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