,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #c1       
#bjba,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the removal of   
,federal employees who engage in certain
 actions4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,federal ,actors    
,lying ,should be ,eliminated ,act or   
the ,,false ,act4  #b4 ,removal of      
certain ,federal employees  7a7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,becomes final ,the term becomes final  
means1 with respect to a sustained      
complaint-- 7,a7 that-- 7i7 there is a  
final agency action2 and  7ii7 7,i7 the 
time for seeking judicial review of the 
final agency action has lapsed and      
judicial review has not been sought2 or 
7,,ii7 judicial review of the final     
agency action was sought and final      
judgment has been entered upholding the 

agency action2 or  7,b7 that final      
judgment has been entered in a civil or 
criminal action4  7#b7 ,civil service   
,the term civil service has the meaning 
given the term in section #baja of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7       
,covered employee ,the term covered     
employee means an employee with respect 
to whom there is a sustained complaint  
that becomes final4  7#d7 ,employee ,the
 term employee means an individual      
occupying a position in the civil       
service4  7#e7 ,sustained complaint ,the
 term sustained complaint means an      
administrative or judicial determination
 that an employee engaged in any of the 
following actions3 7,a7 ,the employee   
violated section #ajja of title #ah1    
,united ,states ,code4  7,b7 ,the       
employee knowingly and willfully-- 7i7  
violated section #acja7;a7 of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code2 or  7ii7 caused 
such section #acja7;a7 to be violated4  
7,c7 ,the employee knowingly and        
willfully entered inaccurate data into  

the website established under section   
#b7;b7 of the ,federal ,funding         
,accountability and ,transparency ,act  
of #bjjf 7#ca ,u4,s4,c4 #faja note74    
7b7 ,removal required ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of law1 the head of 
an agency1 office1 or other entity      
employing a covered employee shall1     
after notice and an opportunity for a   
hearing1 remove the covered employee4