{"format":1,"id":"118-hres-1292","congress":118,"number":"H.Res. 1292","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. 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Garland in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with a Subpoena Duly Issued by the Committee on the Judiciary","result":"Passed","yea":216,"nay":207,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll260.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2024-06-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-06-12","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This resolution finds Attorney General Merrick Brian Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena. It also directs the Speaker of the House to (1) certify the related report from the House Judiciary Committee to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia for criminal proceedings, and (2) take all other appropriate action to enforce the subpoena."}],"words":64},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Finds Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a subpoena and directs the Speaker of the House to certify a Committee on the Judiciary report and take action to enforce the subpoena.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text/eh#H8E9F41E7EAFC4A05A289C39B5D3A8811"}]},"core_areas":["Contempt of Congress finding against the Attorney General for failure to comply with a subpoena","Certification of a House Committee on the Judiciary report to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Finds Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, to be in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text/eh#H8E9F41E7EAFC4A05A289C39B5D3A8811"}},{"text":"Directs the Speaker of the House, under 2 U.S.C. §§ 192 and 194, to certify the Committee on the Judiciary report on the Attorney General's refusal to produce documents, records, and materials as directed by subpoena.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text/eh#H8E9F41E7EAFC4A05A289C39B5D3A8811"}},{"text":"Directs that the certified report go to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, so that the Attorney General be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text/eh#H8E9F41E7EAFC4A05A289C39B5D3A8811"}},{"text":"Directs the Speaker of the House to otherwise take all appropriate action to enforce the subpoena.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text/eh#H8E9F41E7EAFC4A05A289C39B5D3A8811"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-06-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1292/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hres-1292.png","v":"ac9c853696ef","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 1292, 118th Congress: Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary. House: 216 Yea, 207 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 12 Jun 2024."}}