H.R. 1535 · 114th Congress
SACO Act
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BrooksSponsor4 cosponsors · 4 R
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Safeguarding America's Congressional Oversight Act or the SACO Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 23, 2015
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SACO Act
Also known as: Safeguarding America's Congressional Oversight Act
Latest action (Mar 23, 2015): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 23, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.