House Bill
Establishing an investigatory committee into the Korean Crisis.
Be it enacted in both houses of Congress Assembled,
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This bill is to be titled: the
Korean Crisis Investigation Act.
Whereas the Korean Crisis has caused significant harm to the reputation of Atlasia internationally and demonstrated the need for a full reckoning of the scale of the catastrophe and its implications for the functioning of the federal government:
Section 1: Objective and composition.1. The President will appoint an Investigatory Committee On The Korean Crisis tasked with producing a comprehensive report detailing the causes, facts and aftermath of the recent first strike in Korea and ensuing conflict, and recommending a course of action to prevent such a situation occurring in the future.
The Investigatory Committee on the Korean Crisis (hereafter: ‘the Committee’) will consist of -
a. One member of the House of Representatives.
b. One member of the Senate.
c. A chair, tasked with leading the investigation and presenting the final report, who will be an Atlasian citizen in good standing who does not currently hold elected office.
The President should strive for a reasonable partisan balance in the composition of the Committee.
Section 2: Powers of the Committee.
1. The Committee will have the ability, supported by the power of subpoena, to -
a. Call witnesses to testify before the Committee, either in closed or open session as deemed appropriate by the Chair.
b. Compel the presentation of evidence as deemed necessary for the successful completion of the Committee’s work.
c. Recommend, if any, criminal charges to the Attorney General as a result of the Committee’s findings.
Section 3: Work of the Committee and Publication
1. Upon the completion of its investigation, Committee will present to the President a full and comprehensive report on the Korean Crisis, outlining in detail -
a. The circumstances preceding and leading to the Crisis.
b. A full and exhaustive timeline of the events in question as garnered from public record, testimony and evidence.
c. A determination of which citizens, with a particular focus on those who were members of the administration or the Congress, if any, were aware of President Goldwater’s decision to launch an attack on North Korea in advance, and, if they were informed after the fact, in what order, when and with level of detail.
d. Recommendations as to reforms, administrative, statutory and otherwise, that should be undertaken to prevent a repeat of the crisis.
e. Recommendations, if any, of grounds for prosecution of any involved parties.
2. The Committee will hold public meetings on an ongoing basis in an appropriate venue. Where circumstances require, as deemed fit by the Chair, closed sessions, the Committee will inform the public in the open chamber that such sessions are to take place, with whom, and when.
3. The Report should be completed and presented to the President in its unreacted form within 2 months (8 weeks) of the first public meeting of the Committee.
a. The first public meeting of the Committee shall be defined as the date as of which all three comprising members have publicly posted in the appropriate Committee thread.
b. The Committee shall furthermore present the full, unredacted Report to the Attorney General for clearance for the release of a public Report.
4. If security concerns surround the disclosure of pertinent details in the report the full Report as issued for public release may be redacted and condensed accordingly.
a. As in §3. c4 (b), redactions for reasons of national security or other significant concerns before the issuance of the public Report will be carried out at the behest of the Attorney General.
b. Including the time for necessary adjustments, the public Report should be posted in both the official Committee thread and, in addition, in a new, dedicated thread on the
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Section 4: Replacement of Committee Members.7. Should a member of the Committee be inactive in their duties, present an unforeseen conflict of interest, or otherwise fail to meet the standard of character and competence necessary, the President may dismiss the member and appoint a replacement. The Senate may in addition, by majority vote, remove the member in question.
