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

May 15, 2012 (R40879)

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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.


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

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 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 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 Congresses (1971-1976), during which a total of 87 resolutions of inquiry were introduced, and 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.

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 (2003-2004) and 109th (2005-2006) Congresses reflected a sharp increase in the number introduced over the decade preceding them. In each Congress between the 102nd (1991-1992) and 107th (2001-2002) Congresses, an average of one resolution of inquiry was introduced. In the 108th Congress, 14 such resolutions were introduced, and 39 resolutions of inquiry were introduced in the 109th 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 Congress are exceeded only by the 44 resolutions introduced in the 93rd Congress (1973-1974). But this latter total may be misleadingly high due solely to rules in effect at that time. In the 93rd Congress, House rules limited the co-sponsorship of measures to a maximum of 25 Representatives.7 Several of the 44 resolutions of inquiry introduced in the 93rd Congress were identical resolutions introduced separately in an apparent effort to enable more than 25 Members to cosponsor them. When these "doubles" are taken into account, more resolutions of inquiry were introduced in the 109th Congress than in any single Congress since World War II. In the 111th Congress (2009-2010), 29 resolutions of inquiry were introduced. As of this writing, no resolutions of inquiry have been introduced in the 112th Congress (2011-2012).

The reason for the sharp increase in the number of such resolutions introduced during some recent Congresses is open to interpretation. Some have charged that instead of using resolutions of inquiry as an oversight tool to obtain information from the executive branch, in at least some instances, minority party Members have purposely used the privileged status such resolutions enjoy as a way to "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 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 politically-calculated attacks on the ... administration."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 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 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, 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-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 Ethics, every standing committee of the House has, at some time over the 64 years examined, had at least 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

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.

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 mean the Secretary of a Cabinet-level executive agency, not subordinate government officials.11 As such, although a resolution of inquiry directed to an officer below the Cabinet 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.

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.

Figure 3. Primary Official to Whom House Resolutions of Inquiry Were Directed

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-Cabinet 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 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

House 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 108th 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.

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" 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 109th 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.13 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

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'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 104th 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.

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 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.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, 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" 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 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

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 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" 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

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.

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 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 issues of the Journal of the United States House of Representatives.

Notes: Reflects activity as of March 16, 2011.

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

-

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

-

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

-

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

-

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

-

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

-

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.