House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing.
Sponsor: Rep. Mo Brooks R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2458.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3990):Article I, Section 8. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper . . .Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 80 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2458, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
735103ed56fdd1dbb454eab5550373d5985e61364aca77b5d6844d137de6b395
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 30 Republicans
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Tom Rice (R-SC), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Jason Smith (R-MO), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mo Brooks.
- H.R. 3625 (113th) To provide for termination liability costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 94 (113th) Making continuing appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 757 (113th) Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their…
- H.R. 1128 (113th) Protecting U.S. Missile Defense Information Act of 2013
- H.R. 2099 (113th) To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.
- H.R. 5023 (113th) VALUES Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.