,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cija  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #g1 #bjbc,mr4  
,donalds 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,luna1 and 
,ms4 ,greene of ,georgia7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,rules1 and in        
addition to the ,committee on ,oversight
 and ,accountability1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish procedures to  
reduce agency funding for failure to    
comply with lawfully issued             
congressional subpoenas1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,agency ,subpoena   
,compliance ,act4  #b4 ,procedures for  
reducing agency funding for a failure to
 adhere to comply with subpoenas  7a7   
,report from the president  7#a7 ,in    
general ,not later than ,october #ca of 
each year1 the ,president shall submit  

to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,accountability of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report that   
includes1 with respect to the previous  
fiscal year1 each subpoena issued to or 
received by1 or both1 an agency which   
received funding pursuant to a regular  
appropriation bill4  7#b7 ,report format
 ,the report described in paragraph 7#a7
 shall separate each such agency and    
subpoena issued to1 received by1 or both
 into separate titles of the report     
pursuant to the regular appropriation   
bill which provides funding for each    
such agency4  7b7 ,committee hearing    
with respect to agency actions ,not     
later than #de days after the date on   
which a report is received pursuant to  
subsection 7a71 each such committee     
shall hold a hearing with respect to    
whether each lawfully issued            
congressional subpoena included in such 
report was complied with by the relevant

 agency4  7c7 ,committee report ,not    
later than #de day after the date on    
which a hearing is held pursuant to     
subsection 7b71 the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,accountability of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate   
shall each1 with respect to each title  
of the report submitted by the          
,president under subsection 7a7-- 7#a7  
vote on a report that contains the      
conclusions of the committee with       
respect to whether each agency complied 
with each lawfully issued congressional 
subpoena2  7#b7 in the case that either 
committee1 by majority vote1 determines 
that any agency did not comply with a   
lawfully issued congressional subpoena  
to the relevant agency1 include in the  
report a proposed reduction of funding  
in the regular appropriation bill which 
provides funding for each such agency   
for the subsequent fiscal year in the   
amount equal to a half of a percent for 

each lawfully issued congressional      
subpoena that was not complied with2    
7#c7 in the case that the report        
submitted by the ,president under       
subsection 7a7 was submitted after the  
deadline required under subsection      
7a77#a71 include in the report a        
proposed reduction of funding in the    
regular appropriation bill which        
provides funding for the ,executive     
,office of the ,president for the       
subsequent fiscal year in the amount    
equal to two percent for each week      
during the period that starts on the    
deadline under subsection 7a77#a7 and   
ends on the date the ,president submits 
such report2 and  7#d7 submit such      
report to the ,house of ,representatives
 or the ,senate1 as the case may be4    
7d7 ,providing for reduction in agency  
funding  7#a7 ,procedures in the house  
of representatives ,clause #b of rule   
,,xxi of the ,rules of the ,house of    
,representatives is amended by adding at
 the end the following new paragraph3   

7h7 ,it shall be in order1 if offered by
 the chair of the ,committee on         
,oversight and ,accountability or the   
chair's designee1 to offer an amendment 
to a general appropriation bill for a   
fiscal year providing for a reduction in
 funding for an agency or1 if           
applicable1 the ,executive ,office of   
the ,president in such general          
appropriation bill in the amount equal  
to a proposed reduction of funding for  
such agency or the ,executive ,office of
 the ,president for such fiscal year as 
reported by the committee pursuant to   
subsection 7c7 of the ,agency ,subpoena 
,compliance ,act4  4  7#b7 ,procedures  
in the senate ,notwithstanding any rule 
of the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 
it shall be in order1 if offered by the 
chair of the ,committee on ,homeland    
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate or the chair's designee1 to 
offer an amendment to a general         
appropriation bill for a fiscal year    
providing for a reduction in funding for

 an agency or1 if applicable1 the       
,executive ,office of the ,president1 in
 such general appropriation bill in the 
amount equal to a proposed reduction of 
funding for such agency or the          
,executive ,office of the ,president for
 such fiscal year as reported by the    
committee pursuant to subsection 7c7 of 
this ,act4  7e7 ,exercise of rulemaking 
power ,this section1 except with respect
 to subsection 7a71 is enacted by       
,congress-- 7#a7 as an exercise of the  
rulemaking power of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,senate1       
respectively1 and as such shall be      
considered as part of the rules of each 
,house1 respectively1 or of that ,house 
to which it specifically applies1 and it
 supersedes other rules only to the     
extent that they are inconsistent       
therewith2 and  7#b7 with full          
recognition of the constitutional right 
of either ,house to change the rules 7so
 far as relating to the procedure of    
that ,house7 at any time1 in the same   

manner1 and to the same extent as in the
 case of any other rule of that ,house4 
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section1 the  
following definitions apply3  7#a7      
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given the term in section #eea of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,subpoena ,the term subpoena has the    
meaning given the term in ,rule ,,xi1   
clause #b7m77#a7 of the ,rules of the   
,house of ,representatives4  7#c7       
,regular appropriation bill ,the term   
regular appropriation bill means any    
annual appropriation bill which1 with   
respect to the ,congress involved1 is   
under the jurisdiction of a single      
subcommittee of the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives 7pursuant to the ,rules
 of the ,house of ,representatives for  
that ,congress7 and a single            
subcommittee of the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate 7pursuant
 to the ,standing ,rules of the         
,senate74  7g7 ,effective date ,this    

section shall take effect on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4