To direct the Speaker to provide an appropriate remedy in response to the use of a forged document at a subcommittee hearing.
On motion to table the measure Agreed to by recorded vote: 236 - 189 (Roll no. 737). (consideration: CR H10780-10781)
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 25, 1995
Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to take such action as necessary to provide an appropriate remedy (in response to the use of a forged document at a hearing of the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight) to ensure that the integrity of the legislative process is protected and to report his actions and recommendations to the House.
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