What are the text and sponsors of H.Res.353 and H.Res.537, and where do they stand in committee?
Executive summary
Two separate House resolutions labeled H.Res.353 and H.Res.537 exist in the congressional record with different texts depending on the Congress: in the current 119th Congress both H.Res.353 and H.Res.537 are impeachment resolutions against President Donald J. Trump, while earlier Congresses used the same numbers for unrelated measures such as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (May 5) [1] [2] [3]. Both 119th‑Congress impeachment resolutions have been introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, but their procedural statuses differ by sponsor and formal disposition in the record [4] [2] [5].
1. Text of H.Res.353 (119th Congress) and what it alleges
In the 119th Congress H.Res.353 is titled “Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors” and—according to legislative summaries and tracking—sets forth multiple articles of impeachment that include obstruction of justice, violation of due process, breaches of the duty to faithfully execute laws, usurpation of Congressional appropriations power, abuse of trade powers and international aggression, violation of First Amendment rights, creation of an unlawful office, bribery and corruption, and tyranny, among other charges summarized in tracking services [1] [5] [6]. The full text and official summaries for H.Res.353 in the 119th Congress are available through the Library of Congress and legislative trackers that aggregate the bill text [4] [1].
2. Text of H.Res.537 (119th Congress) and what it alleges
H.Res.537 in the 119th Congress is likewise titled “Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors,” and its text is posted in full on Congress.gov and mirrored on sites such as GovTrack, identifying specific alleged misconduct that forms the basis for impeachment in that resolution’s articles [2] [7]. GovTrack maintains a preprint version of H.Res.537’s text as of June 24, 2025, and Congress.gov hosts the official submitted text, both of which articulate the resolution’s charges and findings [7] [2].
3. Sponsors: who filed each resolution
H.Res.537 was submitted by Representative Al Green of Texas, as recorded on Congress.gov which states “Mr. Green of Texas submitted the following resolution” with referral to the Committee on the Judiciary [2]. H.Res.353 in the 119th Congress is associated in multiple legislative trackers with Representative Shri Thanedar having notified the House of intent to offer a privileged resolution and is listed in LegiScan and BillTrack summaries as being introduced by Thanedar [1] [8] [9].
4. Committee referrals and procedural status
Both H.Res.353 and H.Res.537 in the 119th Congress have been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary; H.Res.537’s Congress.gov entry specifically notes referral to the Judiciary Committee and that it was laid on the table, while multiple sources report H.Res.353 was likewise referred to the Judiciary Committee and is catalogued with committee activity in the Congress.gov “All Info” listing [2] [4] [5]. Tracking sites and GovTrack reflect these committee referrals and list the measures among Judiciary‑referred impeachment filings, but do not show either resolution advancing out of committee as of the available records [10] [6].
5. Numbering confusion and why the same numbers mean different things
House resolution numbers reset each two‑year Congress, so H.Res.353 or H.Res.537 can point to entirely different measures across sessions; for example, H.Res.353 in the 118th Congress expressed support for designating May 5, 2023, as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and was referred to Natural Resources (and Judiciary for jurisdictional matters), whereas the 119th Congress reused 353 for an impeachment resolution [3]. Any reporting that cites only a resolution number without the Congress or sponsor can therefore mislead readers about substance and status [3] [4].
6. Implications and what the record does and does not show
The congressional record and third‑party trackers clearly establish that both H.Res.353 and H.Res.537 in the 119th Congress are formal impeachment resolutions against President Trump with texts and allegations available on Congress.gov and GovTrack, that Thanedar and Green are identified sponsors in public filings, and that both were referred to the Judiciary Committee where neither shows an advanced reported action in the provided sources [1] [2] [4] [7]. The sources provided do not supply committee votes, hearings, or reported bills moving out of committee for these resolutions, so no definitive statement can be made from these records about any Judiciary Committee progression beyond referral and table disposition where recorded [2] [4].