Agency Subpoena Compliance Act
Agency Subpoena Compliance Act
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(Original Signature of Member)
H. R. ll
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
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A BILL
To establish procedures to reduce agency funding for failure
to comply with lawfully issued congressional subpoenas,
and for other purposes.
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1 SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR REDUCING AGENCY FUNDING
3 WITH SUBPOENAS.
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1 (c) COMMITTEE REPORT.—Not later than 45 day
2 after the date on which a hearing is held pursuant to sub-
3 section (b), the Committee on Oversight and Account-
4 ability of the House of Representatives and the Committee
5 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
6 Senate shall each, with respect to each title of the report
7 submitted by the President under subsection (a)—
8 (1) vote on a report that contains the conclu-
9 sions of the committee with respect to whether each
10 agency complied with each lawfully issued congres-
11 sional subpoena;
12 (2) in the case that either committee, by major-
13 ity vote, determines that any agency did not comply
14 with a lawfully issued congressional subpoena to the
15 relevant agency, include in the report a proposed re-
16 duction of funding in the regular appropriation bill
17 which provides funding for each such agency for the
18 subsequent fiscal year in the amount equal to a half
19 of a percent for each lawfully issued congressional
20 subpoena that was not complied with;
21 (3) in the case that the report submitted by the
22 President under subsection (a) was submitted after
23 the deadline required under subsection (a)(1), in-
24 clude in the report a proposed reduction of funding
25 in the regular appropriation bill which provides
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1 funding for the Executive Office of the President for
2 the subsequent fiscal year in the amount equal to
3 two percent for each week during the period that
4 starts on the deadline under subsection (a)(1) and
5 ends on the date the President submits such report;
6 and
7 (4) submit such report to the House of Rep-
8 resentatives or the Senate, as the case may be.
9 (d) PROVIDING FOR REDUCTION IN AGENCY FUND-
10 ING.—
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1 (2) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Notwith-
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1 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional
2 right of either House to change the rules (so far as
3 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,
4 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in
5 the case of any other rule of that House.
6 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
7 nitions apply:
8 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the
9 meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5,
10 United States Code.
11 (2) SUBPOENA.—The term ‘‘subpoena’’ has the
12 meaning given the term in Rule XI, clause 2(m)(1)
13 of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
14 (3) REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILL.—The term
15 ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ means any annual ap-
16 propriation bill which, with respect to the Congress
17 involved, is under the jurisdiction of a single sub-
18 committee of the Committee on Appropriations of
19 the House of Representatives (pursuant to the Rules
20 of the House of Representatives for that Congress)
21 and a single subcommittee of the Committee on Ap-
22 propriations of the Senate (pursuant to the Standing
23 Rules of the Senate).
24 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
25 on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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