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HRES 446 115th Congress House

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of…

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Official title: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.

Introduced: July 25, 2017 Introduced by: Jayapal, Pramila Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Sep 8, 2017
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 82.
Sep 8, 2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-300.
Jul 26, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
Jul 26, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 14, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 8, 2017

Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 82.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requests the President and directs the U.S. Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document or communication in their possession that refers or relates to:

  • the firing of James B. Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
  • the participation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Comey's removal,
  • the scope or application of Sessions's recusal from investigations of matters related to the presidential campaign and the application of such recusal to Comey's removal,
  • the scope or application of executive privilege as applied to Sessions's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on June 13, 2017,
  • President Trump's Twitter statement on May 12, 2017, that "James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!",
  • any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey, and
  • any contemporaneous account of meetings between such individuals.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 24
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Chu, Judy
California · Jul 25, 2017
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jul 25, 2017
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 25, 2017
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Khanna, Ro
California · Jul 25, 2017
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Jul 25, 2017
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 25, 2017
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 25, 2017
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 25, 2017
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Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Jul 25, 2017
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Torres, Norma J.
California · Jul 25, 2017
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 25, 2017
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Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 25, 2017
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 25, 2017
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 25, 2017
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jul 24, 2017
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Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jul 24, 2017
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 24, 2017
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Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 24, 2017
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 24, 2017
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jul 24, 2017
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 24, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 20, 2017
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 19, 2017
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 19, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 446: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-446/
MLA
"H. Res. 446: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-446/.
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H. Res. 446, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-446/.
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[H. Res. 446: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-446/)
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