I 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9084 

To amend section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to 

provide that a person who refuses to answer certain questions or is 

finally convicted of perjury before either House of Congress shall be 

debarred from Federal employment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Mr. MCCORMICK (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. VAN ORDEN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 

and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and 

Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United 

States to provide that a person who refuses to answer 

certain questions or is finally convicted of perjury before 

either House of Congress shall be debarred from Federal 

employment, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Trans5 parency and Oversight to Prevent the Spread of WashingVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Aug 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9084.IH H9084

kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
2 

•HR 9084 IH

1 ton’s Administrative Misconduct and Partisanship Act’’ or 

2 the ‘‘STOP the SWAMP Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 

4 (a) DEBARMENT OF CERTAIN WITNESSES FROM

5 FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.—Section 102 of the Revised 

6 Statutes of the United States relating to congressional in7 vestigations (2 U.S.C. 192) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘Every’’ at the beginning and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(a) Every’’; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘, or who, having appeared, re12 fuses to answer any question pertinent to the ques13 tion under inquiry,’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) Every person who having been summoned as a 

16 witness pursuant to subsection (a), having appeared, re17 fuses to answer any question pertinent to the question 

18 under inquiry, shall, in addition to any other penalties pro19 vided by law, be— 

20 ‘‘(1) deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punish21 able by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than 

22 $100 and imprisoned in a common jail for not less 

23 than one month nor more than twelve months; and 

24 ‘‘(2) debarred from Federal employment. 

25 ‘‘(c) — 


kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
3 

•HR 9084 IH

1 ‘‘(1) Every person who having been summoned 

2 as a witness pursuant to subsection (a), having ap3 peared, is finally convicted of perjury under section 

4 1621 of title 18, United States Code, or an offense 

5 under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 

6 shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by 

7 law, be debarred from Federal employment. 

8 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘finally con9 victed’ refers to a conviction— 

10 ‘‘(A) which has not been appealed and is 

11 no longer appealable because the time for tak12 ing an appeal has expired; or 

13 ‘‘(B) which has been appealed and the ap14 peals process for which is completed. 

15 ‘‘(d) A person who is found in violation of subsection 

16 (b) or (c) who is a Federal employee shall, in addition 

17 to any other penalties provided by law, be removed from 

18 the civil service, as such term is defined in section 2101 

19 of title 5, United States Code. 

20 ‘‘(e) Any debarment from Federal employment pursu21 ant to this section shall be subject to judicial review.’’. 

22 (b) PROCEDURES FOR RESCINDING SALARY

23 FUNDS.—Section 104 of the Revised Statutes of the 

24 United States relating to congressional investigations (2 

25 U.S.C. 194) is amended— 


kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
4 

•HR 9084 IH

1 (1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ at the beginning 

2 and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(a) Whenever’’; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘filed with the President of the 

5 Senate or the Speaker of the House, it shall be the 

6 duty of the said President of the Senate or Speaker 

7 of the House,’’ and inserting ‘‘filed with an appro8 priate Member of Congress, it shall be the duty of 

9 the said appropriate Member of Congress,’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of certifi12 cation of a statement of facts to a United States attorney 

13 pursuant to subsection (a), any member of either House 

14 may introduce a joint resolution to rescind funds appro15 priated or otherwise made available for the salary and ex16 penses of a witness who is a Federal employee from the 

17 employing entity of the witness for the fiscal year. Such 

18 joint resolution shall be privileged, subject to judicial re19 view, and further subject to the following procedures: 

20 ‘‘(1) A joint resolution shall be referred to the 

21 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives or the Committee on Appropriations of 

23 the Senate, as the case may be, and one such joint 

24 resolution shall be reported out by such committee 

25 together with its recommendations within fifteen calVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Aug 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9084.IH H9084

kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
5 

•HR 9084 IH

1 endar days, unless such House shall otherwise deter2 mine by the yeas and nays. 

3 ‘‘(2) A joint resolution so reported shall become 

4 the pending business of the House in question (in 

5 the case of the Senate the time for debate shall be 

6 equally divided between the proponents and the op7 ponents) and shall be voted on within twenty cal8 endar days thereafter, unless such House shall oth9 erwise determine by yeas and nays. 

10 ‘‘(3) A joint resolution passed by one House 

11 shall be referred to the committee of the other 

12 House named in subsection (a) and shall be reported 

13 out by such committee together with its rec14 ommendations within fifteen calendar days and shall 

15 thereupon become the pending business of such 

16 House and shall be voted upon within three calendar 

17 days, unless such House shall otherwise determine 

18 by yeas and nays. 

19 ‘‘(4) In the case of any disagreement between 

20 the two Houses of Congress with respect to a joint 

21 resolution passed by both Houses, conferees shall be 

22 promptly appointed and the committee of conference 

23 shall make and file a report with respect to such 

24 joint resolution within six calendar days after the 

25 legislation is referred to the committee of conVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Aug 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9084.IH H9084

kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
6 

•HR 9084 IH

1 ference. Notwithstanding any rule in either House 

2 concerning the printing of conference reports in the 

3 Record or concerning any delay in the consideration 

4 of such reports, such report shall be acted on by 

5 both Houses not later than six calendar days after 

6 the conference report is filed. In the event the con7 ferees are unable to agree within fifteen days, the 

8 conferees shall report back to their respective 

9 Houses in disagreement. 

10 ‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘appropriate Member 

11 of Congress’ means— 

12 ‘‘(1) the President of the Senate; 

13 ‘‘(2) the Speaker of the House; 

14 ‘‘(3) the Chairman or ranking minority member 

15 of the standing committee of the House of Congress 

16 in which the witness appeared pursuant to section 

17 102; or 

18 ‘‘(4) the Chairman or ranking minority member 

19 of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of 

20 the House of Representatives.’’. 

Æ 


kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB