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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Trans-
parency and Oversight to Prevent the Spread of Washing-
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ton’s Administrative Misconduct and Partisanship Act’’ or 
the ‘‘STOP the SWAMP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 
(a) DEBARMENT
OF CERTAIN WITNESSES FROM 
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.—Section 102 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States relating to congressional in-
vestigations (2 U.S.C. 192) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Every’’ at the beginning and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) Every’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, or who, having appeared, re-
fuses to answer any question pertinent to the ques-
tion under inquiry,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) Every person who having been summoned as a 
witness pursuant to subsection (a), having appeared, re-
fuses to answer any question pertinent to the question 
under inquiry, shall, in addition to any other penalties pro-
vided by law, be— 
‘‘(1) deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punish-
able by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than 
$100 and imprisoned in a common jail for not less 
than one month nor more than twelve months; and 
‘‘(2) debarred from Federal employment. 
‘‘(c) — 
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‘‘(1) Every person who having been summoned 
as a witness pursuant to subsection (a), having ap-
peared, is finally convicted of perjury under section 
1621 of title 18, United States Code, or an offense 
under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 
shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by 
law, be debarred from Federal employment. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘finally con-
victed’ refers to a conviction— 
‘‘(A) which has not been appealed and is 
no longer appealable because the time for tak-
ing an appeal has expired; or 
‘‘(B) which has been appealed and the ap-
peals process for which is completed. 
‘‘(d) A person who is found in violation of subsection 
(b) or (c) who is a Federal employee shall, in addition 
to any other penalties provided by law, be removed from 
the civil service, as such term is defined in section 2101 
of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(e) Any debarment from Federal employment pursu-
ant to this section shall be subject to judicial review.’’. 
(b) 
PROCEDURES
FOR
RESCINDING
SALARY 
FUNDS.—Section 104 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States relating to congressional investigations (2 
U.S.C. 194) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ at the beginning 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) Whenever’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘filed with the President of the 
Senate or the Speaker of the House, it shall be the 
duty of the said President of the Senate or Speaker 
of the House,’’ and inserting ‘‘filed with an appro-
priate Member of Congress, it shall be the duty of 
the said appropriate Member of Congress,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of certifi-
cation of a statement of facts to a United States attorney 
pursuant to subsection (a), any member of either House 
may introduce a joint resolution to rescind funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available for the salary and ex-
penses of a witness who is a Federal employee from the 
employing entity of the witness for the fiscal year. Such 
joint resolution shall be privileged, subject to judicial re-
view, and further subject to the following procedures: 
‘‘(1) A joint resolution shall be referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate, as the case may be, and one such joint 
resolution shall be reported out by such committee 
together with its recommendations within fifteen cal-
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endar days, unless such House shall otherwise deter-
mine by the yeas and nays. 
‘‘(2) A joint resolution so reported shall become 
the pending business of the House in question (in 
the case of the Senate the time for debate shall be 
equally divided between the proponents and the op-
ponents) and shall be voted on within twenty cal-
endar days thereafter, unless such House shall oth-
erwise determine by yeas and nays. 
‘‘(3) A joint resolution passed by one House 
shall be referred to the committee of the other 
House named in subsection (a) and shall be reported 
out by such committee together with its rec-
ommendations within fifteen calendar days and shall 
thereupon become the pending business of such 
House and shall be voted upon within three calendar 
days, unless such House shall otherwise determine 
by yeas and nays. 
‘‘(4) In the case of any disagreement between 
the two Houses of Congress with respect to a joint 
resolution passed by both Houses, conferees shall be 
promptly appointed and the committee of conference 
shall make and file a report with respect to such 
joint resolution within six calendar days after the 
legislation is referred to the committee of con-
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ference. Notwithstanding any rule in either House 
concerning the printing of conference reports in the 
Record or concerning any delay in the consideration 
of such reports, such report shall be acted on by 
both Houses not later than six calendar days after 
the conference report is filed. In the event the con-
ferees are unable to agree within fifteen days, the 
conferees shall report back to their respective 
Houses in disagreement. 
‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘appropriate Member 
of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(1) the President of the Senate; 
‘‘(2) the Speaker of the House; 
‘‘(3) the Chairman or ranking minority member 
of the standing committee of the House of Congress 
in which the witness appeared pursuant to section 
102; or 
‘‘(4) the Chairman or ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
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