Bill Details
Status
Latest action
2025-03-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
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This resolution asks the President and the Secretary of Defense to send the House of Representatives information about recent U.S. military activity against the Houthis and about how the Department of Defense handles classified or sensitive information. If adopted, the requested material would need to be provided within 14 days. The goal is to help the House review both the March 15, 2025 military actions and any rules, procedures, or laws that governed the control and sharing of sensitive information starting on January 20, 2025.
- It requests records related to military activities against the Houthis that happened on or about March 15, 2025.
- The information sought can include many kinds of documents and communications, such as emails, texts, chats, memos, logs, calendars, recordings, and maps.
- It also asks for information about any Department of Defense policies, guidance, standards, practices, or procedures about handling classified or sensitive information.
- The request covers any related law or rule in effect since January 20, 2025, and the documents would need to be sent to the House within 14 days after adoption.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 268 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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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
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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.
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