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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5246" measure-id="id113hr5246" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-07-29" update-date="2015-01-05">
<title>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.</title>
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<action-date>2014-07-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<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>]]></summary-text>
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