{"format":1,"id":"118-hres-12","congress":118,"number":"H.Res. 12","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-01-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-01-10","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h27","question":"On Agreeing to the Resolution","title":"Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary","result":"Passed","yea":221,"nay":211,"present":0,"not_voting":2,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll027.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"UNANIMOUS CONSENT - Mr. Franklin, C. Scott asked unanimous consent that, notwithstanding section 1(a)(2)(A) of House Resolution 12 (as amended by section 1(c) of House Resolution 78), and the order of the House of today, the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government be composed of not more than 21 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 9 shall be appointed in consultation with the Minority Leader. Agreed to without objection.","date":"2023-02-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-01-10","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This resolution temporarily establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is comprised of not more than 13 Members appointed by the Speaker (5 of whom shall be appointed in consultation with the minority leader)."},{"k":"p","t":"The subcommittee must investigate matters related to the collection, analysis, dissemination, and use of information on U.S. citizens by executive branch agencies, including whether such efforts are illegal, unconstitutional, or otherwise unethical. The subcommittee must make a final report of its findings by January 2, 2025, and terminates 30 days after filing that report."}],"words":98},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Establishes a select investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and directs it to investigate how executive branch agencies collect and use information about citizens of the United States.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}]},"core_areas":["Creation and membership of a House select investigative subcommittee","Investigation of executive branch collection and use of information about U.S. citizens","Subcommittee procedures, subpoenas, and access to Intelligence Committee information","Final report deadline and termination of the subcommittee"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Establishes for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary called the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}},{"text":"Composes the subcommittee of the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary plus not more than 13 other Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 are appointed in consultation with the minority leader.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}},{"text":"Directs the subcommittee to investigate how executive branch agencies collect, compile, analyze, use, or disseminate information about citizens of the United States, and to issue a final report to the House not later than January 2, 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}},{"text":"Provides that the Committee on the Judiciary, or its chair acting under clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI, may authorize and issue subpoenas to be returned at the subcommittee, and that any markup of legislation is held at the full Committee level.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}},{"text":"Authorizes the subcommittee to receive information available to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, subject to the terms and conditions that apply under clause 11 of rule X.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}},{"text":"Ends the subcommittee 30 days after it files its final report, and names the Committee on the Judiciary as its successor in interest for purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh#H18B07AB46AB24100B98026BE67FE98D1"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-01-10","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/12/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hres-12.png","v":"61266bbd7852","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 12, 118th Congress: Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary. House: 221 Yea, 211 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 10 Jan 2023."}}