H.L.C.

House Calendar No.

113TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 676
[Report No. 113]
Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President
or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under
the Constitution of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 2014
Mr. SESSIONS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Admin-
istration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
JULY 24, 2014
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar and ordered to
be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
RESOLUTION
Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by
the President or other executive branch officials incon-
sistent with their duties under the Constitution of the
United States.
Resolved, That the Speaker is authorized to initiate 1
or intervene in one or more civil actions on behalf of the 2
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House of Representatives in a Federal court of competent 1
jurisdiction to seek any appropriate relief regarding the 2
failure of the President, the head of any department or 3
agency, or any other officer or employee of the executive 4
branch, to act in a manner consistent with that officials 5
duties under the Constitution and laws of the United 6
States with respect to implementation of any provision of 7
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, title I or 8
subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education 9
Reconciliation Act of 2010, including any amendment 10
made by such provision, or any other related provision of 11
law, including a failure to implement any such provision. 12
SEC. 2. The Speaker shall notify the House of Rep- 13
resentatives of a decision to initiate or intervene in any 14
civil action pursuant to this resolution. 15
SEC. 3. (a) The OfficeThe Office of the General Coun- 16
sel of the House of Representatives, at the direction of 17
the Speaker, shall represent the House in any civil action 18
initiated, or in which the House intervenes, pursuant to 19
this resolution, and may employ the services of outside 20
counsel and other experts for this purpose. 21
(b) The chair of the Committee on House Administra- 22
tion shall cause to be printed in the Congressional Record 23
a statement setting forth the aggregate amounts expended 24
by the Office of General Counsel on outside counsel and 25
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other experts pursuant to subsection (a) on a quarterly 1
basis. Such statement shall be submitted for printing not 2
more than 30 days after the expiration of each such period. 3
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