To require the United States attorney to bring the matter of an individual's contempt of Congress before a grand jury not later than 30 days after receiving a certification from the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate that the individual is in contempt.

Bill: 113-hr-5246
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2014-07-29
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Evidence and witnesses

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires the United States attorney to bring the matter of an individual's contempt of Congress before a grand jury not later than 30 days after receiving a certification from the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of a statement of facts that the individual is in contempt.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5246 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2014 Mr. Jordan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the United States attorney to bring the matter of an individual’s contempt of Congress before a grand jury not later than 30 days after receiving a certification from the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate that the individual is in contempt.

1. Deadline for United States attorney to bring contempt of Congress action before a grand jury (a) 30-Day Deadline Section 104 of the Revised Statutes ( 2 U.S.C. 194 ) is amended by striking for its action. and inserting for its action not later than 30 days after receiving the certification of the statement of facts. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to statements of facts which are certified to a United States attorney under section 104 of the Revised Statutes on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.