[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 887

  To prohibit false statements to Congress, to clarify congressional 
    authority to obtain truthful testimony, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 6 (legislative day, June 5), 1995

   Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Nunn, and Mr. Inouye) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit false statements to Congress, to clarify congressional 
    authority to obtain truthful testimony, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Investigations Into Terrorism Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORING FALSE STATEMENTS PROHIBITION.

    Section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``any department or agency of the United States'' and 
inserting ``the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the 
United States, or any department, agency, committee, subcommittee, or 
office thereof, except a court when performing an adjudicative 
function,''.

SEC. 3. OBSTRUCTING CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

    Section 1515 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) redesignating paragraph ``(b)'' as paragraph ``(c)''; 
        and
            (2) inserting a new paragraph (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) As used in section 1505 of this title, the term `corruptly' 
includes acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing 
another, including by making false or misleading statements or 
withholding, concealing, altering or destroying documents.''.

SEC. 4. RESISTING COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE SUBPOENA.

    Section 1365(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the 
second sentence by striking ``his official capacity'' and inserting 
``his or her official capacity if the head of the department or agency 
employing the officer or employee, with the approval of the Attorney 
General, has directed the officer or employee to not comply with the 
subpoena or order and has provided the issuer of the subpoena or order 
with a written explanation of the reasons for the refusal to comply''.

SEC. 5. COMPELLING TRUTHFUL TESTIMONY IN CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.

    Section 6005 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or ancillary to'' 
        after ``any proceeding before''; and
            (2) in subsection (b) (1) and (2), by inserting ``or 
        ancillary to'' after ``a proceeding before'' each place it 
        appears.
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