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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6911 

To require heads of executive agencies to, upon request, submit to relevant 

congressional committees information regarding the furlough or indefinite 

suspension without pay of employees of such executive agencies, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 2, 2024 

Ms. TENNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To require heads of executive agencies to, upon request, 

submit to relevant congressional committees information 

regarding the furlough or indefinite suspension without 

pay of employees of such executive agencies, 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 ‘‘Requiring Officials and 

5 Bureaucrats to Expeditiously Reliquinsh Testimony and 

6 Meaningful Answers about Lawbreaking and Locked out 

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1 Employees Yesterday Act’’ or the ‘‘ROBERT MALLEY 

2 Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) the Government of the United States must 

6 be transparent with the American people and with 

7 Congress; 

8 (2) the executive branch should never obstruct 

9 the right of Congress to investigate and conduct 

10 oversight; 

11 (3) individuals that conspire with State Spon12 sors of Terror or foreign terrorist organizations 

13 should be held accountable to the fullest extent of 

14 the law; and 

15 (4) individuals that knowingly hire, or attempt 

16 to convince others to hire, intelligence assets for for17 eign nations are guilty of treason. 

18 SEC. 3. FURLOUGH AND INDEFINITE SUSPENSION EXPLA19 NATIONS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the 

21 head of an executive agency receives a request from the 

22 Chairman or Ranking Member of an appropriate congres23 sional committee for an explanation why an employee of 

24 such executive agency was furloughed or suspended indefi25 nitely without pay, such head of an executive agency shall 

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1 submit to the Chairman or Ranking Member making such 

2 request an explanation of the reasoning for such employee 

3 being furloughed or suspended indefinitely without pay, 

4 including any relevant information and evidence collected 

5 in the course of an investigation prior to intervention by 

6 a law enforcement agency. 

7 (b) EXCLUSIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 

8 with respect to employees— 

9 (1) suspended or furloughed pursuant to an ac10 tion initiated under section 1215 of title 5, United 

11 States Code; or 

12 (2) furloughed as a result of a lapse in appro13 priations. 

14 (c) FORM.—An explanation required by subsection 

15 (a) shall be in an unclassified form, but may contain a 

16 classified annex. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committees of the Senate and 

22 House of Representatives with jurisdiction over 

23 the executive agency; 

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1 (B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac2 countability of the House of Representatives; 

3 and 

4 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

5 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

6 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

7 agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

8 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

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