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Government Accountability Act of 1996

Introduced: March 27, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 34 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 1996
Became Public Law No: 104-292.
Oct 11, 1996
Signed by President.
Sep 30, 1996
Presented to President.
Sep 28, 1996
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 27, 1996
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed House amendment to the Senate amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11605-11609)
Sep 27, 1996
Senate agreed House amendment to the Senate amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11605-11609)
Sep 26, 1996
Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendments with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 535.(consideration: CR H11246)
Sep 26, 1996
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendments.
Sep 26, 1996
House agreed to Senate amendments with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 535. (consideration: CR H11246)
Jul 26, 1996
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 25, 1996
Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8938-8941)
Jul 25, 1996
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 25, 1996
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 25, 1996
Amendment SP 5091 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 25, 1996
Amendment SP 5091 proposed by Senator Murkowski for Senator Specter.
Jul 25, 1996
Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8938-8941)
Jul 25, 1996
Measure laid before Senate.
Jul 18, 1996
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jul 17, 1996
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 17, 1996
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 417 - 6 (Roll No. 324).
Jul 17, 1996
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7714-7715)
Jul 16, 1996
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. McCollum objected to the Yea - Nay vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Jul 16, 1996
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Jul 16, 1996
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7540-7544)
Jul 16, 1996
Mr. McCollum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 16, 1996
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 351.
Jul 16, 1996
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 104-680.
Jun 11, 1996
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 11, 1996
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 29, 1996
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Mar 29, 1996
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 28, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 27, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 27, 1996
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Jul 17, 1996 House · vote #324 Suspend the rules and pass, as amended Passed 417–6 See who voted →
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,091 — In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Jul 25, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

False Statements Penalty Restoration Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to make provisions prohibiting anyone from knowingly and willfully making misrepresentations to the Government applicable to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, except with respect to statements, representations, or documents submitted to a judge by a party or counsel in a judicial proceeding.

Defines "corruptly," for purposes of the prohibition on obstructing proceedings before a Federal agency or the Congress, to mean acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including making a false or misleading statement, or withholding, concealing, altering, or destroying a document or other information.

Amends the Federal judicial code to limit the exemption of a Government officer or employee acting within an official capacity from U.S. district court jurisdiction to enforce a Senate subpoena or order to executive branch officers or employees refusing to comply based on a governmental privilege or objection authorized by the executive branch and not on a personal privilege or objection.

Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a U.S. district court to order an individual to provide information which he or she refuses to provide on the basis of the privilege against self-incrimination in proceedings ancillary to either House of Congress. (Currently, such authority applies only to proceedings before either House.)

What's happening now October 11, 1996

Became Public Law No: 104-292.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HRES 535 Related bill Providing for the concurrence of the House, with an amendment, in the amendments of the Senate to the bill H.R. 3166.
  • S 1734 Related bill False Statements Penalty Restoration Act
  • HR 1678 Procedurally related Government Accountability Act of 1995
 Bill text 8 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 27, 1996
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