House Resolution 222 (95th Congress)

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House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) was the measure passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 that created the House Select Committee on Assassinations to investigate the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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instanceOf United States House resolution ⓘ
legislative measure ⓘ
appliesTo House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives ⓘ
congressNumber 95th Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
datePassed 1976 ⓘ
establishedBody House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm House resolution ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeSession 95th United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 95th Congress
purpose to create the House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
result formal congressional investigation into JFK assassination ⓘ
formal congressional investigation into MLK assassination ⓘ
subjectOfInvestigation assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
assassination of President John F. Kennedy ⓘ
topic John F. Kennedy assassination ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. assassination ⓘ
congressional investigations ⓘ
political assassinations ⓘ
typeOfCommitteeCreated select committee ⓘ

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United States House Select Committee on Assassinations → legalBasis → House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) ⓘ