3.0.0 266 2022-02-03T05:26:26Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2005-02-02 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-02T21:52:49Z 2005-02-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S896-898) IntroReferral 2005-02-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S895-896) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-02-02 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-02-02 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-02-02 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-02-02 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-02-02 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-02-02 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-02-02 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2005-02-02 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-02-02 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2005-02-02 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-02-08 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2005-02-08 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-02-10 False Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional investigations Damages Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Economics and Public Finance Election candidates Evidence (Law) Federal officials Fines (Penalties) Government and the press Government ethics Government liability Government publications Government publicity Governmental investigations House rules and procedure Internet Journalistic ethics Law Legal fees Legislation Lobbying Misconduct in office Parties to actions Political parties Press and politics Reporters and reporting Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure State legislatures Wage restitution Whistle blowing Witnesses Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-11T18:59:59Z Stop Government Propaganda Act - Imposes a civil penalty on a senior official of an Executive branch agency who authorizes or directs funds appropriated to such agency for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States.

Instructs the Attorney General to diligently investigate such a violation, and if the Attorney General finds that a person has committed such a violation or is committing such a violation, authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against that person.

Allows a private person to bring a civil action for such a violation for the person and for the U.S. Government in the name of the Government. Permits the dismissal of such an action only if the court and the Attorney General give written consent to the dismissal and their reasons for consenting. Prohibits any person other than the Government from intervening or bringing a related action based on the facts underlying the pending action.

Specifies the rights of the parties with regard to such an action. Allows the Government to elect to pursue its claim through any alternate remedy available to it.

Sets forth requirements for whistleblower protections.

States that the U.S. courts shall take cognizance and notice of any legal decision of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) interpreting the application of this Act.

Prohibits a point of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider legislation providing an appropriation for an agency that the GAO has found in violation of this Act, unless the appropriations for salary and expenses for the head of the relevant agency contains a provision reducing the salary of the head by an amount equal to the illegal expenditure.

]]> Stop Government Propaganda Act Short Titles as Introduced Stop Government Propaganda Act Display Title Stop Government Propaganda Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to stop taxpayer funded Government propaganda. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s266is/xml/BILLS-109s266is.xml 2005-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S896-898) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.