WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — The House voted Wednesday to form a task force to investigate the security failures surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The shooting left him injured and the gunman and a rally attendee dead. Two others were severely injured

The legislation was passed by a vote of 416-0.

The task force will be composed of 13 members and is expected to include seven Republicans and six Democrats. It will be tasked with determining what went wrong on the day of the attempted assassination and will make recommendations to prevent future security lapses.

A final report will be issued before Dec. 13 and can issue subpoenas.

The bill is sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Kelly, whose hometown of Butler was the site of the shooting. Kelly was at the rally with his wife and other family members.

House committees have already held three hearings focusing on the shooting.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday.

Her resignation comes one day after appearing before a congressional committee and was berated for hours by both Democrats and Republicans for the security failures. She called the attempt on Trump’s life the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, but she angered lawmakers by failing to answer specific questions about the investigation.

Democrats also voiced support for the task force, saying what happened in Butler was a despicable attack that never should have happened.

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