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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.Res. 268

Introduced

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit information to the House of Representatives relating to certain military activities against the Houthis and information referring or relating to certain laws and certain policies, guidance, instructions, standards, practices, and procedures of the Department of Defense applicable to the control, communication, transmission, or delivery of classified or sensitive information.

Sponsor
DAdam Smith· Washington
Introduced
March 27, 2025
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.March 27, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 268 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 268 Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit information to the House of Representatives relating to certain military activities against the Houthis and information referring or relating to certain laws and certain policies, guidance, instructions, standards, practices, and procedures of the Department of Defense applicable to the control, communication, transmission, or delivery of classified or sensitive information. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2025 Mr. Smith of Washington submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit information to the House of Representatives relating to certain military activities against the Houthis and information referring or relating to certain laws and certain policies, guidance, instructions, standards, practices, and procedures of the Department of Defense applicable to the control, communication, transmission, or delivery of classified or sensitive information. Resolved, That the President is requested, and the Secretary of Defense is directed, to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, any information, including, but not limited to, copies of any document, record, telephone record, recording, memo, transcript, map, chart, table, graph, log, calendar, notation, minute, message, correspondence, email, text, chat, electronic communication, or any other form of communication, or any portion of any communication in the possession of the President or the Department of Defense that refers to, or relates to, the military activities against the Houthis that occurred on or about March 15, 2025, or that refers to, or relates to, any policy, guidance, instruction, standard, practice, or procedure of the Department of Defense, or any law, that has been applicable to the control, communication, transmission, or delivery of classified or other sensitive information at any time since January 20, 2025. <all>

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