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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 23, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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