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1	1	IV
2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 265
5	5	Condemning the Trump administration for the use of an unauthorized method
6	6	of communicating highly sensitive or potentially classified information
7	7	regarding a United States military operation via the messaging platform
8	8	‘‘Signal’’.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MARCH27, 2025
11	11	Ms. J
12	12	OHNSONof Texas (for herself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS,
13	13	and Mr. J
14	14	OHNSONof Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which
15	15	was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
16	16	and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services,
17	17	and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently de-
18	18	termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
19	19	as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
20	20	RESOLUTION
21	21	Condemning the Trump administration for the use of an
22	22	unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive
23	23	or potentially classified information regarding a United
24	24	States military operation via the messaging platform
25	25	‘‘Signal’’.
26	26	Whereas Vice President J.D. Vance used an unauthorized
27	27	method of communicating highly sensitive or potentially
28	28	classified information regarding a United States military
29	29	operation via the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’;
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32	32	•HRES 265 IH
33	33	Whereas the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used an un-
34	34	authorized method of communicating highly sensitive or
35	35	potentially classified information regarding a United
36	36	States military operation via the messaging platform
37	37	‘‘Signal’’;
38	38	Whereas the Secretary of State Marco Rubio used an unau-
39	39	thorized method of communicating highly sensitive or po-
40	40	tentially classified information regarding a United States
41	41	military operation via the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’;
42	42	Whereas the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
43	43	used an unauthorized method of communicating highly
44	44	sensitive or potentially classified information regarding a
45	45	United States military operation via the messaging plat-
46	46	form ‘‘Signal’’;
47	47	Whereas Presidential Advisor Stephen Miller used an unau-
48	48	thorized method of communicating highly sensitive or po-
49	49	tentially classified information regarding a United States
50	50	military operation via the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’;
51	51	Whereas the Assistant to the President for National Security
52	52	Affairs Mike Walz used an unauthorized method of com-
53	53	municating highly sensitive or potentially classified infor-
54	54	mation regarding a United States military operation via
55	55	the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’;
56	56	Whereas the Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent used an
57	57	unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive
58	58	or potentially classified information regarding a United
59	59	States military operation via the messaging platform
60	60	‘‘Signal’’;
61	61	Whereas the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John
62	62	Ratcliffe used an unauthorized method of communicating
63	63	highly sensitive or potentially classified information re-
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66	66	•HRES 265 IH
67	67	garding a United States military operation via the mes-
68	68	saging platform ‘‘Signal’’;
69	69	Whereas the National Security Council official Brian McCor-
70	70	mack used an unauthorized method of communicating
71	71	highly sensitive or potentially classified information re-
72	72	garding a United States military operation via the mes-
73	73	saging platform ‘‘Signal’’;
74	74	Whereas the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles used an
75	75	unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive
76	76	or potentially classified information regarding a United
77	77	States military operation via the messaging platform
78	78	‘‘Signal’’;
79	79	Whereas the National Security Council official Steve Witkoff
80	80	used an unauthorized method of communicating highly
81	81	sensitive or potentially classified information regarding a
82	82	United States military operation via the messaging plat-
83	83	form ‘‘Signal’’;
84	84	Whereas members of the administration may not have prop-
85	85	erly documented highly sensitive and potentially classified
86	86	information in accordance with chapters 21, 29, 31, and
87	87	33 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as
88	88	the Federal Records Act), enacted in 1950;
89	89	Whereas foreign adversaries have previously accessed and
90	90	consistently attempt to access highly sensitive and classi-
91	91	fied information relevant to United States National Secu-
92	92	rity, such as China’s successful 2024 attempt to infiltrate
93	93	the United States Treasury and Russia’s targeting of
94	94	United States military plans and sensitive data, notably
95	95	through operations like Moonlight Maze and espionage
96	96	activities such as the Arc Electronics case, which include
97	97	cyberattacks and illegal technology exports;
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100	100	•HRES 265 IH
101	101	Whereas top members of the administration used a publicly
102	102	available commercial platform to form a ‘‘small group’’,
103	103	communicate highly sensitive or potentially classified in-
104	104	formation, and discuss openly their intentions, at risk of
105	105	access by foreign adversaries;
106	106	Whereas the administration has in prior instances violated
107	107	Federal law and basic guidance on handling of classified
108	108	information, such as the President’s improper storage of
109	109	classified documents at ‘‘Mar-a-Lago’’; and
110	110	Whereas members of the administration discussed highly
111	111	classified information regarding a United States military
112	112	operation outside of a Sensitive Compartmented Informa-
113	113	tion Facility, also known as a SCIF: Now, therefore, be
114	114	it
115	115	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
116	116	(1) condemns the administration for risking our 2
117	117	national security by potentially exposing highly sen-3
118	118	sitive or potentially classified information to United 4
119	119	States foreign adversaries like China and Russia, 5
120	120	who have in the past have successfully accessed 6
121	121	highly sensitive and confidential information per-7
122	122	taining to United States national interests; 8
123	123	(2) condemns the administration for putting 9
124	124	American servicemembers’ lives at risk by discussing 10
125	125	military operations in an unsecured, unclassified set-11
126	126	ting and sharing this information with at least one 12
127	127	nongovernmental party; 13
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130	130	•HRES 265 IH
131	131	(3) calls on the administration to review its pro-1
132	132	cedures and systems for the communication of clas-2
133	133	sified information; 3
134	134	(4) calls on the administration to investigate all 4
135	135	communication methods being used by members of 5
136	136	the administration and ensure they are aligned with 6
137	137	proper procedure as it pertains to the communica-7
138	138	tion of classified or highly sensitive information; 8
139	139	(5) calls on the administration to initiate an in-9
140	140	vestigation to uncover if any members of the admin-10
141	141	istration violated any Federal laws regarding the 11
142	142	communication of classified information; 12
143	143	(6) calls on the administration to hold any and 13
144	144	all members of the administration accountable to the 14
145	145	full extent of the law if any Federal laws were vio-15
146	146	lated by members of the administration pertaining to 16
147	147	the communication of classified information; 17
148	148	(7) calls on the administration to investigate on 18
149	149	how many instances the National Security Council 19
150	150	or any other relevant executive branch officials has 20
151	151	used the ‘‘Signal’’ messaging service or any other 21
152	152	messaging service application that has not been ap-22
153	153	proved for the transmission of highly sensitive or 23
154	154	classified information; 24
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157	157	•HRES 265 IH
158	158	(8) calls on the administration to ensure all 1
159	159	members of the administration are communicating 2
160	160	highly sensitive or classified information inside a 3
161	161	SCIF to ensure members of the administration do 4
162	162	not endanger United States National Security by 5
163	163	communicating classified information through im-6
164	164	proper channels; and 7
165	165	(9) calls on the administration to inform all 8
166	166	members of the administration that the communica-9
167	167	tion of classified information outside of a SCIF, is 10
168	168	strictly prohibited and that any members of the ad-11
169	169	ministration found to violate this procedure will be 12
170	170	removed from office and subsequently be punished in 13
171	171	accordance with any and all applicable laws per-14
172	172	taining to the communication of classified informa-15
173	173	tion. 16
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