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This resolution provides amounts for the expenses of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform for the 116th Congress.

This resolution establishes the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform to investigate, study, and report to the House of Representatives on its findings, including * the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and transparency of the use of taxpayer funds and relief programs to address the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) crisis; * reports of abusive practices related to the coronavirus crisis; * the implementation or effectiveness of any federal law applied, enacted, or under consideration to address the coronavirus crisis and prepare for future pandemics; * preparedness for and response to the coronavirus crisis; * the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis on individuals, communities, small businesses, health care providers, states, and local government entities; * any disparate impacts of the coronavirus crisis on different communities and populations and the measures taken to address the disparate impacts; * executive branch policies, deliberations, decisions, activities, and internal and external communications related to the coronavirus crisis; * the protection of whistleblowers who provide information about improper activities related to the coronavirus crisis; and * cooperation by the executive branch and others with Congress, the Inspectors General, the Government Accountability Office, and others in connection with oversight of the preparedness for and response to the coronavirus crisis.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House committees: (1) the Judiciary; (2) Oversight and Reform; (3) Science, Space, and Technology; and (4) Transportation and Infrastructure. In addition, the resolution ranks a specified Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) the Budget, and (3) Oversight and Reform.

This resolution ranks a specified Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

This resolution elects a specified Member to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

This resolution finds Attorney General William P. Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with certain subpoenas authorized and issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform relating to the 2020 census. The resolution states that Mr. Barr and Mr. Ross failed to produce documents in compliance with subpoenas issued on April 2, 2019. The resolution also states that Mr. Barr ordered a Department of Justice employee, John Gore, not to comply with an April 11, 2019, subpoena requiring Mr. Gore to appear for deposition testimony before the committee. The House of Representatives must certify to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia a committee report detailing the failure to comply with the subpoenas. The resolution requires the House and committee to take additional action to enforce the subpoenas.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) the Budget, (2) Education and Labor, and (3) Oversight and Reform.

This resolution elects a specified Member to the following House Committees: (1) Oversight and Reform, and (2) Small Business.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Homeland Security; (2) Oversight and Reform; and (3) Science, Space, and Technology.

This resolution adopts H.Res. 935 (establishes the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform).

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and Labor; (4) Foreign Affairs; (5) Homeland Security; (6) the Judiciary; (7) Natural Resources; (8) Oversight and Reform; (9) Rules; (10) Science, Space, and Technology; (11) Small Business; (12) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (13) Veterans' Affairs.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and Labor; (4) Foreign Affairs; (5) Homeland Security; (6) the Judiciary; (7) Natural Resources; (8) Oversight and Reform; (9) Rules; (10) Science, Space, and Technology; (11) Small Business; (12) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (13) Veterans' Affairs.

This resolution directs the House Oversight and Reform Committee to submit to the Department of Justice an official copy of the transcript of the February 27, 2019, hearing during which Michael Cohen, former attorney of Donald Trump, testified under oath.

This resolution directs the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Trump. The resolution authorizes (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to conduct investigative proceedings, and (2) the chair of any committee having custody of materials relating to the inquiry to transfer the materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. The House authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry. The committee shall report to the House such resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems proper.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committees on (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Education and Labor; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Financial Services; (7) Foreign Affairs; (8) Homeland Security; (9) the Judiciary; (10) Oversight and Reform; (11) Science, Space, and Technology; (12) Transportation and Infrastructure; (13) Veterans' Affairs; and (14) Ways and Means.

This resolution sets forth the levels of payment for 116th Congress expenses (including staff salaries) for the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) the Budget; (4) Select Committee on the Climate Crisis; (5) Education and Labor; (6) Energy and Commerce; (7) Ethics; (8) Financial Services; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Homeland Security; (11) House Administration; (12) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; (13) the Judiciary; (14) Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress; (15) Natural Resources; (16) Oversight and Reform; (17) Rules; (18) Science, Space, and Technology; (19) Small Business; (20) Transportation and Infrastructure; (21) Veterans' Affairs; and (22) Ways and Means. Among other things, this resolution (1) prescribes limitations to such expenses for the 1st and 2nd sessions of the 116th Congress, and (2) establishes a reserve fund for unanticipated committee expenses for the 116th Congress.

NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act This bill revises provisions related to the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including by requiring USDA to establish oversight committees in each state that will oversee the appeals of wetland determinations.

National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2019 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to revise the appeals process for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders seeking review of a flood insurance claim denial by their insurer. The bill prohibits fraud and false statements in connection with a flood insurance claim under NFIP. Claims under NFIP must be approved or denied no later than 120 days after the claim is made, with provisions for an extension in extraordinary cases. The bill gives FEMA oversight in litigation conducted by Write Your Own companies. (A Write Your Own company writes and services federal standard flood insurance policies in its own name.) FEMA may not hire in connection with NFIP any disbarred or suspended attorney. This bill directs FEMA to ensure sufficient staff for the Flood Insurance Advocate, authorizes FEMA to credit reserve funds to the National Flood Insurance Fund, and establishes pilot programs and committees. The Government Accountability Office must report on claims adjustment practices under NFIP and NFIP coverage of earth movement and subsidence.

Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act This bill requires disbursements by presidential inaugural committees to be reasonable, related to the inaugural ceremony, and reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Currently, there are no restrictions on disbursements and committees must report donations to the FEC, but not disbursements. Upon termination, a committee's remaining funds must be donated to charity.

This resolution directs various committees of the House of Representatives to investigate whether Robert Hunter Biden's business dealings were ethical and proper given Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s role as Vice President.

Military Housing Oversight and Service Member Protection Act This bill addresses Department of Defense (DOD) oversight and service member protections in DOD-sponsored private military housing. Among other things, the bill covers contracts, unit inspection, remedying substandard conditions, handling housing-related injuries, and prohibiting improper financial interests by public officials. Specifically, DOD must establish requirements for entering into and renewing contracts with private landlords and must make the financial details of such agreements public. DOD must employ certified independent housing inspectors to ensure that private military housing units are safe, clean, and adequate, and that they meet federal, state, and local laws and standards of habitability. DOD must allow state and local housing inspectors to conduct no-notice inspections, including on military installations. DOD must require each landlord to provide access to the landlord's maintenance work order system. Service members may file a claim with DOD to withhold the basic allowance for housing if a landlord has not met maintenance guidelines or the unit is uninhabitable according to state and local law. Military treatment facilities must screen service members and family members for medical conditions resulting from unsafe private housing, and landlords must pay medical bills associated with housing-related injuries. The Department of Veterans Affairs must provide similar care for veterans and their families. The bill prohibits members of defense-related congressional committees and certain military officers and high-level DOD employees from having a financial interest in private military housing. Violations are subject to civil penalties.