[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 706 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 706

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2023

Mr. Cline submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               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.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Subpoena Compliance 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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