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                    115TH CONGRESS                                       REPORT
                       1st Session   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES            115-300





                    RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTING
                    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO TRANSMIT, RESPECTIVELY, CERTAIN DOC-
                    UMENTS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RELATING TO THE RE-
                    MOVAL OF FORMER FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DIRECTOR
                    JAMES COMEY


                    SEPTEMBER 8, 2017.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed



                          Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
                                        submitted the following


                                            REPORT

                                              together with

                                          DISSENTING VIEWS

                                          [To accompany H. Res. 446]

                      The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the reso-
                    lution (H. Res. 446) of inquiry requesting the President and direct-
                    ing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain docu-
                    ments to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of
                    former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey,
                    having  considered the  same, report favorably  thereon  with  an
                    amendment and recommend that the resolution be agreed to.

                                                CONTENTS
                                                                                  Page
                    The A m endm ent  .....................................................................................................  2
                    Purpose  and  Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  3
                    Background   and  Need  for the  Legislation  ............................................................  3
                    H earings  ...................................................................................................................  4
                    Com m ittee  Consideration  .......................................................................................  4
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  5
                    Com m ittee  Oversight Findings  ...............................................................................  8
                    New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ......................................................  8
                    Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  8
                    Duplication  of Federal Program s  ...........................................................................  8
                    Disclosure  of Directed  Rule  M akings  ....................................................................  8
                    Performance  Goals  and  Objectives  .........................................................................  8
                    Advisory  on  Earm arks  ............................................................................................ .  9
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis  ....................................................................................  9
                    D issenting  V iew s  .....................................................................................................  9
                      The amendment is as follows:
                      69-008