Subpoena Compliance Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hres-706
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2023-09-20
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Subpoena Compliance Accountability Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows a Member of the House of Representatives to object to the consideration of any legislation that funds the salary of a federal officer or employee who has been convicted of, and exhausted all related appeals for, refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 706 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2023 Mr. Cline submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the appropriation of funds for the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government who is convicted of contempt of Congress.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Subpoena Compliance Accountability Act . 2. Prohibiting appropriation of funds for salary of employees convicted of contempt of Congress Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 13. (a) It shall not be in order in the House to consider any bill, joint resolution, or conference report that appropriates or otherwise makes available funds for the salary of any Federal officer or employee who is finally convicted of violating section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 2 U.S.C. 192 ). (b) In this clause, the term finally convicted means a conviction— (1) which has not been appealed and is no longer appealable because the time for taking an appeal has expired; or (2) which has been appealed and the appeals process for which is completed. .