HRES 111 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 111
Establishing a Select
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
February 3, 2009
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs.
BACHMANN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. BOOZMAN,
Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. GINNY
BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr.
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN,
Mr. COBLE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr.
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. FORBES,
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HELLER,
Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ISSA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.
LINDER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of
California, Mr. MACK, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr.
MCHENRY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of
Connecticut, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PAUL, Mr. POE of Texas,
Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr.
SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.
TERRY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WU, and Mr. YOUNG of
Alaska) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Rules
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RESOLUTION
Establishing a Select
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
Resolved, That there
is established in the House of Representatives a
select committee to be known as the Select Committee
on POW and MIA Affairs.
FUNCTIONS
Sec. 2. The select committee shall
conduct a full investigation of all unresolved
matters relating to any United States personnel
unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean
conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, Persian
Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation
Enduring Freedom, including MIA's and POW's missing
and captured.
APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP
Sec. 3. (a) Members- The select
committee shall be composed of 10 Members of the
House, who shall be appointed by the Speaker. Not
more than half of the members of the select
committee shall be of the same political party.
(b) Vacancy- Any vacancy occurring
in the membership of the select committee shall be
filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made.
(c) Chairperson- The Speaker shall
designate one member of the select committee to be
its chairperson.
AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES
Sec. 4. (a) Authority- For
purposes of carrying out this resolution, the select
committee (or any subcommittee of the select
committee authorized to hold hearings) may sit and
act during the present Congress at any time or place
within the United States (including any Commonwealth
or possession of the United States, or elsewhere,
whether the House is in session, has recessed, or
has adjourned) and to hold such hearings as it
considers necessary.
(b) Rules of Procedure- The
provisions of clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI of the
Rules of the House shall apply to the select
committee.
(c) Prohibition Against Meeting at
Certain Times- Subsection (a) may not be construed
to limit the applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI
of the Rules of the House to the select committee.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 5. (a) Expenses- Subject to
the adoption of expense resolutions as required by
clause 6 of rule X of the Rules of the House, the
select committee may incur expenses in connection
with its functions under this resolution.
(b) Staff and Travel- In carrying
out its functions under this resolution, the select
committee may--
(1) appoint, either on a permanent
basis or as experts or consultants, any staff that
the select committee considers necessary;
(2) prescribe the duties and
responsibilities of the staff;
(3) fix the compensation of the
staff at a single per annum gross rate that does not
exceed the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect
from time to time, of level V of the Executive
Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States
Code;
(4) terminate the employment of
any such staff as the select committee considers
appropriate; and
(5) reimburse members of the
select committee and of its staff for travel,
subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred
by them in the performance of their functions for
the select committee, other than expenses in
connection with any meeting of the select committee,
or a subcommittee thereof, held in the District of
Columbia.
(c) Expiration- The select
committee and all authority granted in this
resolution shall expire 30 days after the filing of
the final report of the select committee with the
House.
REPORTS AND RECORDS
Sec. 6. (a) Final Report- As soon
as practicable during the present Congress, the
select committee shall submit to the House a final
report setting forth its findings and
recommendations as a result of its investigation.
(b) Filing of Reports- Any report
made by the select committee when the House is not
in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the
House.
(c) Referral of Reports- Any
report made by the select committee shall be
referred to the committee or committees that have
jurisdiction over the subject matter of the report.
(d) Records, Files, and Materials-
Following the termination of the select committee,
the records, files, and materials of the select
committee shall be transferred to the Clerk of the
House. If the final report of the select committee
is referred to only one committee under the
provisions of subsection (c), the records, files,
and materials of the select committee shall be
transferred instead to the committee to which the
final report is referred.
DEFINITIONS
Sec. 7. For purposes of this
resolution:
(1) The term `Member of the House'
means any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to, the Congress.
(2) The term `MIA' means any
United States personnel that is unaccounted for and
missing in action.
(3) The term `POW' means any
United States personnel that is unaccounted for and
known to be a prisoner of war.
(4) The term `select committee'
means the Select Committee on MIA and POW Affairs
established by this resolution.
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