To terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing.

Bill: 113-hr-2458
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Evidence and witnesses

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Terminates from employment any federal employee who: (1) refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity; (2) in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to his or her official duties, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution; or (3) is found, by three-fourths of the congressional body to which testimony is given, to have willfully or knowingly given false testimony in a congressional hearing.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2458 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2013 Mr. Brooks of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing.

1. Cause for Termination When Granted Immunity Any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity shall be terminated from employment. 2. Cause for Termination Without Waiver of Immunity Any Federal employee who, in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to the official duties of such employee, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution of such employee, shall be terminated from employment. 3. False Testimony Cause for Termination If three-fourths of the congressional body to whom the testimony was given finds that a Federal employee willfully or knowingly gave false testimony in a congressional hearing, then such employee shall be terminated from employment.