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ROBERT MALLEY Act

118th Congress: House Bill No. 6911


Introduced on January 2, 2024

January 2, 2024 Referred to a Committee

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118th CONGRESS   1st Session                                 H. R. 6911   To require heads of executive agencies to, upon request, submit to  relevant congressional committees information regarding the furlough or     indefinite suspension without pay of employees of such executive                     agencies, and for other purposes.                                                                                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                             January 2, 2024   Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the                 Committee on Oversight and Accountability                                                                                                          A BILL     To require heads of executive agencies to, upon request, submit to  relevant congressional committees information regarding the furlough or     indefinite suspension without pay of employees of such executive                     agencies, and for other purposes.     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the  United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.     This Act may be cited as the ``Requiring Officials and Bureaucrats  to Expeditiously Reliquinsh Testimony and Meaningful Answers about  Lawbreaking and Locked out Employees Yesterday Act'' or the ``ROBERT  MALLEY Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.     It is the sense of Congress that--             (1) the Government of the United States must be transparent          with the American people and with Congress;             (2) the executive branch should never obstruct the right of          Congress to investigate and conduct oversight;             (3) individuals that conspire with State Sponsors of Terror          or foreign terrorist organizations should be held accountable          to the fullest extent of the law; and             (4) individuals that knowingly hire, or attempt to convince          others to hire, intelligence assets for foreign nations are          guilty of treason. SEC. 3. FURLOUGH AND INDEFINITE SUSPENSION EXPLANATIONS.     (a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after the head of an  executive agency receives a request from the Chairman or Ranking Member  of an appropriate congressional committee for an explanation why an  employee of such executive agency was furloughed or suspended  indefinitely without pay, such head of an executive agency shall submit  to the Chairman or Ranking Member making such request an explanation of  the reasoning for such employee being furloughed or suspended  indefinitely without pay, including any relevant information and  evidence collected in the course of an investigation prior to  intervention by a law enforcement agency.     (b) Exclusions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to  employees--             (1) suspended or furloughed pursuant to an action initiated          under section 1215 of title 5, United States Code; or             (2) furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations.     (c) Form.--An explanation required by subsection (a) shall be in an  unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.     (d) Definitions.--In this section:             (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term          ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--                     (A) the Committees of the Senate and House of                  Representatives with jurisdiction over the executive                  agency;                     (B) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability                  of the House of Representatives; and                     (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and                  Governmental Affairs of the Senate.             (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has          the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United          States Code.                                  
118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6911 To require heads of executive agencies to, upon request, submit to relevant congressional committees information regarding the furlough or indefinite suspension without pay of employees of such executive agencies, and for other purposes.                                                                         IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 2, 2024 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability                                                                         A BILL To require heads of executive agencies to, upon request, submit to relevant congressional committees information regarding the furlough or indefinite suspension without pay of employees of such executive agencies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Requiring Officials and Bureaucrats to Expeditiously Reliquinsh Testimony and Meaningful Answers about Lawbreaking and Locked out Employees Yesterday Act'' or the ``ROBERT MALLEY Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the Government of the United States must be transparent with the American people and with Congress; (2) the executive branch should never obstruct the right of Congress to investigate and conduct oversight; (3) individuals that conspire with State Sponsors of Terror or foreign terrorist organizations should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law; and (4) individuals that knowingly hire, or attempt to convince others to hire, intelligence assets for foreign nations are guilty of treason. SEC. 3. FURLOUGH AND INDEFINITE SUSPENSION EXPLANATIONS. (a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after the head of an executive agency receives a request from the Chairman or Ranking Member of an appropriate congressional committee for an explanation why an employee of such executive agency was furloughed or suspended indefinitely without pay, such head of an executive agency shall submit to the Chairman or Ranking Member making such request an explanation of the reasoning for such employee being furloughed or suspended indefinitely without pay, including any relevant information and evidence collected in the course of an investigation prior to intervention by a law enforcement agency. (b) Exclusions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to employees-- (1) suspended or furloughed pursuant to an action initiated under section 1215 of title 5, United States Code; or (2) furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations. (c) Form.--An explanation required by subsection (a) shall be in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. (d) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives with jurisdiction over the executive agency; (B) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives; and (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

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January 2, 2024HouseIntroduced
January 2, 2024HouseReferred to a Committee