-

Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-MA)
H.Res. 424
01/12/1950

-

-

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 449
01/26/1950

-

-

Rep. Edgar A. Jonas (R-IL)
H.Res. 452

President

01/27/1950
Rep. John D. Lodge (R-CT)

02/09/1950
H.Rept. 81-1618

H.Res. 477
02/16/1950
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

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Secretary of the Treasury

The number of watches, clocks,
and parts of watches and clocks
imported into the U.S. over the
previous five years

Ways and Means
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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 478

Secretary of Commerce

02/16/1950
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 829

Attorney General

08/28/1950

Subject of Inquiry

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

The number of watches, clocks,
and parts of watches and clocks
manufactured in the U.S. over
the previous five years

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

-

Arrest and detention, and
deportation of Rafael Garcia
Travesi-Carral

Judiciary

Railroad accidents involving
troop transport trains

Armed Services

Railroad accident which
occurred near Woodbridge,
New Jersey, on February 6,
1951

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Any agreements made between
the President of the United
States and the Prime Minister of
Great Britain during their recent
conversations

Foreign Affairs

Agreed to

Reported adversely

02/20/1952

Information related to the
Presidents actions during the
1952 steel strike

Education and Labor

Insurgency in prisoner-of-war
camps in Korea and communistinspired disturbances of the
peace in Japan since the
departure of General MacArthur

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported without
recommendation

06/10/1952

-

-

Rep. Donald L. Jackson (R-CA)
H.Res. 870

Secretary of the Army

11/30/1950

Chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 125

Secretary of Commerce

02/07/1951
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 514

Secretary of State

01/31/1952
Rep. Ellis Y. Berry (R-SD)
H.Res. 609

President

04/24/1952

-

-

-

02/20/1952
H.Rept. 82-1381
-

-

Rep. Matthew H. Ellsworth (ROR)
H.Res. 661
05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Secretary of the Army

06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2128

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 662

Secretary of Defense

05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Subject of Inquiry
Insurgency in prisoner-of-war
camps in Korea and communistinspired disturbances of the
peace in Japan since the
departure of General MacArthur

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported without
recommendation

06/10/1952

06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2129

H.Res. 663

Secretary of the Army

05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Reduction in grade of Colonel
Charles F. Colson relating to his
conduct during the riot at Koje
Island, Korea

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported without
recommendation

06/10/1952

06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2130

H.Res. 664

Secretary of State

05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 716

Secretary of State

06/28/1952
Rep. Edmund P. Radwan (R-NY)

H.Res. 121

Secretary of Defense

01/29/1953

Insurgency in prisoner-of-war
camps in Korea and communistinspired disturbances of the
peace in Japan since the
departure of General MacArthur

Foreign Affairs

Agreed to

Reported favorably

06/10/1952

Any agreement made by the
Secretary of State and the
government of Great Britain
during their recent meetings and
conversations which may affect
the conduct of the war in Korea

Foreign Affairs

The military operation in Korea
codenamed “Operation Smack”

Armed Services

Federal employees not falling
under civil service rules and
regulations

Post Office and Civil Services

06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2131
-

-

-

-

Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 134
02/06/1953
Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI)

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Civil Service Commission

-

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 171

Secretary of Defense

03/09/1953

Subject of Inquiry
The military operation in Korea
codenamed “Operation Smack”

Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

03/17/1953

03/17/1953
H.Rept. 83-164

H.Res. 278

Atomic Energy Commission

06/11/1953

Effect on the weather of certain
atomic bomb explosions

-

-

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 279

Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy

Secretary of the Army

06/11/1953

Effect on the weather of certain
atomic bomb explosions

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

06/23/1953

06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-646

H.Res. 280
06/11/1953

Federal Civil Defense
Administrator

Effect on the weather of certain
atomic bomb explosions

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Armed Services

Laid on the table by rule

Reported adversely

06/26/1953

06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-641

H.Res. 281

Secretary of the Navy

06/11/1953

Effect on the weather of certain
atomic bomb explosions

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

06/23/1953

06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-647

H.Res. 282
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

Secretary of the Air Force

Effect on the weather of certain
atomic bomb explosions

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

06/23/1953

06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-648

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 283

Secretary of Commerce

06/11/1953

Subject of Inquiry

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

Effect on the weather of certain
atomic bomb explosions

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Reported adversely

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)

House Floor Action
Laid on the table
06/27/1953

06/27/1953
H.Rept. 83-682

H.Res. 387

Secretary of the Treasury

Unexpended balances of
appropriations

Appropriations

Unexpended balances of
appropriations

Appropriations

Discharge of federal officers and
employees for security reasons
during the past year

Post Office and Civil Service

Chairman of the United States
Civil Service Commission

Discharge of federal officers and
employees for security reasons
during the past year

Post Office and Civil Service

Attorney General

Discharge of federal officers and
employees for security reasons
during the past year

Judiciary

Facts concerning the explosion
on the aircraft carrier Bennington

Armed Services

08/01/1953

-

-

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 388

Comptroller General

08/01/1953

-

-

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 434

President

02/08/1954

-

-

Rep. George M. Rhodes (D-PA)
H.Res. 435
02/08/1954

-

-

Rep. George M. Rhodes (D-PA)
H.Res. 436
02/08/1954

-

-

Rep. George M. Rhodes (D-PA)
H.Res. 560

Secretary of the Navy

05/26/1954

-

Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
H.Res. 602
06/28/1954
Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)

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Postmaster General

Transmission of hate
propaganda through the mails

Post Office and Civil Service
-

Discharged by unanimous
consent and laid on the table
06/07/1954
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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 632

Postmaster General

07/14/1954

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Transmission of hate
propaganda through the mails

Post Office and Civil Service

-

Veterans’ Administration
expenditures

Veterans’ Affairs

Extent and cost of certain
military installations

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

02/16/1955

Subject of Inquiry

-

Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)
H.Res. 134

President

02/07/1955

Administrator of Veterans’
Affairs

Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 136

Secretary of Defense

02/07/1955
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)

-

-

02/16/1955
H.Rept. 84-56

H.Res. 207

Secretary of the Interior

Information related to
Antarctica

Interior and Insular Affairs

Information related to
Antarctica

Interior and Insular Affairs

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

Statistical information relating to
the staffing and workload of
Social Security field offices in
Michigan and Indiana

Ways and Means

Secretary of the Interior

Information related to
Antarctica

Interior and Insular Affairs

04/14/1955

-

-

Rep. John P. Pillion (R-NY)
H.Res. 209

Secretary of the Interior

04/18/1955

-

-

Rep. Craig Hosmer (R-CA)
H.Res. 238
05/09/1955
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 245
05/16/1955
Rep. James A. Haley (D-FL)

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 475

Secretary of the Treasury

04/16/1956
Rep. Herman P. Eberharter (DPA)

Subject of Inquiry
Settlement of the American
Distilling Company income tax
case by the Internal Revenue
Service

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Ways and Means

-

Reported without
recommendation
07/21/1956
H.Rept. 84-2867

H.Res. 525

Secretary of Labor

06/06/1956

Statistical information related to
salaries and employment in the
manufacturing industry

Education and Labor

Violence related to labor strikes

Education and Labor

-

-

Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 454

Secretary of Labor

01/27/1958

-

-

Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 593

Secretary of the Interior

06/16/1958

Information related to the
school-age Indian population of
the United States

Interior and Insular Affairs

Activity by Labor Department
employees in relation to the
Aiken Brothers Company of
Greenville, South Carolina

Education and Labor

Statistical information about the
amount of money paid to
various labor unions

Education and Labor

Reasons underlying U.S.
sponsorship and active support
of the censure of Israel by the
United Nations Security Council

Foreign Affairs

Reasons underlying U.S.
sponsorship and active support
of the censure of Israel by the
United Nations Security Council

Foreign Affairs

-

-

Rep. Joseph M. Montoya (DNM)
H.Res. 612

Secretary of Labor

06/30/1958
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 290

Secretary of Labor

06/08/1959

-

-

-

Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
H.Res. 593

Secretary of State

04/10/1962
Rep. Leonard Farbstein (D-NY)
H.Res. 610
04/18/1962
Rep. Barratt O’Hara (D-IL)

CRS-28

Secretary of State

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 529

Postmaster General

08/18/1965

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Temporary summer
employment at the U.S. Postal
Service

Post Office and Civil Service

-

Temporary summer
employment at the U.S. Postal
Service

Post Office and Civil Service

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

09/16/1965

Subject of Inquiry

-

Rep. Albert Quie (R-MN)
H.Res. 574

Postmaster General

09/08/1965
Rep. Albert Quie (R-MN)

09/16/1965
H.Rept. 89-1010

H.Res. 575

President

Reports of the White House
Education Task Force chaired by
John W. Gardner

Education and Labor

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

Specified proposals and position
papers relating to education in
the states and in big city schools

Education and Labor

President

Certain information

Appropriations

09/12/1965

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Rep. Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
H.Res. 576
09/12/1965

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-

Rep. Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
H.Res. 1018
09/14/1966

-

-

Rep. Melvin R. Laird (R-WI)
H.Res. 489

President

06/21/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

The report “U.S.-Vietnam
Relationships, 1945-1967” (Also
known as “The Pentagon
Papers.”)

Cosponsors: (10)
H.Res. 490
06/21/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (14)

CRS-29

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

06/30/1971

06/30/1971
H.Rept. 92-318

President

The report “U.S.-Vietnam
Relationships, 1945-1967” ”
(Also known as “The Pentagon
Papers.”)

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

06/30/1971

06/30/1971
H.Rept. 92-319

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 491

President

06/21/1971

Secretary of State

Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency

Subject of Inquiry

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

The report “U.S.-Vietnam
Relationships, 1945-1967” ”
(Also known as “The Pentagon
Papers.”)

Armed Services

U.S. operations in Laos

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

06/21/1971

Reported adversely

07/07/1971

Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)

07/01/1971

Cosponsors: (17)
H.Res. 492

Secretary of State

07/07/1971

H.Rept. 92-327

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 493

-

Motion to discharge fell on a
point of order

Secretary of State

The Phoenix Program

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

06/21/1971

Reported adversely

07/07/1971

Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)

07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-328

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 494

Secretary of State

06/21/1971
Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)

The report “U.S. Vietnam
Relationships, 1945-1967” ”
(Also known as “The Pentagon
Papers.”)

06/21/1971
Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-30

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

07/07/1971

07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-329

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 495

Foreign Affairs

Secretary of State

Bombing operations in northern
Laos

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

07/07/1971

07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-330

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

Subject of Inquiry

H.Res. 530

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

07/08/1971

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Busing to achieve racial balance
in the public schools

Education and Labor

-

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

Busing to achieve racial balance
in the public schools

Education and Labor

Discharged and agreed to

-

08/02/1971

Secretary of Defense

Extent of military assistance to
certain foreign countries

Armed Services

Discharged and laid on the table

-

08/03/1971

Communications pertaining to
the upcoming Vietnamese
presidential election

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

09/30/1971

-

Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 539
07/14/1971
Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 557
07/21/1971
Rep. Bertram L. Podell (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 595

Secretary of State

09/14/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

09/27/1971

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 92-512

H.Res. 619

Secretary of State

09/27/1971

Communications pertaining to
the upcoming Vietnamese
presidential election

Foreign Affairs

Discharged and laid on the table

-

09/30/1971

Role of the U.S. government in
events leading to an uncontested
presidential election in South
Vietnam on October 3, 1971

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

10/20/1971

Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 632
09/27/1971
Rep. Lester Wolff (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (24)

CRS-31

Secretary of State

10/14/1971
H.Rept. 92-567

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 638

Secretary of State

10/06/1971
Rep. Lester Wolff (D-NY)

Subject of Inquiry
Role of the U.S. government in
events leading to an uncontested
presidential election in South
Vietnam on October 3, 1971

Cosponsors: (14)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

10/20/1971

10/14/1971
H.Rept. 92-568

H.Res. 918

President

04/11/1972

Secretary of Defense

Statistics relating to U.S. military
involvement in Indochina

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

04/26/1972

Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

04/19/1972

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 92-1003

H.Res. 1078

Secretary of Defense

08/02/1972

Statistics relating to U.S. military
involvement in North Vietnam

Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)
Secretary of Defense

Statistics relating to U.S. military
involvement in North Vietnam

Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

08/16/1972

H.Rept. 92-1331

H.Res. 26

President

01/03/1973

Secretary of Defense

CRS-32

08/16/1972

08/10/1972

Cosponsors: (none)

Cosponsors: (21)

Reported adversely
H.Rept. 92-1330

08/02/1972

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Laid on the table

08/10/1972

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1079

Armed Services

Statistics relating to U.S. military
involvement in Vietnam

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

03/01/1973

03/01/1973
H.Rept. 93-40

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 114

Secretary of Defense

01/11/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Subject of Inquiry
Data relating to the extent of
the bombing of North Vietnam
from December 17, 1972,
through January 10, 1973

Secretary of Defense

01/11/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Data relating to the extent of
the bombing of North Vietnam
from December 17, 1972,
through January 10, 1973

Secretary of Defense

01/18/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Data relating to the extent of
the bombing of North Vietnam
from December 17, 1972,
through January 10, 1973

Attorney General

02/19/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (3)
H.Res. 223
02/20/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)

CRS-33

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

03/06/1973

03/01/1973

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

03/06/1973

03/01/1973

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

03/06/1973

03/01/1973
H.Rept. 93-41

Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 220

Armed Services

H.Rept. 93-39

Cosponsors: (13)
H.Res. 143

House Floor Action

H.Rept. 93-38

Cosponsors: (13)
H.Res. 115

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

Attorney General

Basis of the venue in the
northern district of Texas of the
grand jury investigation before
which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas
Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal
Morahan, and Daniel Crawford
have been summoned

Judiciary

Basis of the venue in the
northern district of Texas of the
grand jury investigation before
which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas
Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal
Morahan, and Daniel Crawford
have been summoned

Judiciary

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

H.Res. 258

Attorney General

Record of the Department of
Justice which led to the
determination of the venue in
the Northern District of Texas
of the grand jury investigation
before which Kenneth Tierney,
Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly,
Paschal Morahan, and Daniel
Crawford have been summoned

Judiciary

-

Basis of the venue in the
northern district of Texas of the
grand jury investigation before
which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas
Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal
Morahan, and Daniel Crawford
have been summoned

Judiciary

Basis of the venue in the
northern district of Texas of the
grand jury investigation before
which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas
Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal
Morahan, and Daniel Crawford
have been summoned

Judiciary

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

Regulations governing social
services proposed in the Federal
Register of February 16, 1973
(38 F.R. 4608-4613)

Ways and Means

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

Regulations governing social
services proposed in the Federal
Register of February 16, 1973
(38 F.R. 4608-4613)

Ways and Means

02/28/1973
Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (2)

H.Res. 262

Attorney General

03/01/1973
Rep. James V. Stanton (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 281

Attorney General

03/08/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 346
04/09/1973
Rep. Ogden R. Reid (D-NY)

Subject of Inquiry

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-

-

-

-

-

-

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 350
04/10/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-34

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 379

Secretary of Defense

05/03/1973
Rep. Robert L. Leggett (D-CA)

Subject of Inquiry
Bombing and other activities in
Cambodia and Laos during the
period January 27, 1973, to April
30, 1973

Cosponsors: (15)
H.Res. 508

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

05/09/1973

05/09/1973
H.Rept. 93-170

Secretary of Defense

07/25/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Data concerning the extent of
the bombing of Cambodia and
Laos from January 20, 1969,
through April 30, 1970

Armed Services

Data concerning the extent of
the bombing of Cambodia and
Laos from January 20, 1969,
through April 30, 1970

Armed Services

Data concerning the extent of
the bombing of Cambodia and
Laos from January 20, 1969,
through April 30, 1970

Armed Services

Data concerning the extent of
the bombing of Cambodia and
Laos from January 20, 1969,
through April 30, 1970

Armed Services

-

-

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 519

Secretary of Defense

07/31/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

-

-

Cosponsors: (24)
H.Res. 520

Secretary of Defense

08/01/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

-

-

Cosponsors: (5)
H.Res. 522
08/02/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (3)

CRS-35

Secretary of Defense

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 525

Secretary of Defense

08/03/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Data concerning the extent of
the bombing of Cambodia and
Laos from January 20, 1969,
through April 30, 1970

Armed Services

-

Data concerning the extent of
the bombing of Cambodia and
Laos from January 20, 1969,
through April 30, 1970

Armed Services

Allegations that Spiro T. Agnew
accepted bribes or received
consideration for services
rendered

Judiciary

Discharged and laid on the table

-

10/10/1973

Papers, documents, recordings,
memorandums, and items of
evidence in the custody of the
Special Prosecutor, Archibald
Cox, as of noon, Saturday,
October 20, 1973

Judiciary

Discharged and laid on the table

-

11/01/1973

The military alert declared by
the President on October 24,
1974

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

04/09/1974

Subject of Inquiry

-

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 537

Secretary of Defense

09/10/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

-

-

Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 572

Attorney General

10/01/1973
Rep. Paul Findley (R-IL)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 634

Attorney General

10/23/1973
Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey,
Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1002
03/25/1974
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (1)

CRS-36

Secretary of State

04/04/1974
H.Rept. 93-970

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 1040

Secretary of Defense

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1041

Secretary of Defense

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1042

Secretary of the Army

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1043

Secretary of the Army

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1044
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-37

Secretary of the Navy

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

-

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

Subject of Inquiry

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

H.Res. 1045

Secretary of the Navy

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

-

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Armed Services

Administrator of the General
Services Administration

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Government Operations

Administrator of the General
Services Administration

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Government Operations

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1046

Secretary of the Air Force

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1047

Secretary of the Air Force

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1048
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1049
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-38

Subject of Inquiry

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-

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-

-

-

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 1050

Secretary of Transportation

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1051

Secretary of Transportation

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1052

Director of the Secret Service

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)

H.Res. 1053

Director of the Secret Service

04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)

H.Res. 1189
06/25/1974
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-39

President

Subject of Inquiry

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Expenditure of Federal moneys
on private property owned by:
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2)
Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower; (4) John F.
Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Federal funds for administrative
support and personnel at or
near the private residences of
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt, (2)
Harry S. Truman, (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower, (4) John F.
Kennedy, and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson during their terms as
President and Vice President.

House Ways and Means

Federal funds for administrative
support and personnel at or
near the private residences of
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt, (2)
Harry S. Truman, (3) Dwight D.
Eisenhower, (4) John F.
Kennedy, and (5) Lyndon B.
Johnson during their terms as
President and Vice President.

House Ways and Means

Agreements for nuclear
cooperation with Egypt and
Israel

Foreign Affairs

House Floor Action
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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 1219

President

07/02/1974

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Agreements for nuclear
cooperation with Egypt and
Israel

Foreign Affairs

-

The specific offenses against the
United States for which a
pardon was granted to Richard
M. Nixon on September 8, 1974

Judiciary

Decision to grant a pardon to
Richard M. Nixon

Judiciary

Payments to Richard M. Nixon
and his family

Government Operations

Payments to Richard M. Nixon
and his family

Government Operations

The President’s proposal to
classify as new oil, all oil
extracted from domestic oil
wells by secondary methods

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Subject of Inquiry

-

Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (16)
H.Res. 1363

President

09/12/1974
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

-

-

Cosponsors: (10)
H.Res. 1370

President

09/17/1974

-

-

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1398

President

09/30/1974

-

-

Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1404

President

10/02/1974

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-

Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (4)
H.Res. 1452
10/16/1974
Rep. Robert L. Leggett (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-40

President

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

H.Res. 1467

Secretary of Defense

Comments by the Chairman of
the Joint Chief of Staff at Duke
University on October 10, 1974

Armed Services

-

Administrator of the Small
Business Administration

Specified facts pertaining to
small business investment
companies

Banking and Currency

President

Specified activities of the Central
Intelligence Agency since January
1, 1960

Judiciary

Specified activities of the Central
Intelligence Agency since January
1, 1960

Judiciary

Information contained in the
report of William E. Colby
delivered to the President on or
about December 26, 1974,
relating to activities of the
Central Intelligence Agency

Armed Services

Specified activities of the Central
Intelligence Agency since January
1, 1960

Judiciary

11/20/1974

Subject of Inquiry

-

Rep. Lester Wolff (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1473
11/21/1974

-

-

Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 65
01/14/1975

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-

Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 71

President

01/16/1975

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Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 72

President

01/16/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 106
01/28/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (24)

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Reported adversely
02/27/1975
H.Rept. 94-22

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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H.Res. 129

Secretary of Defense

02/03/1975
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

Subject of Inquiry
Reconnaissance flights since
January, 1973, over North and
South Vietnam as well as other
activities in Indochina

Cosponsors: (24)
H.Res. 134

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Armed Services

-

Reported adversely
02/27/1975
H.Rept. 94-23

Secretary of Defense

02/04/1975
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)

Reconnaissance flights since
January, 1973, over North and
South Vietnam as well as other
activities in Indochina

Armed Services

Specified activities of the Central
Intelligence Agency since January
1, 1960

Judiciary

American involvement and
knowledge of the coup in Chile

Armed Services

American involvement and
knowledge of the coup in Chile

Foreign Affairs

American involvement and
knowledge of the coup in Chile

Foreign Affairs

-

-

Cosponsors: (5)
H.Res. 148

President

02/05/1975

-

-

Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (4)
H.Res. 205

Secretary of Defense

02/19/1975

-

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 206

Secretary of State

02/19/1975

-

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 207
02/19/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (none)

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 313

President

03/14/1975
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (7)
H.Res. 391

President

04/10/1975
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (18)
H.Res. 400

President

04/16/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (18)
H.Res. 529

President

06/11/1975

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Whether any citizen of the
United States, since December
31, 1970, has been subjected to
incarceration or denial of rights
contrary to the laws or
Constitution of the Republic of
Mexico

Foreign Affairs

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Whether any citizen of the
United States, since December
31, 1970, has been subjected to
incarceration or denial of rights
contrary to the laws or
Constitution of the Republic of
Mexico

International Relations

United States nationals in South
Vietnam, their employers, the
nature of their work and an
explanation of why such persons
have not been evacuated

International Relations

Facts relating to the seizure of
the U.S. merchant ship
Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge

Armed Services

Facts relating to the seizure of
the U.S. merchant ship
Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge

Armed Services

Subject of Inquiry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (25)
H.Res. 530
06/11/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (6)

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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H.Res. 536

Secretary of State

06/12/1975

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Facts relating to the seizure of
the U.S. merchant ship
Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge

International Relations

-

Facts relating to the seizure of
the U.S. merchant ship
Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge

International Relations

Facts relating to the seizure of
the U.S. merchant ship
Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge

International Relations

Facts relating to the seizure of
the U.S. merchant ship
Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge

International Relations

The sale of Hawk and Redeye
missiles to Jordan

International Relations

Subject of Inquiry

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (23)
H.Res. 537

Secretary of State

06/12/1975

-

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (11)
H.Res. 542

President

06/16/1975

-

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (9)
H.Res. 543

Secretary of State

06/16/1975

-

-

Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (4)
H.Res. 552
06/18/1975
Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (DNY)
Cosponsors: (none)

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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H.Res. 718

Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare

President

09/17/1975
Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 795
10/21/1975
Rep. Alan Steelman (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1193

Secretary of Defense

05/17/1976
Rep. Philip M. Crane (R-IL)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1295

President

06/11/1976
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

List of public school systems in
the United States which will be
receiving Federal funds and will
be engaging in the busing of
schoolchildren to achieve racial
balance

Education and Labor

Discharged and agree to

-

09/29/1975

Whether any citizen of the
United States, since December
31, 1970, has been subjected to
incarceration or denial of rights
contrary to the laws or
Constitution of the Republic of
Mexico

International Relations

-

The extent of Cuban or other
foreign military or paramilitary
presence in the Republic of
Panama or in the Panama Canal
Zone

International Relations

Payment of funds by the United
States Armed Forces or
Embassy staff to the Italian
Christian Democratic Party or
the Italian media

International Relations

Payment of funds by the United
States Armed Forces or
Embassy staff to the Italian
Christian Democratic Party or
the Italian media

International Relations

Subject of Inquiry

-

-

-

-

-

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1324
06/18/1976
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (5)

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 1427

President

07/27/1976
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (DMA)
Cosponsors: (7)
H.Res. 285

Attorney General

02/09/1977
Rep. Chalmers P. Wylie (R-OH)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 709

Secretary of Defense

07/25/1977
Rep. Tim Lee Carter (R-KY)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 1259

Secretary of State

06/29/1978

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

The payment of funds by any
person acting under the
direction of the United States
Government or any agency or
other instrumentality of the
United States Government to
any political party in Italy or the
Italian media

International Relations

-

All communications and
documents received by the
Department of Justice from Kim
Sang Keun of South Korea
respecting Members and
employees of Congress

Judiciary

The service serial number of
each individual who was present
at the explosion of the atomic
device known as “Smokey”
which was detonated at Camp
Desert Rock, Nevada, on
August 31, 1957

Armed Services

Military equipment shipments to
Chile

International Relations

The incident at the Three Mile
Island nuclear generating plant
and on the danger of similar
incidents occurring at other
nuclear generating plants

Interior and Insular Affairs

Subject of Inquiry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (6)
H.Res. 197
04/02/1979
Rep. James H. Weaver (D-OR)
Cosponsors: (7)

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Chairman of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 201

President

04/03/1979
Rep. James H. Weaver (D-OR)
Cosponsors: (10)
H.Res. 291

President

05/24/1979
Rep. John J. Rhodes (R-AZ)
Cosponsors: (101)
H.Res. 398

House Floor Action

The incident at the Three Mile
Island nuclear generating plant
and on the danger of similar
incidents occurring at other
nuclear generating plants

Interior and Insular Affairs

-

Oil situation, including data on:
(1) shortages, supplies, demand,
and allocation of crude oil; and
(2) refinery yield reductions and
capacity utilization.

Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

-

Reported adversely

Agreed to
06/15/1979

06/11/1979
H.Rept. 96-261

Secretary of State

08/02/1979
Rep. Paul Findley (R-Il)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 551

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

Subject of Inquiry

Secretary of State

01/30/1980

Information concerning: (1)
Israeli use of military aircraft of
U.S. origin outside Israeli
borders; and (2) Israeli
compliance with the Arms
Export Control Act.

Foreign Affairs

Discharged and laid on the table

-

09/13/1979

Human rights objectives and
policies with respect to specified
countries

Foreign Affairs

-

Evidence compiled by the
Department of Justice and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
against Members of Congress in
connection with the Abscam
investigation

Judiciary

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

02/27/1980

U.S. decision to vote for the
United Nations Security Council
resolution on March 1, 1980

Foreign Affairs

-

Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 571

Attorney General

02/07/1980
Rep. Peter Peyser (R-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 598
02/07/1980
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (2)

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President

02/20/1980
H.Rept. 96-778

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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H.Res. 626

President

03/31/1980

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Understandings made with the
Former Shah of Iran at Lackland
Air Force Base and elsewhere

Foreign Affairs

Discharged and laid on the table

-

04/23/1980

Commitments, admissions,
and/or obligations made to the
Government of Iran during
March 1980

Foreign Affairs

Discharged and laid on the table

-

04/23/1980

House and Justice Department
actions and conversations with
regard to Billy Carter’s
involvement with Libya and State
Department cables,
communications, or
memorandums furnished to Billy
Carter

Foreign Affairs

Agreed to

Reported favorably (amended)

09/10/1980

Subject of Inquiry

Rep. George V. Hansen (R-ID)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 627

President

03/31/1980
Rep. George V. Hansen (R-ID)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 745

President

07/22/1980
Rep. Robert E. Bauman (D-MD)
Cosponsors: (98)

07/31/1980
H.Rept. 96-1213, pt. I
Judiciary
Reported favorably (amended)
07/31/1980
H.Rept. 96-1213, pt. II

H.Res. 777

President

08/28/1980
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)

Disclosure of classified
information relating to the new
so-called “Stealth” technology
for military aircraft

Cosponsors: (9)
H.Res. 783
09/08/1980
Rep. Philip M. Crane (R-Il)
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-48

Armed Services

-

Reported adversely
09/09/1980
H.Rept. 96-1309

President

Disclosure of classified
information relating to the
Stealth technology for military
aircraft

Armed Services
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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 790

President

09/19/1980

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Specified documents containing
information about U.S.
involvement in Iran

Foreign Affairs

-

Pending extradition proceedings
against Ziad Abu Eain

Foreign Affairs

Discharged and laid on the table

-

01/28/1982

Subject of Inquiry

-

Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 300

Secretary of State

12/10/1981
Rep. George W. Crockett, Jr.
(D-MI)

Judiciary
-

Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 465

Secretary of State

05/11/1982

Certain information concerning
Roberto D’Aubuisson

Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)

Foreign Affairs

-

Reported without
recommendation (amended)
05/20/1982

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 97-579

H.Res. 507

President

06/16/1982

Attorney General

Rep. Toby Moffett (D-CT)

Possible Executive interference
with the investigation of
Secretary of Labor Raymond
Donovan.

Judiciary

-

Procurement of the C-5B
aircraft

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

08/03/1982

-

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 512
06/22/1982

Secretary of Defense

Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)

07/19/1982

Cosponsors: (10)

H.Rept. 97-641

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
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H.Res. 159

President

04/13/1983

Subject of Inquiry
United States activities in
Honduras and Nicaragua

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Select Intelligence

-

Reported adversely

Rep. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

05/05/1983

Cosponsors: (71)

H.Rept. 98-88, pt. 1I
Armed Services
Reported adversely
05/04/1983
H.Rept. 98-88, pt. 1
Foreign Affairs
-

H.Res. 323

President

09/29/1983

Certain financial information on
Henry Kissinger and Henry
Kissinger and Associates

Government Operations

United States activities regarding
Grenada

Armed Services

-

-

Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 383
11/18/1983

President

Reported adversely

Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-CA)

02/08/1984

Cosponsors: (22)

H.Rept. 98-597, pt. 1
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
02/08/1984
H.Rept. 98-597, pt. 1I

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 437

President

02/09/1984
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 463

Secretary of State

03/15/1984
Rep. James Michael Shannon (DMA)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

A report by the Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
entitled “A Quarter Century of
Soviet Compliance Practices
Under Arms Control
Commitments: 1958-1983 (U),”
November 1983

Foreign Affairs

-

Death squads in El Salvador
including possible involvement of
Roberto D’Aubuisson, a former
Army officer

Foreign Affairs

Subject of Inquiry

Secretary of State

Rep. James Michael Shannon (DMA)
Cosponsors: (none)

03/22/1984
Rep. James Michael Shannon (DMA)
Cosponsors: (none)

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Reported without
recommendation
H.Rept. 98-658

03/15/1984

H.Res. 467

-

04/09/1984

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 464

-

President

Possible involvement of Colonel
Oscar Edgardo Casanova in the
1980 slayings of four U.S.
missionaries in El Salvador, and
possible involvement of Minister
of Defense Eugenio Vides
Casanova in the Salvadoran
Government’s investigation into
the slayings

Foreign Affairs

The CIA and death squads in El
Salvador

Select Intelligence

-

Reported adversely
04/09/1984
H.Rept. 98-657

Reported adversely
04/25/1984
H.Rept. 98-709

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

H.Res. 484

President

Documents relating to: (1)
certain military intelligence
gathering activities in El Salvador
including any possible uses of
such intelligence information by
El Salvador, Honduras, or
Guatemala; (2) military
assistance furnished to
Honduras and El Salvador; and
(3) activities of the United States
in El Salvador and Honduras
related to hostile action against
Nicaragua or against the
governments of those nations

Select Intelligence

-

Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency

Covert training or other
support of counterterrorist
units against anti-American
terrorists in Lebanon or other
parts of the Middle East

Select Intelligence

President

Counterterrorist units which
received covert training or
other support from the United
States

Select Intelligence

04/10/1984
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)

H.Res. 168
05/13/1985
Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (2)
H.Res. 171
05/14/1985
Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)

Subject of Inquiry

Cosponsors: (3)
H.Res. 226
07/17/1985
Rep. William M. Hendon (R-NC)
Cosponsors: (19)

Reported adversely
05/10/1984
H.Rept. 98-742, pt. I
Foreign Affairs
Ordered reported
05/09/1984

-

-

Reported adversely
06/12/1985
H.Rept. 99-171

Secretary of Defense

All information, including
Defense Intelligence Agency
analyses, relating to live
Americans in Southeast Asia

Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
09/10/1985
H.Rept. 99-260, pt. I
Armed Services
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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 395

President

03/11/1986
Rep. Leon Panetta (D-CA)

Subject of Inquiry
The use of $27,000,000
appropriated for humanitarian
assistance for the Nicaraguan
democratic resistance

Cosponsors: (48)
H.Res. 485

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Foreign Affairs

Laid on the table

Reported adversely

05/07/1986

05/07/1986
H.Rept. 99-585

President

06/24/1986
Rep. Ronald D. Coleman (DTX)
Cosponsors: (none)

Activities of Lieutenant Colonel
Oliver North or any other
member of the staff of the
National Security Council in
support of the Nicaraguan
resistance

Select Intelligence

-

Armed Services
Reported adversely
07/30/1986
H.Rept. 99-724, pt. I
Foreign Affairs
-

H.Res. 603

President

10/17/1986
Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 132

Secretary of Defense

03/25/1987
Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (DMO)
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 176
05/27/1987
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (1)

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Secretary of Energy

Any proposal by the Assistant to
the President for National
Security Affairs, or anyone
outside of the administration,
for a plan of real or illusionary
events intended to destabilize
the Libyan Government

Foreign Affairs

Documents prepared in
accordance with certain report
requirements in the 1985, 1986,
and 1987 Department of
Defense Authorization Acts
relating to the Strategic Defense
Initiative program and the AntiBallistic Missile Treaty

Armed Services

Contractor and national
laboratory activities performed
for the purpose of informing
Congress on nuclear testing.

Armed Services

-

-

-

Reported favorably (amended)
04/14/1987
H.Rept. 100-53

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 339

President

12/18/1987
Rep. Bob Smith (R-NH)
Cosponsors: (none)

H.Res. 473

President

06/15/1988

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Statements made by Vietnamese
Vice Foreign Minister Phan Hein
concerning certain civilians and
members of the armed forces
held as prisoners of war or
considered to be missing in
action since the beginning of the
Vietnam Conflict

Select Intelligence

-

U.S. foreign aid in Central
America

Foreign Affairs

Subject of Inquiry

Reported adversely
02/02/1988
H.Rept. 100-500

Reported adversely

Rep. Leon Panetta (D-CA)

07/13/1988

Cosponsors: (147)

H.Rept. 100-773

H.Res. 74

Secretary of Defense

02/09/1989
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)
Cosponsors: (3)
H.Res. 76

Secretary of Defense

02/09/1989
Rep. Larry J. Hopkins (R-KY)

Information concerning the
actions of the Commission on
Base Realignment and Closure
with respect to Fort Dix, New
Jersey

Armed Services

Actions of the Commission on
Base Realignment and Closure
with respect to specified military
bases

Armed Services

Cosponsors: (31)
H.Res. 411

Reported adversely
03/15/1989
H.Rept. 101-9

03/15/1989

President

Payments made by the U.S.
Government to Manuel Noriega
and Guillermo Endara

Foreign Affairs

Cosponsors: (1)

-

Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-54

Secretary of Defense

All unresolved, active livesighting case files on Americans
reported in captivity in
Southeast Asia after February 1,
1973

-

Select Intelligence

Rep. Bob Smith (R-NH)

-

Reported adversely

Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)

06/14/1990

-

H.Rept. 101-10

06/11/1990

H.Res. 415

-

Armed Services
Select Intelligence
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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 19

President

01/03/1991

Subject of Inquiry
Statistics relating to the conduct
and effect of Operation Desert
Shield

Rep. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Armed Services

Laid on the table

Reported without
recommendation

02/21/1991

02/20/1991

Cosponsors: (14)

H.Rept. 102-5, pt. I
Foreign Affairs
Reported without
recommendation
02/21/1991
H.Rept. 102-5, pt. II

H.Res. 198

President

06/16/1993

Several specified activities of the
White House Travel Office

Judiciary
Reported adversely

Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL)

07/20/1993

Cosponsors: (4)

H.Rept. 103-183

H.Res. 360

President

02/10/1994
Rep. Jan Meyers (R-KS)
Cosponsors: (14)

Communications between the
White House and the Small
Business Administration
regarding Capital Management
Services, Inc., or David Hale;
various questions relating to the
activities of Vincent Foster

-

Small Business

-

Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
-

H.Res. 80
02/10/1995

President

The Mexican economy and
certain activities of the
International Monetary Fund

Banking and Financial Services

Agreed to

Reported favorably (amended)

03/01/1995

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

02/27/1995

Cosponsors: (31)

H.Rept. 104-53

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Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 334

Secretary of the Treasury

11/13/1997
Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Cosponsors: (none)

H.Res. 667

President

11/14/2000
Rep. David E. Price (D-NC)
Cosponsors: (none)

H.Res. 68

President

02/12/2003
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 260

President

06/05/2003
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Actions taken by the Secretary
of the Treasury and the United
States Executive Directors at
the international financial
institutions to comply with the
requirements of 1621 of the
International Financial
Institutions Act, relating to
encouragement of fair labor
practices

Banking and Financial Services

-

Communications between the
Archivist of the United States
and the primary responsible
individual in each State relating
to transmission of certificates of
ascertainment or of the
determination of an electoral
controversy involving the
presidential election held on
November 7, 2000

House Administration

Documents in the President’s
possession relating to Iraq’s
declaration on its weapons of
mass destruction that was
provided to the United Nations
on December 7, 2002

International Relations

Documents that provide specific
evidence with respect to claims
of Iraq’s weapons of mass
destruction

International Relations

Subject of Inquiry

Cosponsors: (41)
H.Res. 286
06/19/2003
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (14)

CRS-56

-

-

-

-

Reported adversely
03/18/2003
H.Rept. 108-38
-

Reported adversely
06/23/2003
H.Rept. 108-168

Secretary of Homeland Security

Any use of Federal agency
resources in any task or action
involving or relating to Members
of the Texas Legislature in the
period beginning May 11, 2003,
and ending May 16, 2003

Homeland Security
Reported adversely
07/21/2003
H.Rept. 108-223

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 287

Attorney General

06/19/2003
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (14)
H.Res. 288

Secretary of Transportation

06/19/2003
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (14)
H.Res. 358

President

09/05/2003
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Cosponsors: (12)

H.Res. 364
09/09/2003
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Cosponsors: (45)

President

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Any use of Federal agency
resources in any task or action
involving or relating to Members
of the Texas Legislature in the
period beginning May 11, 2003,
and ending May 16, 2003

Judiciary

-

Any use of Federal agency
resources in any task or action
involving or relating to Members
of the Texas Legislature in the
period beginning May 11, 2003,
and ending May 16, 2003

Transportation and
Infrastructure

The report prepared for the
Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled
“Operation Iraqi Freedom
Strategic Lessons Learned” and
other materials relating to the
Administration’s planning for the
reconstruction and security of
post-war Iraq

Armed Services

The report prepared for the
Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled
“Operation Iraqi Freedom
Strategic Lessons Learned” and
other materials relating to the
Administration’s planning for the
reconstruction and security of
post-war Iraq

Armed Services

Subject of Inquiry

Reported adversely
07/17/2003
H.Rept. 108-215

Reported adversely
07/21/2003
H.Rept. 108-220
-

International Relations
-

Reported adversely
10/02/2003
H.Rept. 108-289, pt. II
International Relations
Reported adversely
10/01/2003
H.Rept. 108-289, pt. I

CRS-57

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 499

Secretary of State

01/21/2004

Secretary of Defense

Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)

Attorney General

Cosponsors: (74)

Subject of Inquiry
Documents in the possession of
the President relating to the
disclosure of the identity of Ms.
Valerie Plame as an employee of
the Central Intelligence Agency
during the period beginning on
May 6, 2003, and ending on July
31, 2003.

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Select Intelligence

-

Reported adversely
02/03/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. I
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/27/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. IV
International Relations
Reported adversely
02/27/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. II
Judiciary
Reported adversely
02/27/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. III

H.Res. 640
05/12/2004
Rep. Chris Bell (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (40)

CRS-58

Secretary of Defense

any picture, photograph, video,
communication, or report
produced in conjunction with
any completed Department of
Defense investigation conducted
by Major General Antonio M.
Taguba relating to allegations of
torture or allegations of
violations of the Geneva
Conventions of 1949 at Abu
Ghraib prison in Iraq

Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/16/2004
H.Rept. 108-547

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 689

President

06/23/2004

Secretary of State

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

Secretary of Defense

Cosponsors: (47)

Attorney General

H.Res. 699

Secretary of State

06/25/2004
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (49)
H.Res. 700

Attorney General

06/25/2004
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (49)
H.Res. 745

President

06/25/2004

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Documents relating to the
treatment of prisoners or
detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or
Guantanamo Bay and any
instructions for handling such
documents

Armed Services

-

Documents relating to the
treatment of prisoners or
detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or
Guantanamo Bay and any
instructions for handling such
documents

International Relations

Documents relating to the
treatment of prisoners or
detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or
Guantanamo Bay and any
instructions for handling such
documents

Judiciary

Specified information respecting
the National Energy Policy
Development Group

Energy and Commerce

Subject of Inquiry

Reported adversely
07/22/2004
H.Rept. 108-632

Reported adversely
07/22/2004
H.Rept. 108-631

09/07/2004
H.Rept. 108-658

Cosponsors: (4)

H.Rept. 108-697

09/15/2004

Secretary of Health and Human
Services

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (4)

Estimated cost of the
Administration’s Medicare
prescription drug legislation

Ways and Means
Reported adversely
10/07/2004
H.Rept. 108-754, pt. I
Energy and Commerce
Reported adversely
10/08/2004
H.Rept. 108-754, pt. II

CRS-59

-

Reported adversely
09/23/2004

President

-

Reported adversely

Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI)
H.Res. 776

-

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 134

President

03/02/2005

Subject of Inquiry
Plan assets and liabilities of
single-employer pension plans

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Education and the Workforce

-

Reported adversely

Rep. George Miller (D-CA)

04/12/2005

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 109-34

H.Res. 136

Attorney General

03/03/2005

Secretary of Homeland Security

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (33)
H.Res. 170

President

03/17/2005

The security investigations and
background checks relating to
granting access to the White
House of James D. Guckert
(also known as Jeff Gannon)

Judiciary

President’s remarks on the
Social Security trust fund

Ways and Means

Reported adversely
04/05/2005
H.Rept. 109-30
-

Reported adversely

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

04/27/2005

Cosponsors: (39)

H.Rept. 109-58

H.Res. 363

President

07/14/2005

Secretary of State

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

Secretary of Defense

Armed Services

Cosponsors: (80)

Director of the CIA

-

Attorney General

International Relations;

Disclosure of the identity and
employment of Ms. Valerie
Plame

-

Select Intelligence

-

-

Judiciary
H.Res. 375

President

Rep. Barbara Lee

Secretary of State

The policy of the United States
with respect to Iraq

International Relations
Reported adversely

07/21/2005 (D-CA)

09/16/2005

Cosponsors: (83)

H.Rept. 109-223

CRS-60

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 408

President

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)

Secretary of Defense

Subject of Inquiry
The policy of the United States
with respect to Iraq

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

International Relations

-

Reported adversely

07/28/2005

09/16/2005

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 109-224

H.Res. 417

Secretary of Defense

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

Disclosure of the identity and
employment of Ms. Valerie
Plame

Armed Services
Reported adversely

07/29/2005

09/22/2005

Cosponsors: (20)

H.Rept. 109-234

H.Res. 418

President

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

Disclosure of the identity and
employment of Ms. Valerie
Plame

Select Intelligence
09/21/2005

Cosponsors: (20)

H.Rept. 109-228
Secretary of State

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

Disclosure of the identity and
employment of Ms. Valerie
Plame

International Relations
09/16/2005

Cosponsors: (20)

H.Rept. 109-225
Attorney General

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

Disclosure of the identity and
employment of Ms. Valerie
Plame

Judiciary
09/22/2005

Cosponsors: (20)

H.Rept. 109-230

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

Secretary of Homeland Security

Reapportionment of airport
screeners

Homeland Security
Reported adversely

09/27/2005

10/28/2005

Cosponsors: (15)

H.Rept. 109-259

CRS-61

-

Reported adversely

07/29/2005
H.Res. 463

-

Reported adversely

07/29/2005
H.Res. 420

-

Reported adversely

07/29/2005
H.Res. 419

-

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 467

President

Rep. George Miller (D-CA)

Subject of Inquiry
Contracts for services or
construction related to
Hurricane Katrina recovery

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Education and the Workforce

-

Reported adversely

09/27/2005

10/28/2005

Cosponsors: (21)

H.Rept. 109-258

H.Res. 488

President

Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (ROH)

Contracts for services or
construction related to
Hurricane Katrina recovery

10/07/2005

Transportation and
Infrastructure
Reported without
recommendation
11/03/2005

Cosponsors: (4)

H.Rept. 109-269

H.Res. 505

President

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

Secretary of State

White House Iraq Group

International Relations
11/10/2005

Cosponsors: (109)

H.Rept. 109-291
President

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

The anticipated effects of
climate change on the coastal
regions of the United States

Science
11/15/2005

Cosponsors: (150)

H.Rept. 109-296

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
11/10/2005
Cosponsors: (2)

CRS-62

President

President’s October 7, 2002
speech in Cincinnati, Ohio and
his January 28, 2003 State of the
Union Message

-

Reported adversely

10/26/2005
H.Res. 549

-

Reported adversely

10/20/2005
H.Res. 515

-

International Relations
Reported without
recommendation (amended)
12/16/2005
H.Rept. 109-351

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 593

President

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)

Secretary of State

12/08/2005

Secretary of Defense

02/10/2006

Cosponsors: (3)

Secretary of Homeland Security

H.Rept. 109-374

Subject of Inquiry
Extraordinary rendition of
certain foreign persons

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

International Relations

-

Reported adversely

Attorney General
H.Res. 624

President

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)

Secretary of State

12/16/2005
Cosponsors: (14)
H.Res. 641

President

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)

United States policies under the
United Nations Convention
Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment and
the Geneva Conventions

International Relations

Electronic surveillance without
search warrants on individuals in
the United States

Select Intelligence

Reported adversely
02/10/2006
H.Rept. 109-375

03/07/2006

Cosponsors: 29

H.Rept. 109-385
President

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Secretary of State

The Secretary of State’s trip to
Europe in December 2005

International Relations
02/10/2006

Cosponsors: (13)

H.Rept. 109-376
Attorney General

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

Warrantless electronic
surveillance

Judiciary
03/02/2006

Cosponsors: (51)

H.Rept. 109-382
President

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

Attorney General

12/22/2005
Cosponsors: (1)

CRS-63

Authorization of electronic
surveillance of citizens of the
United States without court
approved warrants

-

Reported adversely

12/22/2005
H.Res. 644

-

Reported adversely

12/18/2005
H.Res. 643

-

Reported adversely

12/18/2005
H.Res. 642

-

Judiciary
Reported adversely
03/02/2006
H.Rept. 109-383

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 645

President

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)

Secretary of Defense

12/22/2005
Cosponsors: (2)
H.Res. 685

President

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

Secretary of State

02/15/2006

Secretary of Defense

Cosponsors: (15)
H.Res. 717

Secretary of Commerce

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
03/09/2006
Cosponsors: (24)
H.Res. 718

President

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

Secretary of Homeland Security

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Collection of counterterrorism
intelligence information
pertaining to persons inside the
United States without obtaining
court-ordered warrants

Armed Services

-

Information relating to any
entity (including the Rendon
Group and the Lincoln Group)
with which the United States has
entered into a contract for
public relations purposes
concerning Iraq

Armed Services

The final draft report, produced
by the professional staff of the
Technology Administration,
entitled: “Six-Month Assessment
of Workforce Globalization In
Certain Knowledge-Based
Industries”

Science

Dubai Ports World acquisition
of six United States commercial
ports leases

Financial Services

Subject of Inquiry

03/09/2006

Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
03/30/2006
Cosponsors: (11)

CRS-64

03/07/2006
H.Rept. 109-384
-

Reported adversely
03/16/2006
H.Rept. 109-397
-

Reported without
recommendation
04/07/2006
H.Rept. 109-415
-

Reported without
recommendation (amended)
04/07/2006

Cosponsors: (2)
H.Res. 752

Reported adversely

H.Rept. 109-414
President

Receipt and consideration by the
Executive Office of the
President of any information
concerning the variation
between the version of S. 1932,
the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005, that the House of
Representatives passed on
February 1, 2006, and the
version of the bill that the
President signed on February 8,
2006

Government Reform
Reported adversely
05/09/2006
H.Rept. 109-457

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 809

Secretary Homeland Security

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
05/09/2006
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 819

President

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)

Attorney General

05/17/06
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 845

President,

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)

Secretary of Defense

05/25/2006

Attorney General

Cosponsors: (8)
H.Res. 846

President

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Secretary of State

05/25/2006

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Any existing or previous
agreement between the
Department of Homeland
Security and Shirlington
Limousine and Transportation,
Incorporated of Arlington,
Virginia

Homeland Security

-

Requests made by the National
Security Agency and other
Federal agencies to telephone
service providers requesting
access to telephone
communications records of
persons in the United States

Judiciary

Department of Justice’s Office of
Professional Responsibility’s
investigation of the National
Security Agency’s surveillance
program

Judiciary

Strategies and plans either
designed to cause regime change
in or for the use of military
force against Iran

International Relations

Subject of Inquiry

Cosponsors: (25)
H.Res. 985

Secretary of State

09/07/2006

Documents relating to the
report submitted to a House
committee on the Iran and Syria
Nonproliferation Act

09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-65

H.Rept. 109-484
-

Reported favorably
06/23/2006
H.Rept. 109-527
-

Reported adversely
06/26/2006
H.Rept. 109-528
-

Reported adversely
06/23/2006
International Relations

-

Reported without
recommendation
09/27/2006

Cosponsors: (1)

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

05/25/2006

H.Rept. 109-526

Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA)

H.Res. 1020

Reported adversely

H.Rept. 109-689
Secretary of Defense

Documents relating to Maher
Arar

Armed Services
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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 1021

Secretary of Homeland Security

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Documents relating to Maher
Arar

Homeland Security

-

Documents relating to Maher
Arar

International Relations

Documents relating to Maher
Arar

International Relations

Documents relating to Maher
Arar

Judiciary

National Intelligence Estimate of
April 2006 relating to trends in
global terrorism

Select Intelligence

U.S. policy towards Iran

Armed Services

Subject of Inquiry

-

09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1022

Secretary of State

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

-

-

09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1023

President

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

-

-

09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1024

Attorney General

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

-

-

09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1043

Director of National Intelligence

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

-

-

09/27/2006
Cosponsors: (46)
H.Res. 1066

President

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

-

09/29/2006

International Relations

Cosponsors: (15)

Select Intelligence
-

CRS-66

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 251

Secretary of the Treasury

Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (ROH)

Subject of Inquiry
Communications with the
American International Group,
Inc. (AIG)

Secretary of Homeland Security

Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)
05/06/2009
Cosponsors: (14)
H.Res. 446

President

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
(R-WI)

Director of Environmental
Protection Agency

05/14/2009

Director of Office of
Management and Budget

H.Res. 449

Financial Services

-

Reported favorably
H.Rept. 111-84

Cosponsors: (56)

Cosponsors: (none)

House Floor Action

04/23/2009

03/17/2009
H.Res. 404

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

President

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
(R-WI)

Documents relating to the
intelligence assessment titled,
“Rightwing Extremism: Current
Economic and Political Climate
Fueling Resurgence in
Radicalization and Recruitment”

Homeland Security

Information relating to the EPA’s
finding that greenhouse gas
emissions are a danger to public
health and public health and
welfare

Energy and Commerce

Information relating to the EPA’s
finding that greenhouse gas
emissions are a danger to public
health and welfare

Energy and Commerce

Reported favorably (amended)
06/04/2009
H.Rept. 111-134

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 111-146

Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (ROH)

Information relating to
communications with Chrysler,
L.L.C

Energy and Commerce
Reported without
recommendation

05/20/2009

06/12/2009

Cosponsors: (9)

H.Rept. 111-147

CRS-67

-

Reported without
recommendation
06/12/2009

President

-

-

05/15/2009
H.Res. 462

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and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 477

Secretary of Defense

Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

Subject of Inquiry
Information relating to the
FY2010-2030 shipbuilding plan

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Armed Services

-

Reported favorably (amended)

05/21/2009

06/19/2009

Cosponsors: (8)

H.Rept. 111-167

H.Res. 478

Secretary of Defense

Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

Information relating to the
FY2010-2030 aviation plan

Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)

05/21/2009

06/19/2009

Cosponsors: (8)

H.Rept. 111-168

H.Res. 537

President

Rep. Mike J. Rogers (R-MI)

Attorney General

Communications related to
detainees and foreign persons
suspected of terrorism

Judiciary
06/26/2009

Cosponsors: (3)

H.Rept. 111-189
Secretary of Homeland Security

Rep. Mike J. Rogers (R-MI)

-

Reported adversely

06/11/2009

H.Res. 570

-

The immigration status of any
detainees and foreign persons
suspected of terrorism

Judiciary

Specific communications with
and financial assistance provided
to General Motors Corporation
and Chrysler LLC

Financial Services

-

-

06/19/2009
Cosponsors: (3)
H.Res. 591

President

Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH)
06/26/2009
Cosponsors: (9)

Reported favorably (amended)
07/24/2009
H.Rept. 111-231

H.Res. 602

President

Rep. Mike J. Rogers (R-MI)

Secretary of Defense

Communications regarding
detainees and foreign persons
suspected of terrorism

Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)

06/26/2009

07/23/2009

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 111-221

CRS-68

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 636

Attorney General

Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)
07/13/2009

Subject of Inquiry
The transfer or release of
detainees held at Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the
United States

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 871

Attorney General

10/27/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
11/19/2009
Secretary of Homeland Security

11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (14)
President

Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (2)
H.Res. 924
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon
(R-CA)
11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (17)

CRS-69

-

Reported adversely
07/31/2009
Judiciary

Detainees held at Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who are
transferred into the United
States.

Judiciary

-

Reported without
recommendation
11/18/2009
H.Rept. 111-341
-

Reported adversely
12/15/2009
H.Rept. 111-378

Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)

H.Res. 923

Judiciary

Information received from or
referencing the American
Association for Justice and any
of its members since January 20,
2009, that refers or relates to
any recommendation regarding
medical malpractice reform

Cosponsors: (16)
H.Res. 922

House Floor Action

H.Rept. 111-242

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)

H.Res. 920

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

Secretary of Defense

The Department’s planning,
information sharing, and
coordination with any state or
locality receiving detainees held
at Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba

Homeland Security

Effects on foreign intelligence
collection of the transfer of
detainees held at Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the
United States.

Select Intelligence

Trial or detention of Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed, Walid
Muhammad Salih Mubarek Bin
‘Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali
Abdul Aziz Ali, or Mustafa
Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.

Armed Services

-

Reported favorably (amended)
12/15/2009
H.Rept. 111-377
-

Reported favorably (amended)
12/16/2009
H.Rept. 111-384
Reported favorably (amended)
12/17/2009
H.Rept. 111-383

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 978

President

Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
12/16/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 980

Secretary of Homeland Security

Rep. Charles W. Dent (R-PA)
12/16/2009
Cosponsors: (6)
H.Res. 983

President

Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)

Secretary of Health and Human
Services

12/16/2009

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

Inventory and review of
intelligence related to the
shooting at Fort Hood, Texas,
described by the President in a
memorandum dated November
10, 2009.

Select Intelligence

-

Transportation Security
Administration's Aviation
Security Screening Management
Standard Operating Procedures
manual

Homeland Security

Agreements and
communications relating to
proposed health care reform
legislation

Energy and Commerce

Subject of Inquiry

Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)

01/27/2010
H.Rept. 111-402
-

Reported adversely
01/27/2010
H.Rept. 111-403
-

Reported without
recommendation
01/29/2010

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 985

Reported adversely

H.Rept. 111-408
Administrator of the
Environmental Protection
Agency

Nutrient management of the
Illinois River Watershed,
Arkansas and Oklahoma

Transportation and
Infrastructure

Attorney General

Decision to dismiss United
States v. New Black Panther
Party

Judiciary

12/16/2009

-

-

Cosponsors: (none)
H.Res. 994
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)

Reported adversely

012/16/2009

01/27/2010

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 111-404

H.Res. 995
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)

President

Nutrient management of the
Illinois River Watershed,
Arkansas and Oklahoma

Transportation and
Infrastructure

12/19/2009

Reported without
recommendation (amended)

Cosponsors: (none)

01/20/2010
H.Rept. 111-407

CRS-70

-

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Resolution, Introduction,
and Sponsorship

Official(s) To Whom Inquiry
is Directed

H.Res. 1238

Secretary of the Interior

Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
04/13/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1254

Secretary of the Interior

Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
04/15/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1406

Committee(s) of Referral
and Consideration

House Floor Action

The Secretary's Treasured
Landscape Initiative, designation
of national monuments, and high
priority land-rationalization
efforts

Natural Resources

-

The Secretary's Treasured
Landscape Initiative, designation
of national monuments, and high
priority land-rationalization
efforts

Natural Resources

Subject of Inquiry

Secretary of the Interior

05/27/2010

Specified information relating to
the potential designation of
National Monuments under the
Antiquities Act

Cosponsors: (1)

Reported without
recommendation
05/11/2010
Natural Resources

Attorney General

06/17/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
H.Res. 1466

President

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
(R-WI)

Secretary of Energy

Reported favorably
06/23/2010

Discussion of administration
appointments by White House
staff with any candidate for
public office in exchange for
such candidate's withdrawal
from any election

Judiciary

The application to foreclose
Yucca Mountain, Nevada from
use as a high level nuclear waste
repository

Energy and Commerce

07/15/10
H.Rept. 111-538

Cosponsors: (none)

H.Rept. 111-550

07/27/2010
Cosponsors: (none)

CRS-71

Documents prepared by or for
the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services regarding the
Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act

-

Reported without
recommendation
07/19/10

Secretary of Health and Human
Services

-

Reported adversely

06/22/2010

Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)

-

H.Rept. 111-510

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)

H.Res. 1561

-

H.Rept. 111-480

Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)

H.Res. 1455

-

Energy and Commerce
Reported without
recommendation
09/29/10
H.Rept. 111-649

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Source: Table 4. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. Congress, 1947-2011

        
          Congress and Years

          Congressional Majority Party

          Sponsor Member of Majority Party

          Sponsor Member of Minority Party

        

          80th (1947-1948)

          R

          15

          0

        

          81st (1949-1950)

          D

          5

          9

        

          82nd (1951-1952)

          D

          0

          8

        

          83rd (1953-1954)

          R

          13

          4

        

          84th (1955-1956)

          D

          2

          6

        

          85th (1957-1958)

          D

          1

          2

        

          86th (1959-1960)

          D

          0

          1

        

          87th (1961-1962)

          D

          2

          0

        

          88th (1963-1964)

          D

          0

          0

        

          89th (1965-1966)

          D

          0

          5

        

          90th (1967-1968)

          D

          0

          0

        

          91st (1969-1970)

          D

          0

          0

        

          92nd (1971-1972)

          D

          9

          8

        

          93rd (1973-1974)

          D

          27

          17

        

          94th (1975-1976)

          D

          23

          3

        

          95th (1977-1978)

          D

          1

          2

        

          96th (1979-1980)

          D

          5

          8

        

          97th (1981-1982)

          D

          4

          0

        

          98th (1983-1984)

          D

          7

          1

        

          99th (1985-1986)

          D

          5

          1

        

          100th (1987-1988)

          D

          3

          1

        

          101st (1989-1990)

          D

          1

          3

        

          102nd (1991-1992)

          D

          1

          0

        

          103rd (1993-1994)

          D

          0

          2

        

          104th (1995-1996)

          R

          0

          1

        

          105th (1997-1998)

          R

          0

          1

        

          106th (1999-2000)

          R

          0

          1

        

          107th (2001-2002)

          R

          0

          0

        

          108th (2003-2004)

          R

          0

          14

        

          109th (2005-2006)

          R

          1

          38

        

          110th (2007-2008)

          D

          0

          0

        

          111th (2009-2010)

          D

          0

          29

        

          Total

          -

          125

          165

        
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. "D" signifies Democratic Party. "R" signifies Republican Party.
Table 5. Party Affiliation of Resolution of Inquiry Sponsors vs. President, 1947-2011

        
          Congress and Years

          President's Party

          Sponsor Party Same As President

          Sponsor Party Different Than President

        

          80th (1947-1948)

          D

          0

          15

        

          81st (1949-1950)

          D

          45

          9

        

          82nd (1951-1952)

          D

          0

          8

        

          83rd (1953-1954)

          R

          13

          4

        

          84th (1955-1956)

          R

          6

          2

        

          85th (1957-1958)

          R

          2

          1

        

          86th (1959-1960)

          R

          1

          0

        

          87th (1961-1962)

          D

          2

          0

        

          88th (1963-1964)

          D

          0

          0

        

          89th (1965-1966)

          D

          0

          5

        

          90th (1967-1968)

          D

          0

          0

        

          91st (1969-1970)

          R

          0

          0

        

          92nd (1971-1972)

          R

          8

          9

        

          93rd (1973-1974)

          R

          17

          27

        

          94th (1975-1976)

          R

          3

          23

        

          95th (1977-1978)

          D

          1

          2

        

          96th (1979-1980)

          D

          5

          8

        

          97th (1981-1982)

          R

          0

          4

        

          98th (1983-1984)

          R

          1

          7

        

          99th (1985-1986)

          R

          1

          5

        

          100th (1987-1988)

          R

          1

          3

        

          101st (1989-1990)

          R

          3

          1

        

          102nd (1991-1992)

          R

          0

          1

        

          103rd (1993-1994)

          D

          0

          2

        

          104th (1995-1996)

          D

          1

          0

        

          105th (1997-1998)

          D

          1

          0

        

          106th (1999-2000)

          D

          1

          0

        

          107th (2001-2002)

          R

          0

          0

        

          108th (2003-2004)

          R

          0

          14

        

          109th (2005-2006)

          R

          1

          38

        

          110th (2007-2008)

          R

          0

          0

        

          111th (2009-2010)

          D

          0

          29

        

          TOTAL

          -

          73

          217

        
Source: CRS analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.
Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. "D" signifies Democratic Party. "R" signifies Republican Party.
Table 6. Have House Resolutions of Inquiry Produced Requested Information?
1947-2011

        
          Congress and Years

          Yes (Even Partial)

          No

          Unknown, Unclear, or Disputed

        

          80th (1947-1948)

          10

          1

          4

        

          81st (1949-1950)

          4

          1

          9

        

          82nd (1951-1952)

          5

          0

          3

        

          83rd (1953-1954)

          8

          0

          9

        

          84th (1955-1956)

          2

          0

          6

        

          85th (1957-1958)

          0

          0

          3

        

          86th (1959-1960)

          0

          0

          1

        

          87th (1961-1962)

          0

          0

          2

        

          88th (1963-1964)

          0

          0

          0

        

          89th (1965-1966)

          2

          0

          3

        

          90th (1967-1968)

          0

          0

          0

        

          91st (1969-1970)

          0

          0

          0

        

          92nd (1971-1972)

          10

          4

          3

        

          93rd (1973-1974)

          8

          0

          36

        

          94th (1975-1976)

          1

          1

          24

        

          95th (1977-1978)

          0

          0

          3

        

          96th (1979-1980)

          3

          2

          8

        

          97th (1981-1982)

          3

          0

          1

        

          98th (1983-1984)

          5

          1

          2

        

          99th (1985-1986)

          3

          1

          2

        

          100th (1987-1988)

          2

          0

          2

        

          101st (1989-1990)

          2

          0

          2

        

          102nd (1991-1992)

          1

          0

          0

        

          103rd (1993-1994)

          0

          1

          1

        

          104th (1995-1996)

          1

          0

          0

        

          105th (1997-1998)

          0

          0

          1

        

          106th (1999-2000)

          0

          0

          1

        

          107th (2001-2002)

          0

          0

          0

        

          108th (2003-2004)

          6

          8

          0

        

          109th (2005-2006)

          4

          26

          9

        

          110th (2007-2008)

          0

          0

          0

        

          111th (2009-2010)

           8

          4

          17

        

          TOTAL

          88

          50

          152

        
 Source: CRS Analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives. 
Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. Categories based on CRS examination of resolutions and related legislative history documents.
Table 7. Identified Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-2011
Resolution, Introduction, and Sponsorship
Official(s) To Whom Inquiry is Directed
Subject of Inquiry
Committee(s) of Referral and Consideration
House Floor Action
H.Res. 38 
01/06/1947
Rep. Lawrence H. Smith (R-WI)
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Materials in the possession of the War and Navy Departments suitable for use in relieving the housing shortage
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 80 
01/30/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of State
Withdrawal of U.S. troops from China
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
02/05/1947
H.Rept. 80-16
Laid on the table
02/05/1947
H.Res. 254 
06/24/1947
Rep. Ellsworth Buck (R-NY)
Secretary of State
Documents, records, and memorandum related to Serge Rubenstein
Judiciary
Reported adversely
07/11/1947
H.Rept. 80-886
Laid on the table
07/11/1947
H.Res. 255 
06/24/1947
Rep. Ellsworth Buck (R-NY)
Attorney General
Documents, records, and memorandum related to Serge Rubenstein
Judiciary
Reported adversely
07/11/1947
H.Rept. 80-887
Laid on the table
07/11/1947
H.Res. 257 
06/26/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Treasury
Food and meat being shipped from Greece and the Mediterranean to the United States
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 258 
06/25/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of State
Food and meat being shipped from Greece and the Mediterranean to the United States
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
07/09/1947
H.Rept. 80-814
Laid on the table
07/09/1947
H.Res. 365 
11/24/1947
Rep. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD)
Secretary of Defense
Decommissioning of certain factories in post-war Germany 
Foreign Affairs
Reported favorably (amended)
12/18/1947
H.Rept. 80-1225
Agreed to
12/18/1947
H.Res. 366 
11/24/1947
Rep. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD)
Secretary of Commerce
Sale of supplies to the Soviet Union by firms and individuals located in the United States
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Reported favorably (amended)
12/05/1947
H.Rept. 80-1155
Agreed to
12/05/1947
H.Res. 380 
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of Commerce
Amount of coal and oil being sent to Canada and other countries by the United States
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 381 
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
United States Maritime Commission 
Information relative to oil: Idle tankers and why said tankers have not been put into operation
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
-
-
H.Res. 382 
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Director of the Office of Defense Transportation
Shortage of coal cars used in transportation of coal to New England and whether coal cars from Great Lakes terminals may be transferred to New England
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 383 
11/28/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Navy
Whether full use is being made of oil tankers under the control of the Navy
Armed Services
Reported adversely
12/04/1947
H.Rept. 80-1154
Laid on the table
12/04/1947
H.Res. 385 
12/02/1947
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Interior
The amount of fuel, gasoline, petroleum products, and coal available in the United States
Public Lands
Reported without recommendation
12/19/1947
H.Rept. 80-1231
Agreed to
02/16/1948
H.Res. 511 
03/24/1948
Rep. John Z. Anderson (R-CA)
Secretary of Agriculture
Research on price spreads between the producer and consumer of agricultural products
Agriculture
Reported adversely
04/07/1948
H.Rept. 80-1662
Laid on the table
04/07/1948
H.Res. 522 
04/07/1948
Rep. John P. Thomas (R-NJ)
Secretary of Commerce
A letter authored by FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, relating to Dr. Edward U. Condon, Director of the National Bureau of Standards 
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Reported favorably
04/19/1948
H.Rept. 80-1753
Agreed to
04/22/1948
H.Res. 50 
01/13/1949
Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)
Secretary of State
Situation in Palestine
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
01/31/1949
H.Rept. 81-10
Laid on the table
01/31/1949
H.Res. 80 
02/03/1949
Rep. Edwin Arthur Hall (R-NY)
Secretary of Defense
Administrative action on the program of national defense preparedness
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/09/1949
H.Rept. 81-36
Laid on the table
02/09/1949
H.Res. 147 
03/11/1949
Rep. Clark W. Thompson (D-TX)
Secretary of State
Effect of imports on the domestic fishing industry
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Reported favorably (amended)
03/30/1949
H.Rept. 81-355
Agreed to
04/22/1948
H.Res. 196 
04/27/1949
Rep. Vito Marcantonio (American Laborite-NY)
Secretary of State
Denial of visas to certain foreign officials (Pierre Cot of the Republic of France and Konni Zilliacus of Great Britain)
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
05/04/1949
H.Rept. 81-504
Laid on the table
05/04/1949
H.Res. 198 
04/29/1949
Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-MA)
United States Tariff Commission
Statistics relating to the woolen and worsted manufacturing industry
Ways and Means
-
H.Res. 199 
04/29/1949
Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-MA) 
Secretary of Labor
Employment statistics relating to the woolen and worsted manufacturing industry
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 200 
04/29/1949
Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-MA) 
Secretary of the Treasury
Corporate income tax statistics relating to the woolen and worsted manufacturing industry
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 424 
01/12/1950
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Personal finances of mental patients hospitalized by the Veterans' Administration
Veterans' Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 449 
01/26/1950
Rep. Edgar A. Jonas (R-IL)
Secretary of the Treasury
Receipts from taxes paid on tips and gratuities received by taxpayers
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 452 
01/27/1950
Rep. John D. Lodge (R-CT)
President
Foreign policy of the United States in the far east
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
02/09/1950
H.Rept. 81-1618
Laid on the table
02/09/1950
H.Res. 477 
02/16/1950
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Treasury
The number of watches, clocks, and parts of watches and clocks imported into the U.S. over the previous five years
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 478 
02/16/1950
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of Commerce
The number of watches, clocks, and parts of watches and clocks manufactured in the U.S. over the previous five years
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 829 
08/28/1950
Rep. Donald L. Jackson (R-CA)
Attorney General
Arrest and detention, and deportation of Rafael Garcia Travesi-Carral
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 870 
11/30/1950
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Army
Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad accidents involving troop transport trains
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 125 
02/07/1951
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of Commerce
Railroad accident which occurred near Woodbridge, New Jersey, on February 6, 1951
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 514 
01/31/1952
Rep. Ellis Y. Berry (R-SD)
Secretary of State
Any agreements made between the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain during their recent conversations
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
02/20/1952
H.Rept. 82-1381
Agreed to
02/20/1952
H.Res. 609 
04/24/1952
Rep. Matthew H. Ellsworth (R-OR)
President
Information related to the Presidents actions during the 1952 steel strike
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 661 
05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Army
Insurgency in prisoner-of-war camps in Korea and communist-inspired disturbances of the peace in Japan since the departure of General MacArthur
Armed Services
Reported without recommendation
06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2128
Laid on the table
06/10/1952
H.Res. 662 
05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of Defense
Insurgency in prisoner-of-war camps in Korea and communist-inspired disturbances of the peace in Japan since the departure of General MacArthur
Armed Services
Reported without recommendation
06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2129
Laid on the table
06/10/1952
H.Res. 663 
05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Army
Reduction in grade of Colonel Charles F. Colson relating to his conduct during the riot at Koje Island, Korea
Armed Services
Reported without recommendation
06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2130
Laid on the table
06/10/1952
H.Res. 664 
05/28/1952
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of State
Insurgency in prisoner-of-war camps in Korea and communist-inspired disturbances of the peace in Japan since the departure of General MacArthur
Foreign Affairs
Reported favorably
06/10/1952
H.Rept. 82-2131
Agreed to
06/10/1952
H.Res. 716 
06/28/1952
Rep. Edmund P. Radwan (R-NY)
Secretary of State
Any agreement made by the Secretary of State and the government of Great Britain during their recent meetings and conversations which may affect the conduct of the war in Korea
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 121 
01/29/1953
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI) 
Secretary of Defense
The military operation in Korea codenamed "Operation Smack"
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 134 
02/06/1953
Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) 
Civil Service Commission
Federal employees not falling under civil service rules and regulations
Post Office and Civil Services
-
-
H.Res. 171 
03/09/1953
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI) 
Secretary of Defense
The military operation in Korea codenamed "Operation Smack"
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/17/1953
H.Rept. 83-164
Laid on the table
03/17/1953
H.Res. 278 
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Atomic Energy Commission
Effect on the weather of certain atomic bomb explosions
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
-
-
H.Res. 279 
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Army
Effect on the weather of certain atomic bomb explosions
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-646
Laid on the table
06/23/1953
H.Res. 280 
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Federal Civil Defense Administrator
Effect on the weather of certain atomic bomb explosions
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-641
Laid on the table by rule
06/26/1953
H.Res. 281 
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Navy
Effect on the weather of certain atomic bomb explosions
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-647
Laid on the table
06/23/1953
H.Res. 282 
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Air Force
Effect on the weather of certain atomic bomb explosions
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/23/1953
H.Rept. 83-648
Laid on the table
06/23/1953
H.Res. 283 
06/11/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of Commerce
Effect on the weather of certain atomic bomb explosions
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Reported adversely
06/27/1953
H.Rept. 83-682
Laid on the table
06/27/1953
H.Res. 387 
08/01/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Treasury
Unexpended balances of appropriations
Appropriations
-
-
H.Res. 388 
08/01/1953
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Comptroller General
Unexpended balances of appropriations
Appropriations
-
-
H.Res. 434 
02/08/1954
Rep. George M. Rhodes (D-PA)
President 
Discharge of federal officers and employees for security reasons during the past year
Post Office and Civil Service
-
-
H.Res. 435 
02/08/1954
Rep. George M. Rhodes (D-PA)
Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission
Discharge of federal officers and employees for security reasons during the past year
Post Office and Civil Service
-
-
H.Res. 436 
02/08/1954
Rep. George M. Rhodes (D-PA)
Attorney General
Discharge of federal officers and employees for security reasons during the past year
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 560 
05/26/1954
Rep. Edith N. Rogers (R-MA)
Secretary of the Navy
Facts concerning the explosion on the aircraft carrier Bennington
Armed Services
-
Discharged by unanimous consent and laid on the table
06/07/1954
H.Res. 602 
06/28/1954
Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)
Postmaster General
Transmission of hate propaganda through the mails
Post Office and Civil Service
-
-
H.Res. 632 
07/14/1954
Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)
Postmaster General
Transmission of hate propaganda through the mails
Post Office and Civil Service
-
-
H.Res. 134 
02/07/1955
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
President
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Administration expenditures
Veterans' Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 136 
02/07/1955
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
Secretary of Defense
Extent and cost of certain military installations
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/16/1955
H.Rept. 84-56
Laid on the table
02/16/1955
H.Res. 207 
04/14/1955
Rep. John P. Pillion (R-NY)
Secretary of the Interior
Information related to Antarctica
Interior and Insular Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 209 
04/18/1955
Rep. Craig Hosmer (R-CA)
Secretary of the Interior
Information related to Antarctica
Interior and Insular Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 238 
05/09/1955
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Statistical information relating to the staffing and workload of Social Security field offices in Michigan and Indiana
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 245 
05/16/1955
Rep. James A. Haley (D-FL)
Secretary of the Interior
Information related to Antarctica
Interior and Insular Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 475 
04/16/1956
Rep. Herman P. Eberharter (D-PA)
Secretary of the Treasury
Settlement of the American Distilling Company income tax case by the Internal Revenue Service
Ways and Means
Reported without recommendation
07/21/1956
H.Rept. 84-2867
-
H.Res. 525 
06/06/1956
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
Secretary of Labor
Statistical information related to salaries and employment in the manufacturing industry
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 454 
01/27/1958
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
Secretary of Labor
Violence related to labor strikes
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 593 
06/16/1958
Rep. Joseph M. Montoya (D-NM)
Secretary of the Interior
Information related to the school-age Indian population of the United States
Interior and Insular Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 612 
06/30/1958
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
Secretary of Labor
Activity by Labor Department employees in relation to the Aiken Brothers Company of Greenville, South Carolina
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 290 
06/08/1959
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-MI)
Secretary of Labor
Statistical information about the amount of money paid to various labor unions
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 593 
04/10/1962
Rep. Leonard Farbstein (D-NY)
Secretary of State
Reasons underlying U.S. sponsorship and active support of the censure of Israel by the United Nations Security Council
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 610 
04/18/1962
Rep. Barratt O'Hara (D-IL)
Secretary of State
Reasons underlying U.S. sponsorship and active support of the censure of Israel by the United Nations Security Council
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 529 
08/18/1965
Rep. Albert Quie (R-MN)
Postmaster General
Temporary summer employment at the U.S. Postal Service
Post Office and Civil Service
-
-
H.Res. 574 
09/08/1965
Rep. Albert Quie (R-MN)
Postmaster General
Temporary summer employment at the U.S. Postal Service
Post Office and Civil Service
Reported adversely
09/16/1965
H.Rept. 89-1010
Laid on the table
09/16/1965
H.Res. 575 
09/12/1965
Rep. Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
President
Reports of the White House Education Task Force chaired by John W. Gardner
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 576 
09/12/1965
Rep. Robert H. Michel (R-IL)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Specified proposals and position papers relating to education in the states and in big city schools 
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 1018 
09/14/1966
Rep. Melvin R. Laird (R-WI)
President
Certain information
Appropriations
-
-
H.Res. 489 
06/21/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (10)
President
The report "U.S.-Vietnam Relationships, 1945-1967" (Also known as "The Pentagon Papers.")
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/30/1971
H.Rept. 92-318
Laid on the table
06/30/1971
H.Res. 490 
06/21/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (14)
President
The report "U.S.-Vietnam Relationships, 1945-1967" (Also known as "The Pentagon Papers.")
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/30/1971
H.Rept. 92-319
Laid on the table
06/30/1971
H.Res. 491 
06/21/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (17)
President
Secretary of State
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 
The report "U.S.-Vietnam Relationships, 1945-1967" (Also known as "The Pentagon Papers.")
Armed Services
-
Motion to discharge fell on a point of order
07/07/1971
H.Res. 492 
06/21/1971
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
U.S. operations in Laos
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-327
Laid on the table
07/07/1971
H.Res. 493 
06/21/1971
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
The Phoenix Program 
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-328
Laid on the table
07/07/1971
H.Res. 494 
06/21/1971
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
The report "U.S. Vietnam Relationships, 1945-1967" (Also known as "The Pentagon Papers.")
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-329
Laid on the table
07/07/1971
H.Res. 495 
06/21/1971
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Bombing operations in northern Laos
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
07/01/1971
H.Rept. 92-330
Laid on the table
07/07/1971
H.Res. 530 
07/08/1971
Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
Busing to achieve racial balance in the public schools
Education and Labor
-
-
H.Res. 539 
07/14/1971
Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Busing to achieve racial balance in the public schools
Education and Labor
-
Discharged and agreed to
08/02/1971
H.Res. 557 
07/21/1971
Rep. Bertram L. Podell (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Extent of military assistance to certain foreign countries
Armed Services
-
Discharged and laid on the table
08/03/1971
H.Res. 595 
09/14/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Communications pertaining to the upcoming Vietnamese presidential election
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
09/27/1971
H.Rept. 92-512
Laid on the table
09/30/1971
H.Res. 619 
09/27/1971
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of State
Communications pertaining to the upcoming Vietnamese presidential election
Foreign Affairs
-
Discharged and laid on the table
09/30/1971
H.Res. 632 
09/27/1971
Rep. Lester Wolff (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (24)
Secretary of State
Role of the U.S. government in events leading to an uncontested presidential election in South Vietnam on October 3, 1971
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
10/14/1971
H.Rept. 92-567
Laid on the table
10/20/1971
H.Res. 638 
10/06/1971
Rep. Lester Wolff (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (14)
Secretary of State
Role of the U.S. government in events leading to an uncontested presidential election in South Vietnam on October 3, 1971
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
10/14/1971
H.Rept. 92-568
Laid on the table
10/20/1971
H.Res. 918 
04/11/1972
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Secretary of Defense
Statistics relating to U.S. military involvement in Indochina
Armed Services
Reported adversely
04/19/1972
H.Rept. 92-1003
Laid on the table
04/26/1972
H.Res. 1078 
08/02/1972
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Statistics relating to U.S. military involvement in North Vietnam
Armed Services
Reported adversely
08/10/1972
H.Rept. 92-1330
Laid on the table
08/16/1972
H.Res. 1079 
08/02/1972
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Statistics relating to U.S. military involvement in North Vietnam
Armed Services
Reported adversely
08/10/1972
H.Rept. 92-1331
Laid on the table
08/16/1972
H.Res. 26 
01/03/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (21)
President
Secretary of Defense
Statistics relating to U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/01/1973
H.Rept. 93-40
Laid on the table
03/01/1973
H.Res. 114 
01/11/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (13)
Secretary of Defense
Data relating to the extent of the bombing of North Vietnam from December 17, 1972, through January 10, 1973
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/01/1973
H.Rept. 93-38
Laid on the table
03/06/1973
H.Res. 115 
01/11/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (13)
Secretary of Defense
Data relating to the extent of the bombing of North Vietnam from December 17, 1972, through January 10, 1973
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/01/1973
H.Rept. 93-39
Laid on the table
03/06/1973
H.Res. 143 
01/18/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of Defense
Data relating to the extent of the bombing of North Vietnam from December 17, 1972, through January 10, 1973
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/01/1973
H.Rept. 93-41
Laid on the table
03/06/1973
H.Res. 220 
02/19/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (3)
Attorney General
Basis of the venue in the northern district of Texas of the grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 223 
02/20/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
Attorney General
Basis of the venue in the northern district of Texas of the grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 258 
02/28/1973
Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (2)
Attorney General
Record of the Department of Justice which led to the determination of the venue in the Northern District of Texas of the grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 262 
03/01/1973
Rep. James V. Stanton (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Basis of the venue in the northern district of Texas of the grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 281 
03/08/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Basis of the venue in the northern district of Texas of the grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 346 
04/09/1973
Rep. Ogden R. Reid (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Regulations governing social services proposed in the Federal Register of February 16, 1973 (38 F.R. 4608-4613)
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 350 
04/10/1973
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Regulations governing social services proposed in the Federal Register of February 16, 1973 (38 F.R. 4608-4613)
Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 379 
05/03/1973
Rep. Robert L. Leggett (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (15)
Secretary of Defense
Bombing and other activities in Cambodia and Laos during the period January 27, 1973, to April 30, 1973
Armed Services
Reported adversely
05/09/1973
H.Rept. 93-170
Laid on the table
05/09/1973
H.Res. 508 
07/25/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 519 
07/31/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (24)
Secretary of Defense
Data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 520 
08/01/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (5)
Secretary of Defense
Data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 522 
08/02/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (3)
Secretary of Defense
Data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 525 
08/03/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 537 
09/10/1973
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of Defense
Data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 572 
10/01/1973
Rep. Paul Findley (R-IL)
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Allegations that Spiro T. Agnew accepted bribes or received consideration for services rendered 
Judiciary
-
Discharged and laid on the table
10/10/1973
H.Res. 634 
10/23/1973
Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Papers, documents, recordings, memorandums, and items of evidence in the custody of the Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox, as of noon, Saturday, October 20, 1973
Judiciary
-
Discharged and laid on the table
11/01/1973
H.Res. 1002 
03/25/1974
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of State
The military alert declared by the President on October 24, 1974
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
04/04/1974
H.Rept. 93-970
Laid on the table
04/09/1974
H.Res. 1040 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1041 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1042 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Army
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1043 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Army
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1044 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Navy
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1045 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Navy
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1046 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Air Force
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1047 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Air Force
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1048 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Administrator of the General Services Administration
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Government Operations
-
-
H.Res. 1049 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Administrator of the General Services Administration
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Government Operations
-
-
H.Res. 1050 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Transportation
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 1051 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Transportation
Expenditure of Federal moneys on private property owned by: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (2) Harry S. Truman; (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower; (4) John F. Kennedy; and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 1052 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Director of the Secret Service
Federal funds for administrative support and personnel at or near the private residences of (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt, (2) Harry S. Truman, (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower, (4) John F. Kennedy, and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson during their terms as President and Vice President.
House Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 1053 
04/22/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Director of the Secret Service
Federal funds for administrative support and personnel at or near the private residences of (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt, (2) Harry S. Truman, (3) Dwight D. Eisenhower, (4) John F. Kennedy, and (5) Lyndon B. Johnson during their terms as President and Vice President.
House Ways and Means
-
-
H.Res. 1189 
06/25/1974
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Agreements for nuclear cooperation with Egypt and Israel
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 1219 
07/02/1974
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (16)
President
Agreements for nuclear cooperation with Egypt and Israel
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 1363 
09/12/1974
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (10)
President
The specific offenses against the United States for which a pardon was granted to Richard M. Nixon on September 8, 1974
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 1370 
09/17/1974
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Decision to grant a pardon to Richard M. Nixon
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 1398 
09/30/1974
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Payments to Richard M. Nixon and his family
Government Operations
-
-
H.Res. 1404 
10/02/1974
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (4)
President
Payments to Richard M. Nixon and his family
Government Operations
-
-
H.Res. 1452 
10/16/1974
Rep. Robert L. Leggett (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
The President's proposal to classify as new oil, all oil extracted from domestic oil wells by secondary methods
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 1467 
11/20/1974
Rep. Lester Wolff (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Comments by the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff at Duke University on October 10, 1974
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1473 
11/21/1974
Rep. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Specified facts pertaining to small business investment companies
Banking and Currency
-
-
H.Res. 65 
01/14/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Specified activities of the Central Intelligence Agency since January 1, 1960
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 71 
01/16/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Specified activities of the Central Intelligence Agency since January 1, 1960
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 72 
01/16/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Information contained in the report of William E. Colby delivered to the President on or about December 26, 1974, relating to activities of the Central Intelligence Agency
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/27/1975
H.Rept. 94-22
-
H.Res. 106 
01/28/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (24)
President
Specified activities of the Central Intelligence Agency since January 1, 1960
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 129 
02/03/1975
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (24)
Secretary of Defense
Reconnaissance flights since January, 1973, over North and South Vietnam as well as other activities in Indochina
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/27/1975
H.Rept. 94-23
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H.Res. 134 
02/04/1975
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (5)
Secretary of Defense
Reconnaissance flights since January, 1973, over North and South Vietnam as well as other activities in Indochina
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 148 
02/05/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (4)
President
Specified activities of the Central Intelligence Agency since January 1, 1960
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 205 
02/19/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
American involvement and knowledge of the coup in Chile
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 206 
02/19/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
American involvement and knowledge of the coup in Chile
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 207 
02/19/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
American involvement and knowledge of the coup in Chile
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 313 
03/14/1975
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (7)
President
Whether any citizen of the United States, since December 31, 1970, has been subjected to incarceration or denial of rights contrary to the laws or Constitution of the Republic of Mexico
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 391 
04/10/1975
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (18)
President
Whether any citizen of the United States, since December 31, 1970, has been subjected to incarceration or denial of rights contrary to the laws or Constitution of the Republic of Mexico
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 400 
04/16/1975
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (18)
President
United States nationals in South Vietnam, their employers, the nature of their work and an explanation of why such persons have not been evacuated
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 529 
06/11/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (25)
President
Facts relating to the seizure of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 530 
06/11/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (6)
President
Facts relating to the seizure of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 536 
06/12/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (23)
Secretary of State
Facts relating to the seizure of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 537 
06/12/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (11)
Secretary of State
Facts relating to the seizure of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 542 
06/16/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (9)
President
Facts relating to the seizure of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 543 
06/16/1975
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (4)
Secretary of State
Facts relating to the seizure of the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 552 
06/18/1975
Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
The sale of Hawk and Redeye missiles to Jordan
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 718 
09/17/1975
Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
List of public school systems in the United States which will be receiving Federal funds and will be engaging in the busing of schoolchildren to achieve racial balance
Education and Labor
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Discharged and agree to
09/29/1975
H.Res. 795 
10/21/1975
Rep. Alan Steelman (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Whether any citizen of the United States, since December 31, 1970, has been subjected to incarceration or denial of rights contrary to the laws or Constitution of the Republic of Mexico
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 1193 
05/17/1976
Rep. Philip M. Crane (R-IL)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
The extent of Cuban or other foreign military or paramilitary presence in the Republic of Panama or in the Panama Canal Zone
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 1295 
06/11/1976
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Payment of funds by the United States Armed Forces or Embassy staff to the Italian Christian Democratic Party or the Italian media
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 1324 
06/18/1976
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (5)
President
Payment of funds by the United States Armed Forces or Embassy staff to the Italian Christian Democratic Party or the Italian media
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 1427 
07/27/1976
Rep. Michael J. Harrington (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (7)
President
The payment of funds by any person acting under the direction of the United States Government or any agency or other instrumentality of the United States Government to any political party in Italy or the Italian media
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 285 
02/09/1977
Rep. Chalmers P. Wylie (R-OH)
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
All communications and documents received by the Department of Justice from Kim Sang Keun of South Korea respecting Members and employees of Congress
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 709 
07/25/1977
Rep. Tim Lee Carter (R-KY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
The service serial number of each individual who was present at the explosion of the atomic device known as "Smokey" which was detonated at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, on August 31, 1957
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1259 
06/29/1978
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (6)
Secretary of State
Military equipment shipments to Chile
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 197 
04/02/1979
Rep. James H. Weaver (D-OR)
Cosponsors: (7)
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear generating plant and on the danger of similar incidents occurring at other nuclear generating plants
Interior and Insular Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 201 
04/03/1979
Rep. James H. Weaver (D-OR)
Cosponsors: (10)
President
The incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear generating plant and on the danger of similar incidents occurring at other nuclear generating plants
Interior and Insular Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 291 
05/24/1979
Rep. John J. Rhodes (R-AZ)
Cosponsors: (101)
President
Oil situation, including data on: (1) shortages, supplies, demand, and allocation of crude oil; and (2) refinery yield reductions and capacity utilization.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Reported adversely
06/11/1979
H.Rept. 96-261
Agreed to
06/15/1979
H.Res. 398 
08/02/1979
Rep. Paul Findley (R-Il)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Information concerning: (1) Israeli use of military aircraft of U.S. origin outside Israeli borders; and (2) Israeli compliance with the Arms Export Control Act.
Foreign Affairs
-
Discharged and laid on the table
09/13/1979
H.Res. 551 
01/30/1980
Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Human rights objectives and policies with respect to specified countries
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 571 
02/07/1980
Rep. Peter Peyser (R-NY)
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Evidence compiled by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation against Members of Congress in connection with the Abscam investigation
Judiciary
Reported adversely
02/20/1980
H.Rept. 96-778
Laid on the table
02/27/1980
H.Res. 598 
02/07/1980
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (2)
President
U.S. decision to vote for the United Nations Security Council resolution on March 1, 1980
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 626 
03/31/1980
Rep. George V. Hansen (R-ID)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Understandings made with the Former Shah of Iran at Lackland Air Force Base and elsewhere
Foreign Affairs
-
Discharged and laid on the table
04/23/1980
H.Res. 627 
03/31/1980
Rep. George V. Hansen (R-ID)
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Commitments, admissions, and/or obligations made to the Government of Iran during March 1980
Foreign Affairs
-
Discharged and laid on the table
04/23/1980
H.Res. 745 
07/22/1980
Rep. Robert E. Bauman (D-MD)
Cosponsors: (98)
President
House and Justice Department actions and conversations with regard to Billy Carter's involvement with Libya and State Department cables, communications, or memorandums furnished to Billy Carter
Foreign Affairs
Reported favorably (amended)
07/31/1980
H.Rept. 96-1213, pt. I
Judiciary
Reported favorably (amended)
07/31/1980
H.Rept. 96-1213, pt. II
Agreed to
09/10/1980
H.Res. 777 
08/28/1980
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)
Cosponsors: (9)
President
Disclosure of classified information relating to the new so-called "Stealth" technology for military aircraft
Armed Services
Reported adversely
09/09/1980
H.Rept. 96-1309
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H.Res. 783 
09/08/1980
Rep. Philip M. Crane (R-Il)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Disclosure of classified information relating to the Stealth technology for military aircraft
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 790 
09/19/1980
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Specified documents containing information about U.S. involvement in Iran
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 300 
12/10/1981
Rep. George W. Crockett, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of State
Pending extradition proceedings against Ziad Abu Eain
Foreign Affairs
-
Judiciary
-
Discharged and laid on the table
01/28/1982
H.Res. 465 
05/11/1982
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Certain information concerning Roberto D'Aubuisson
Foreign Affairs
Reported without recommendation (amended)
05/20/1982
H.Rept. 97-579
-
H.Res. 507 
06/16/1982
Rep. Toby Moffett (D-CT)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Attorney General
Possible Executive interference with the investigation of Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan.
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 512 
06/22/1982
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
Cosponsors: (10)
Secretary of Defense
Procurement of the C-5B aircraft
Armed Services
Reported adversely
07/19/1982
H.Rept. 97-641
Laid on the table
08/03/1982
H.Res. 159 
04/13/1983
Rep. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Cosponsors: (71)
President
United States activities in Honduras and Nicaragua
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
05/05/1983
H.Rept. 98-88, pt. 1I
Armed Services
Reported adversely
05/04/1983
H.Rept. 98-88, pt. 1
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 323 
09/29/1983
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Certain financial information on Henry Kissinger and Henry Kissinger and Associates
Government Operations
-
-
H.Res. 383 
11/18/1983
Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (22)
President
United States activities regarding Grenada
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/08/1984
H.Rept. 98-597, pt. 1
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
02/08/1984
H.Rept. 98-597, pt. 1I
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H.Res. 437 
02/09/1984
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
A report by the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency entitled "A Quarter Century of Soviet Compliance Practices Under Arms Control Commitments: 1958-1983 (U)," November 1983
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 463 
03/15/1984
Rep. James Michael Shannon (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Death squads in El Salvador including possible involvement of Roberto D'Aubuisson, a former Army officer
Foreign Affairs
Reported without recommendation
04/09/1984
H.Rept. 98-658
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H.Res. 464 
03/15/1984
Rep. James Michael Shannon (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of State
Possible involvement of Colonel Oscar Edgardo Casanova in the 1980 slayings of four U.S. missionaries in El Salvador, and possible involvement of Minister of Defense Eugenio Vides Casanova in the Salvadoran Government's investigation into the slayings 
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
04/09/1984
H.Rept. 98-657
-
H.Res. 467 
03/22/1984
Rep. James Michael Shannon (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
The CIA and death squads in El Salvador
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
04/25/1984
H.Rept. 98-709
-
H.Res. 484 
04/10/1984
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Documents relating to: (1) certain military intelligence gathering activities in El Salvador including any possible uses of such intelligence information by El Salvador, Honduras, or Guatemala; (2) military assistance furnished to Honduras and El Salvador; and (3) activities of the United States in El Salvador and Honduras related to hostile action against Nicaragua or against the governments of those nations
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
05/10/1984
H.Rept. 98-742, pt. I
Foreign Affairs
Ordered reported
05/09/1984
-
H.Res. 168 
05/13/1985
Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (2)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Covert training or other support of counterterrorist units against anti-American terrorists in Lebanon or other parts of the Middle East
Select Intelligence
-
-
H.Res. 171 
05/14/1985
Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (3)
President
Counterterrorist units which received covert training or other support from the United States
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
06/12/1985
H.Rept. 99-171
-
H.Res. 226 
07/17/1985
Rep. William M. Hendon (R-NC)
Cosponsors: (19)
Secretary of Defense
All information, including Defense Intelligence Agency analyses, relating to live Americans in Southeast Asia
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
09/10/1985
H.Rept. 99-260, pt. I
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 395 
03/11/1986
Rep. Leon Panetta (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (48)
President
The use of $27,000,000 appropriated for humanitarian assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
05/07/1986
H.Rept. 99-585
Laid on the table
05/07/1986
H.Res. 485 
06/24/1986
Rep. Ronald D. Coleman (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North or any other member of the staff of the National Security Council in support of the Nicaraguan resistance
Select Intelligence
-
Armed Services
Reported adversely
07/30/1986
H.Rept. 99-724, pt. I
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 603 
10/17/1986
Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Any proposal by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, or anyone outside of the administration, for a plan of real or illusionary events intended to destabilize the Libyan Government
Foreign Affairs
-
-
H.Res. 132 
03/25/1987
Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Documents prepared in accordance with certain report requirements in the 1985, 1986, and 1987 Department of Defense Authorization Acts relating to the Strategic Defense Initiative program and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)
04/14/1987
H.Rept. 100-53
-
H.Res. 176 
05/27/1987
Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of Energy
Contractor and national laboratory activities performed for the purpose of informing Congress on nuclear testing.
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 339 
12/18/1987
Rep. Bob Smith (R-NH)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Statements made by Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Phan Hein concerning certain civilians and members of the armed forces held as prisoners of war or considered to be missing in action since the beginning of the Vietnam Conflict
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
02/02/1988
H.Rept. 100-500
-
H.Res. 473 
06/15/1988
Rep. Leon Panetta (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (147)
President
U.S. foreign aid in Central America
Foreign Affairs
Reported adversely
07/13/1988
H.Rept. 100-773
-
H.Res. 74 
02/09/1989
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)
Cosponsors: (3)
Secretary of Defense
Information concerning the actions of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure with respect to Fort Dix, New Jersey
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/15/1989
H.Rept. 101-9
-
H.Res. 76 
02/09/1989
Rep. Larry J. Hopkins (R-KY)
Cosponsors: (31)
Secretary of Defense
Actions of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure with respect to specified military bases
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/15/1989
H.Rept. 101-10
-
H.Res. 411 
06/11/1990
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Payments made by the U.S. Government to Manuel Noriega and Guillermo Endara
Foreign Affairs
-
Select Intelligence
-
-
H.Res. 415 
06/14/1990
Rep. Bob Smith (R-NH)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
All unresolved, active live-sighting case files on Americans reported in captivity in Southeast Asia after February 1, 1973
Armed Services
-
Select Intelligence
-
-
H.Res. 19 
01/03/1991
Rep. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (14)
President
Statistics relating to the conduct and effect of Operation Desert Shield
Armed Services
Reported without recommendation
02/20/1991
H.Rept. 102-5, pt. I
Foreign Affairs
Reported without recommendation
02/21/1991
H.Rept. 102-5, pt. II
Laid on the table
02/21/1991
H.Res. 198 
06/16/1993
Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL)
Cosponsors: (4)
President
Several specified activities of the White House Travel Office
Judiciary
Reported adversely
07/20/1993
H.Rept. 103-183
-
H.Res. 360 
02/10/1994
Rep. Jan Meyers (R-KS)
Cosponsors: (14)
President
Communications between the White House and the Small Business Administration regarding Capital Management Services, Inc., or David Hale; various questions relating to the activities of Vincent Foster
Small Business
-
Judiciary
-
Post Office and Civil Service
-
-
H.Res. 80 
02/10/1995
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (31)
President
The Mexican economy and certain activities of the International Monetary Fund
Banking and Financial Services
Reported favorably (amended)
02/27/1995
H.Rept. 104-53
Agreed to
03/01/1995
H.Res. 334 
11/13/1997
Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of the Treasury
Actions taken by the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to comply with the requirements of 1621 of the International Financial Institutions Act, relating to encouragement of fair labor practices
Banking and Financial Services
-
-
H.Res. 667 
11/14/2000
Rep. David E. Price (D-NC)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Communications between the Archivist of the United States and the primary responsible individual in each State relating to transmission of certificates of ascertainment or of the determination of an electoral controversy involving the presidential election held on November 7, 2000
House Administration
-
-
H.Res. 68 
02/12/2003
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Documents in the President's possession relating to Iraq's declaration on its weapons of mass destruction that was provided to the United Nations on December 7, 2002
International Relations
Reported adversely
03/18/2003
H.Rept. 108-38
-
H.Res. 260 
06/05/2003
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (41)
President
Documents that provide specific evidence with respect to claims of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
International Relations
Reported adversely
06/23/2003
H.Rept. 108-168
-
H.Res. 286 
06/19/2003
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (14)
Secretary of Homeland Security
Any use of Federal agency resources in any task or action involving or relating to Members of the Texas Legislature in the period beginning May 11, 2003, and ending May 16, 2003
Homeland Security
Reported adversely
07/21/2003
H.Rept. 108-223
-
H.Res. 287 
06/19/2003
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (14)
Attorney General
Any use of Federal agency resources in any task or action involving or relating to Members of the Texas Legislature in the period beginning May 11, 2003, and ending May 16, 2003
Judiciary
Reported adversely
07/17/2003
H.Rept. 108-215
-
H.Res. 288 
06/19/2003
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (14)
Secretary of Transportation
Any use of Federal agency resources in any task or action involving or relating to Members of the Texas Legislature in the period beginning May 11, 2003, and ending May 16, 2003
Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported adversely
07/21/2003
H.Rept. 108-220
-
H.Res. 358 
09/05/2003
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Cosponsors: (12)
President
The report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled "Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned" and other materials relating to the Administration's planning for the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq
Armed Services
-
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 364 
09/09/2003
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Cosponsors: (45)
President
The report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled "Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned" and other materials relating to the Administration's planning for the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq
Armed Services
Reported adversely
10/02/2003
H.Rept. 108-289, pt. II
International Relations
Reported adversely
10/01/2003
H.Rept. 108-289, pt. I
-
H.Res. 499 
01/21/2004
Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)
Cosponsors: (74)
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Documents in the possession of the President relating to the disclosure of the identity of Ms. Valerie Plame as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency during the period beginning on May 6, 2003, and ending on July 31, 2003.
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
02/03/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. I
Armed Services
Reported adversely
02/27/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. IV
International Relations
Reported adversely
02/27/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. II
Judiciary
Reported adversely
02/27/2004
H.Rept. 108-413, pt. III
-
H.Res. 640 
05/12/2004
Rep. Chris Bell (D-TX)
Cosponsors: (40)
Secretary of Defense
Any picture, photograph, video, communication, or report produced in conjunction with any completed Department of Defense investigation conducted by Major General Antonio M. Taguba relating to allegations of torture or allegations of violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq 
Armed Services
Reported adversely
06/16/2004
H.Rept. 108-547
-
H.Res. 689 
06/23/2004
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (47)
President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Documents relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay and any instructions for handling such documents
Armed Services
Reported adversely
07/22/2004
H.Rept. 108-632
-
H.Res. 699 
06/25/2004
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (49)
Secretary of State
Documents relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay and any instructions for handling such documents
International Relations
Reported adversely
07/22/2004
H.Rept. 108-631
-
H.Res. 700 
06/25/2004
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (49)
Attorney General
Documents relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay and any instructions for handling such documents
Judiciary
Reported adversely
09/07/2004
H.Rept. 108-658
-
H.Res. 745 
06/25/2004
Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (4)
President
Specified information respecting the National Energy Policy Development Group
Energy and Commerce
Reported adversely
09/23/2004
H.Rept. 108-697
-
H.Res. 776 
09/15/2004
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Cosponsors: (4)
President
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Estimated cost of the Administration's Medicare prescription drug legislation
Ways and Means
Reported adversely
10/07/2004
H.Rept. 108-754, pt. I
Energy and Commerce
Reported adversely
10/08/2004
H.Rept. 108-754, pt. II
-
H.Res. 134 
03/02/2005
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Plan assets and liabilities of single-employer pension plans
Education and the Workforce
Reported adversely
04/12/2005
H.Rept. 109-34
-
H.Res. 136 
03/03/2005
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
Cosponsors: (33)
Attorney General
Secretary of Homeland Security
The security investigations and background checks relating to granting access to the White House of James D. Guckert (also known as Jeff Gannon)
Judiciary
Reported adversely
04/05/2005
H.Rept. 109-30
-
H.Res. 170 
03/17/2005
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Cosponsors: (39)
President
President's remarks on the Social Security trust fund
Ways and Means
Reported adversely
04/27/2005
H.Rept. 109-58
-
H.Res. 363 
07/14/2005
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Cosponsors: (80)
President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Director of the CIA
Attorney General
Disclosure of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame
Select Intelligence
-
Armed Services
-
International Relations;
-
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 375 
Rep. Barbara Lee
07/21/2005 (D-CA)
Cosponsors: (83)
President
Secretary of State
The policy of the United States with respect to Iraq
International Relations
Reported adversely
09/16/2005
H.Rept. 109-223
-
H.Res. 408 
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
07/28/2005
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Secretary of Defense
The policy of the United States with respect to Iraq
International Relations
Reported adversely
09/16/2005
H.Rept. 109-224
-
H.Res. 417 
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
07/29/2005
Cosponsors: (20)
Secretary of Defense
Disclosure of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame
Armed Services
Reported adversely
09/22/2005
H.Rept. 109-234
-
H.Res. 418 
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
07/29/2005
Cosponsors: (20)
President
Disclosure of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
09/21/2005
H.Rept. 109-228
-
H.Res. 419 
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
07/29/2005
Cosponsors: (20)
Secretary of State
Disclosure of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame
International Relations
Reported adversely
09/16/2005
H.Rept. 109-225
-
H.Res. 420 
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
07/29/2005
Cosponsors: (20)
Attorney General
Disclosure of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame
Judiciary
Reported adversely
09/22/2005
H.Rept. 109-230
-
H.Res. 463 
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
09/27/2005
Cosponsors: (15)
Secretary of Homeland Security
Reapportionment of airport screeners
Homeland Security
Reported adversely
10/28/2005
H.Rept. 109-259
-
H.Res. 467 
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
09/27/2005
Cosponsors: (21)
President
Contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery 
Education and the Workforce
Reported adversely
10/28/2005
H.Rept. 109-258
-
H.Res. 488 
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH)
10/07/2005
Cosponsors: (4)
President
Contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery 
Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported without recommendation
11/03/2005
H.Rept. 109-269
-
H.Res. 505 
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
10/20/2005
Cosponsors: (109)
President
Secretary of State
White House Iraq Group
International Relations
Reported adversely
11/10/2005
H.Rept. 109-291
-
H.Res. 515 
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
10/26/2005
Cosponsors: (150)
President
The anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions of the United States
Science
Reported adversely
11/15/2005
H.Rept. 109-296
-
H.Res. 549 
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
11/10/2005
Cosponsors: (2)
President
President's October 7, 2002 speech in Cincinnati, Ohio and his January 28, 2003 State of the Union Message 
International Relations
Reported without recommendation (amended)
12/16/2005
H.Rept. 109-351
-
H.Res. 593 
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
12/08/2005
Cosponsors: (3)
President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Homeland Security
Attorney General
Extraordinary rendition of certain foreign persons
International Relations
Reported adversely
02/10/2006
H.Rept. 109-374
-
H.Res. 624 
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
12/16/2005
Cosponsors: (14)
President
Secretary of State
United States policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions
International Relations
Reported adversely
02/10/2006
H.Rept. 109-375
-
H.Res. 641 
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
12/18/2005
Cosponsors: 29
President
Electronic surveillance without search warrants on individuals in the United States
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
03/07/2006
H.Rept. 109-385
-
H.Res. 642 
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
12/18/2005
Cosponsors: (13)
President
Secretary of State
The Secretary of State's trip to Europe in December 2005
International Relations
Reported adversely
02/10/2006
H.Rept. 109-376
-
H.Res. 643 
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
12/22/2005
Cosponsors: (51)
Attorney General
Warrantless electronic surveillance
Judiciary
Reported adversely
03/02/2006
H.Rept. 109-382
-
H.Res. 644 
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
12/22/2005
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Attorney General
Authorization of electronic surveillance of citizens of the United States without court approved warrants
Judiciary
Reported adversely
03/02/2006
H.Rept. 109-383
-
H.Res. 645 
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
12/22/2005
Cosponsors: (2)
President
Secretary of Defense
Collection of counterterrorism intelligence information pertaining to persons inside the United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/07/2006
H.Rept. 109-384
-
H.Res. 685 
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
02/15/2006
Cosponsors: (15)
President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Information relating to any entity (including the Rendon Group and the Lincoln Group) with which the United States has entered into a contract for public relations purposes concerning Iraq
Armed Services
Reported adversely
03/16/2006
H.Rept. 109-397
-
H.Res. 717 
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
03/09/2006
Cosponsors: (24)
Secretary of Commerce
The final draft report, produced by the professional staff of the Technology Administration, entitled: "Six-Month Assessment of Workforce Globalization In Certain Knowledge-Based Industries"
Science
Reported without recommendation
04/07/2006
H.Rept. 109-415
-
H.Res. 718 
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
03/09/2006
Cosponsors: (2)
President
Secretary of Homeland Security
Dubai Ports World acquisition of six United States commercial ports leases
Financial Services
Reported without recommendation (amended)
04/07/2006
H.Rept. 109-414
-
H.Res. 752 
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
03/30/2006
Cosponsors: (11)
President
Receipt and consideration by the Executive Office of the President of any information concerning the variation between the version of S. 1932, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, that the House of Representatives passed on February 1, 2006, and the version of the bill that the President signed on February 8, 2006
Government Reform
Reported adversely
05/09/2006
H.Rept. 109-457
-
H.Res. 809 
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
05/09/2006
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary Homeland Security
Any existing or previous agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and Shirlington Limousine and Transportation, Incorporated of Arlington, VA
Homeland Security
Reported adversely
05/25/2006
H.Rept. 109-484
-
H.Res. 819 
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
05/17/06
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Attorney General
Requests made by the National Security Agency and other Federal agencies to telephone service providers requesting access to telephone communications records of persons in the United States
Judiciary
Reported favorably
06/23/2006
H.Rept. 109-527
-
H.Res. 845 
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
05/25/2006
Cosponsors: (8)
President,
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility's investigation of the National Security Agency's surveillance program
Judiciary
Reported adversely
06/26/2006
H.Rept. 109-528
-
H.Res. 846 
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
05/25/2006
Cosponsors: (25)
President
Secretary of State
Strategies and plans either designed to cause regime change in or for the use of military force against Iran
International Relations
Reported adversely
06/23/2006
H.Rept. 109-526
-
H.Res. 985 
Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA)
09/07/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of State
Documents relating to the report submitted to a House committee on the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act
International Relations
Reported without recommendation
09/27/2006
H.Rept. 109-689
-
H.Res. 1020 
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Defense
Documents relating to Maher Arar
Armed Services
-
-
H.Res. 1021 
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of Homeland Security
Documents relating to Maher Arar
Homeland Security
-
-
H.Res. 1022 
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of State
Documents relating to Maher Arar
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 1023 
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
President
Documents relating to Maher Arar
International Relations
-
-
H.Res. 1024 
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
09/20/2006
Cosponsors: (1)
Attorney General
Documents relating to Maher Arar
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 1043 
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
09/27/2006
Cosponsors: (46)
Director of National Intelligence
National Intelligence Estimate of April 2006 relating to trends in global terrorism
Select Intelligence
-
-
H.Res. 1066 
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
09/29/2006
Cosponsors: (15)
President
U.S. policy towards Iran
Armed Services
-
International Relations
-
Select Intelligence
-
-
H.Res. 251 
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH)
03/17/2009
Cosponsors: (56)
Secretary of the Treasury
Communications with the American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
Financial Services
Reported favorably
04/23/2009
H.Rept. 111-84
-
H.Res. 404 
Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)
05/06/2009
Cosponsors: (14)
Secretary of Homeland Security
Documents relating to the intelligence assessment titled, "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment"
Homeland Security
Reported favorably (amended)
06/04/2009
H.Rept. 111-134
-
H.Res. 446 
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)
05/14/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Director of Environmental Protection Agency
Director of Office of Management and Budget
Information relating to the EPA's finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and public health and welfare
Energy and Commerce
-
-
H.Res. 449 
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)
05/15/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Information relating to the EPA's finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare
Energy and Commerce
Reported without recommendation
06/12/2009
H.Rept. 111-146
-
H.Res. 462 
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH)
05/20/2009
Cosponsors: (9)
President
Information relating to communications with Chrysler, L.L.C
Energy and Commerce
Reported without recommendation
06/12/2009
H.Rept. 111-147
-
H.Res. 477 
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
05/21/2009
Cosponsors: (8)
Secretary of Defense
Information relating to the FY2010-2030 shipbuilding plan
Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)
06/19/2009
H.Rept. 111-167
-
H.Res. 478 
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
05/21/2009
Cosponsors: (8)
Secretary of Defense
Information relating to the FY2010-2030 aviation plan
Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)
06/19/2009
H.Rept. 111-168
-
H.Res. 537 
Rep. Mike J. Rogers (R-MI)
06/11/2009
Cosponsors: (3)
President
Attorney General
Communications related to detainees and foreign persons suspected of terrorism
Judiciary
Reported adversely
06/26/2009
H.Rept. 111-189
-
H.Res. 570 
Rep. Mike J. Rogers (R-MI)
06/19/2009
Cosponsors: (3)
Secretary of Homeland Security
The immigration status of any detainees and foreign persons suspected of terrorism
Judiciary
-
-
H.Res. 591 
Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH)
06/26/2009
Cosponsors: (9)
President
Specific communications with and financial assistance provided to General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC
Financial Services
Reported favorably (amended)
07/24/2009
H.Rept. 111-231
-
H.Res. 602 
Rep. Mike J. Rogers (R-MI)
06/26/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Secretary of Defense
Communications regarding detainees and foreign persons suspected of terrorism
Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)
07/23/2009
H.Rept. 111-221
-
H.Res. 636 
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)
07/13/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
The transfer or release of detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the United States
Judiciary
Reported adversely
07/31/2009
H.Rept. 111-242
-
H.Res. 871
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
10/27/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Information received from or referencing the American Association for Justice and any of its members since January 20, 2009, that refers or relates to any recommendation regarding medical malpractice reform
Judiciary
Reported without recommendation
11/18/2009
H.Rept. 111-341
-
H.Res. 920
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (16)
Attorney General
Detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who are transferred into the United States.
Judiciary
Reported adversely
12/15/2009
H.Rept. 111-378
-
H.Res. 922
Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)
11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (14)
Secretary of Homeland Security
The Department's planning, information sharing, and coordination with any state or locality receiving detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 
Homeland Security
Reported favorably (amended)
12/15/2009
H.Rept. 111-377
-
H.Res. 923
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (2)
President
Effects on foreign intelligence collection of the transfer of detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the United States.
Select Intelligence
Reported favorably (amended)
12/16/2009
H.Rept. 111-384
-
H.Res. 924
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA)
11/19/2009
Cosponsors: (17)
Secretary of Defense
Trial or detention of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarek Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
Armed Services
Reported favorably (amended)
12/17/2009
H.Rept. 111-383
-
H.Res. 978
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
12/16/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Inventory and review of intelligence related to the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, described by the President in a memorandum dated November 10, 2009.
Select Intelligence
Reported adversely
01/27/2010
H.Rept. 111-402
-
H.Res. 980
Rep. Charles W. Dent (R-PA)
12/16/2009
Cosponsors: (6)
Secretary of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration's Aviation Security Screening Management Standard Operating Procedures manual
Homeland Security
Reported adversely
01/27/2010
H.Rept. 111-403
-
H.Res. 983
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
12/16/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Agreements and communications relating to proposed health care reform legislation
Energy and Commerce
Reported without recommendation
01/29/2010
H.Rept. 111-408
-
H.Res. 985
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)
12/16/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Nutrient management of the Illinois River Watershed, Arkansas and Oklahoma
Transportation and Infrastructure
-
-
H.Res. 994
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)
012/16/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
Attorney General
Decision to dismiss United States v. New Black Panther Party
Judiciary 
Reported adversely
01/27/2010
H.Rept. 111-404
-
H.Res. 995
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)
12/19/2009
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Nutrient management of the Illinois River Watershed, Arkansas and Oklahoma
Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported without recommendation (amended)
01/20/2010
H.Rept. 111-407
-
H.Res. 1238
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
04/13/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary's Treasured Landscape Initiative, designation of national monuments, and high priority land-rationalization efforts
Natural Resources
-
-
H.Res. 1254
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
04/15/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary's Treasured Landscape Initiative, designation of national monuments, and high priority land-rationalization efforts
Natural Resources
Reported without recommendation
05/11/2010
H.Rept. 111-480
-
H.Res. 1406
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
05/27/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
Secretary of the Interior
Specified information relating to the potential designation of National Monuments under the Antiquities Act
Natural Resources
Reported favorably
06/23/2010
H.Rept. 111-510
-
H.Res. 1455
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
06/17/2010
Cosponsors: (1)
Attorney General
Discussion of administration appointments by White House staff with any candidate for public office in exchange for such candidate's withdrawal from any election
Judiciary
Reported adversely
07/15/10
H.Rept. 111-538
-
H.Res. 1466
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)
06/22/2010
Cosponsors: (none)
President
Secretary of Energy
The application to foreclose Yucca Mountain, Nevada from use as a high level nuclear waste repository
Energy and Commerce
Reported without recommendation
07/19/10
H.Rept. 111-550
-
H.Res. 1561
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
07/27/2010
Cosponsors: (none)
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Documents prepared by or for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Energy and Commerce
Reported without recommendation
09/29/10
H.Rept. 111-649
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Source: CRS Analysis of data from the Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) and relevant issues of the Journal of the United States House of
Representatives.
 Representatives.Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011. For purposes of clarity and consistency, House committee reports are cited in the table using the present convention:
“ "Congress-report number,”" although reports were not designated in this way during the entire period studied. Cosponsorship of measures in the House was not permitted
prior to 1967.

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 Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2011

Author Contact Information
Christopher M. Davis
Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process
cmdavis@crs.loc.gov, 7-0656

Congressional Research Service

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    Footnotes
    
      
        1.
            
         For more information on resolutions of inquiry, see CRS Report RL31909, House Resolutions of Inquiry, by [author name scrubbed]. Also: U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives, H.Doc. 110-162, 110th Cong., 2nd sess. (Washington: GPO, 2009), §864, pp. 649-651.

      

        2.
            
         1947 was chosen as year to begin this examination because it is the first year in which most provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (P.L. 79-753, 60 stat. 812) became effective, a milestone which is widely viewed as the beginning of the "modern" U.S. Congress.

      

        3.
            
         Members have occasionally called on the Executive Branch to provide information to the House and Senate in an inquiry framed as a concurrent, rather than simple, resolution. In modern practice, however, resolutions of inquiry are simple resolutions introduced, and acted upon, in one chamber. See Asher C. Hinds, Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1907), vol. 3, §1875.

      

        4.
            
         House rules and precedents place certain types of legislation in a special "privileged" category which gives measures of this kind the ability to be called up for consideration when the House is not considering another matter.

      

        5.
            
         House Rule XIII, clause 4. For more information on House layover requirements, see CRS Report RS22015, Availability of Legislative Measures in the House of Representatives (The "Three-Day Rule"), by [author name scrubbed].

      

        6.
            
         In cases of multiple referral, all committees must report or be discharged before a resolution of inquiry may be considered on the floor. For a discussion of who may call up a multiply referred resolution of inquiry, see William Holmes Brown and Charles W. Johnson, House Practice, A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House (Washington: GPO, 2003), ch. 49, §5, p. 820.

      

        7.
            
         U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives, §25, p. 612.

      

        8.
            
         U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Report to Accompany H.Res. 549, 109th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 109-351 (Washington: GPO, 2005), p. 2.

      

        9.
            
         U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Adverse Report to Accompany H.Res. 467, 109th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 109-258 (Washington: GPO, 2005), p. 6.

      

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         U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, Adverse Report to Accompany H.Res. 643, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-382 (Washington: GPO, 2006), p. 185.

      

        11.
            
         Asher C. Hinds, Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1907), vol. 3, §1861, p. 169. The Executive departments are listed in 5 U.S.C. 101.

      

        12.
            
         Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives, H. Doc. 94-661, 94th Cong., 2nd sess., vol. 4, ch. 15, §2.1.

      

        13.
            
         See U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Legislative Review Activities, 109th Cong., 2nd sess., H.Rept. 109-747 (Washington: GPO, 2007), pp. 27-28.

      

        14.
            
         Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS).

      

        15.
            
         Two resolutions of inquiry introduced over the period were sponsored by Members with a political affiliation other than Democratic or Republican. For purposes of this analysis, both sponsors were grouped with the Democratic Party, which is the party they voluntarily affiliated with for purposes of House committee assignment.

      

        16.
            
         In the early years of the period studied, it appeared to be universal practice for a House committee receiving referral of a resolution of inquiry to immediately request executive comment on the resolution. The executive's response to this request was commonly printed in the committee's report to the House on the resolution. In recent Congresses, however, it is not clear from the legislative history documents examined if House committees are still routinely making such requests for formal executive comment on resolutions of inquiry, and if so, to what extent.

      

  
Congress and Years	Resolutions of Inquiry Introduced	Resolutions Receiving Committee Action	Resolutions Receiving Floor Action
80^th (1947-1948)	15	10	10
81^st (1949-1950)	14	5	5
82^nd (1951-1952)	8	5	5
83^rd (1953-1954)	17	6	7
84^th (1955-1956)	8	2	1
85^th (1957-1958)	3	0	0
86^th (1959-1960)	1	0	0
87^th (1961-1962)	2	0	0
88^th (1963-1964)	0	0	0
89^th (1965-1966)	5	1	1
90^th (1967-1968)	0	0	0
91^st (1969-1970)	0	0	0
92^nd (1971-1972)	17	12	16
93^rd (1973-1974)	44	6	8
94^th (1975-1976)	26	2	1
95^th (1977-1978)	3	0	0
96^th (1979-1980)	13	4	6
97^th (1981-1982)	4	2	2
98^th (1983-1984)	8	6	0
99^th (1985-1986)	6	4	0
100^th (1987-1988)	4	3	0
101^st (1989-1990)	4	2	0
102^nd (1991-1992)	1	1	1
103^rd (1993-1994)	2	1	0
104^th (1995-1996)	1	1	1
105^th (1997-1998)	1	0	0
106^th (1999-2000)	1	0	0
107^th (2001-2002)	0	0	0
108^th (2003-2004)	14	13	0
109^th (2005-2006)	39	31	0
110^th (2007-2008)	0	0	0
111^th (2009-2010)	29	25	0
Total	290	142	64
Congress and Years	Adverse	Favorable	Without Recommendation
80^th (1947-1948)	6	3	1
81^st (1949-1950)	4	1	0
82^nd (1951-1952)	1	1	3
83^rd (1953-1954)	6	0	0
84^th (1955-1956)	1	0	1
85^th (1957-1958)	0	0	0
86^th (1959-1960)	0	0	0
87^th (1961-1962)	0	0	0
88^th (1963-1964)	0	0	0
89^th (1965-1966)	1	0	0
90^th (1967-1968)	0	0	0
91^st (1969-1970)	0	0	0
92^nd (1971-1972)	12	0	0
93^rd (1973-1974)	6	0	0
94^th (1975-1976)	2	0	0
95^th (1977-1978)	0	0	0
96^th (1979-1980)	3	1	0
97^th (1981-1982)	1	0	1
98^th (1983-1984)	5	0	1
99^th (1985-1986)	4	0	0
100^th (1987-1988)	2	1	0
101^st (1989-1990)	2	0	0
102^nd (1991-1992)	0	0	1
103^rd (1993-1994)	1	0	0
104^th (1995-1996)	0	1	0
105^th (1997-1998)	0	0	0
106^th (1999-2000)	0	0	0
107^th (2001-2002)	0	0	0
108^th (2003-2004)	13	0	0
109^th (2005-2006)	26	0	5
110^th (2007-2008)	0	0	0
111^th (2009-2010)	7	10	8
Total	103	18	21
Congress and Years	Tabled	Agreed to
80^th (1947-1948)	6	4
81^st (1949-1950)	4	1
82^nd (1951-1952)	3	2
83^rd (1953-1954)	7	0
84^th (1955-1956)	1	0
85^th (1957-1958)	0	0
86^th (1959-1960)	0	0
87^th (1961-1962)	0	0
88^th (1963-1964)	0	0
89^th (1965-1966)	1	0
90^th (1967-1968)	0	0
91^st (1969-1970)	0	0
92^nd (1971-1972)	14	1
93^rd (1973-1974)	8	0
94^th (1975-1976)	0	1
95^th (1977-1978)	0	0
96^th (1979-1980)	4	2
97^th (1981-1982)	2	0
98^th (1983-1984)	0	0
99^th (1985-1986)	1	0
100^th (1987-1988)	0	0
101^st (1989-1990)	0	0
102^nd (1991-1992)	1	0
103^rd (1993-1994)	0	0
104^th (1995-1996)	0	1
105^th (1997-1998)	0	0
106^th (1999-2000)	0	0
107^th (2001-2002)	0	0
108^th (2003-2004)	0	0
109^th (2005-2006)	0	0
110^th (2007-2008)	0	0
111^th (2009-2010)	0	0
Total	52	12
Congress and Years	Congressional Majority Party	Sponsor Member of Majority Party	Sponsor Member of Minority Party
80^th (1947-1948)	R	15	0
81^st (1949-1950)	D	5	9
82^nd (1951-1952)	D	0	8
83^rd (1953-1954)	R	13	4
84^th (1955-1956)	D	2	6
85^th (1957-1958)	D	1	2
86^th (1959-1960)	D	0	1
87^th (1961-1962)	D	2	0
88^th (1963-1964)	D	0	0
89^th (1965-1966)	D	0	5
90^th (1967-1968)	D	0	0
91^st (1969-1970)	D	0	0
92^nd (1971-1972)	D	9	8
93^rd (1973-1974)	D	27	17
94^th (1975-1976)	D	23	3
95^th (1977-1978)	D	1	2
96^th (1979-1980)	D	5	8
97^th (1981-1982)	D	4	0
98^th (1983-1984)	D	7	1
99^th (1985-1986)	D	5	1
100^th (1987-1988)	D	3	1
101^st (1989-1990)	D	1	3
102^nd (1991-1992)	D	1	0
103^rd (1993-1994)	D	0	2
104^th (1995-1996)	R	0	1
105^th (1997-1998)	R	0	1
106^th (1999-2000)	R	0	1
107^th (2001-2002)	R	0	0
108^th (2003-2004)	R	0	14
109^th (2005-2006)	R	1	38
110^th (2007-2008)	D	0	0
111^th (2009-2010)	D	0	29
Total	-	125	165
Congress and Years	President's Party	Sponsor Party Same As President	Sponsor Party Different Than President
80^th (1947-1948)	D	0	15
81^st (1949-1950)	D	45	9
82^nd (1951-1952)	D	0	8
83^rd (1953-1954)	R	13	4
84^th (1955-1956)	R	6	2
85^th (1957-1958)	R	2	1
86^th (1959-1960)	R	1	0
87^th (1961-1962)	D	2	0
88^th (1963-1964)	D	0	0
89^th (1965-1966)	D	0	5
90^th (1967-1968)	D	0	0
91^st (1969-1970)	R	0	0
92^nd (1971-1972)	R	8	9
93^rd (1973-1974)	R	17	27
94^th (1975-1976)	R	3	23
95^th (1977-1978)	D	1	2
96^th (1979-1980)	D	5	8
97^th (1981-1982)	R	0	4
98^th (1983-1984)	R	1	7
99^th (1985-1986)	R	1	5
100^th (1987-1988)	R	1	3
101^st (1989-1990)	R	3	1
102^nd (1991-1992)	R	0	1
103^rd (1993-1994)	D	0	2
104^th (1995-1996)	D	1	0
105^th (1997-1998)	D	1	0
106^th (1999-2000)	D	1	0
107^th (2001-2002)	R	0	0
108^th (2003-2004)	R	0	14
109^th (2005-2006)	R	1	38
110^th (2007-2008)	R	0	0
111^th (2009-2010)	D	0	29
TOTAL	-	73	217
Congress and Years	Yes (Even Partial)	No	Unknown, Unclear, or Disputed
80^th (1947-1948)	10	1	4
81^st (1949-1950)	4	1	9
82^nd (1951-1952)	5	0	3
83^rd (1953-1954)	8	0	9
84^th (1955-1956)	2	0	6
85^th (1957-1958)	0	0	3
86^th (1959-1960)	0	0	1
87^th (1961-1962)	0	0	2
88^th (1963-1964)	0	0	0
89^th (1965-1966)	2	0	3
90^th (1967-1968)	0	0	0
91^st (1969-1970)	0	0	0
92^nd (1971-1972)	10	4	3
93^rd (1973-1974)	8	0	36
94^th (1975-1976)	1	1	24
95^th (1977-1978)	0	0	3
96^th (1979-1980)	3	2	8
97^th (1981-1982)	3	0	1
98^th (1983-1984)	5	1	2
99^th (1985-1986)	3	1	2
100^th (1987-1988)	2	0	2
101^st (1989-1990)	2	0	2
102^nd (1991-1992)	1	0	0
103^rd (1993-1994)	0	1	1
104^th (1995-1996)	1	0	0
105^th (1997-1998)	0	0	1
106^th (1999-2000)	0	0	1
107^th (2001-2002)	0	0	0
108^th (2003-2004)	6	8	0
109^th (2005-2006)	4	26	9
110^th (2007-2008)	0	0	0
111^th (2009-2010)	8	4	17
TOTAL	88	50	152
1.	For more information on resolutions of inquiry, see CRS Report RL31909, House Resolutions of Inquiry, by [author name scrubbed]. Also: U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives, H.Doc. 110-162, 110^th Cong., 2^nd sess. (Washington: GPO, 2009), §864, pp. 649-651.
2.	1947 was chosen as year to begin this examination because it is the first year in which most provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (P.L. 79-753, 60 stat. 812) became effective, a milestone which is widely viewed as the beginning of the "modern" U.S. Congress.
3.	Members have occasionally called on the Executive Branch to provide information to the House and Senate in an inquiry framed as a concurrent, rather than simple, resolution. In modern practice, however, resolutions of inquiry are simple resolutions introduced, and acted upon, in one chamber. See Asher C. Hinds, Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1907), vol. 3, §1875.
4.	House rules and precedents place certain types of legislation in a special "privileged" category which gives measures of this kind the ability to be called up for consideration when the House is not considering another matter.
5.	House Rule XIII, clause 4. For more information on House layover requirements, see CRS Report RS22015, Availability of Legislative Measures in the House of Representatives (The "Three-Day Rule"), by [author name scrubbed].
6.	In cases of multiple referral, all committees must report or be discharged before a resolution of inquiry may be considered on the floor. For a discussion of who may call up a multiply referred resolution of inquiry, see William Holmes Brown and Charles W. Johnson, House Practice, A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House (Washington: GPO, 2003), ch. 49, §5, p. 820.
7.	U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives, §25, p. 612.
8.	U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Report to Accompany H.Res. 549, 109^th Cong., 1^st sess., H.Rept. 109-351 (Washington: GPO, 2005), p. 2.
9.	U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Adverse Report to Accompany H.Res. 467, 109^th Cong., 1^st sess., H.Rept. 109-258 (Washington: GPO, 2005), p. 6.
10.	U.S. Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, Adverse Report to Accompany H.Res. 643, 109^th Cong., 2^nd sess., H.Rept. 109-382 (Washington: GPO, 2006), p. 185.
11.	Asher C. Hinds, Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1907), vol. 3, §1861, p. 169. The Executive departments are listed in 5 U.S.C. 101.
12.	Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives, H. Doc. 94-661, 94^th Cong., 2^nd sess., vol. 4, ch. 15, §2.1.
13.	See U.S. Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Legislative Review Activities, 109^th Cong., 2^nd sess., H.Rept. 109-747 (Washington: GPO, 2007), pp. 27-28.
14.	Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS).
15.	Two resolutions of inquiry introduced over the period were sponsored by Members with a political affiliation other than Democratic or Republican. For purposes of this analysis, both sponsors were grouped with the Democratic Party, which is the party they voluntarily affiliated with for purposes of House committee assignment.
16.	In the early years of the period studied, it appeared to be universal practice for a House committee receiving referral of a resolution of inquiry to immediately request executive comment on the resolution. The executive's response to this request was commonly printed in the committee's report to the House on the resolution. In recent Congresses, however, it is not clear from the legislative history documents examined if House committees are still routinely making such requests for formal executive comment on resolutions of inquiry, and if so, to what extent.