HR 1535 114th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Evidence and witnesses Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

SACO Act

Introduced: March 23, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Mar 23, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Mar 23, 2015

Introduced in House

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Safeguarding America's Congressional Oversight Act or the SACO Act

Terminates from employment any federal employee who: (1) refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity; (2) in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to his or her official duties, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution; or (3) is found, by three-fourths of the congressional body to which testimony is given, to have willfully or knowingly given false testimony in a congressional hearing.

What's happening now March 23, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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