SACO Act

Bill: 114-hr-1535
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2015-03-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Evidence and witnesses

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Safeguarding America's Congressional Oversight Act or the SACO Act</strong></p> <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 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1535 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2015 Mr. Brooks of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Massie , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Pittenger , and Mrs. Lummis ) 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding America’s Congressional Oversight Act or the SACO Act . 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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.