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H.R. 5481 (111th)

To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.

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Introduced

8 June 2010

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.

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Summary

Authorizes the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, and other documents. Requires the Commission, in the case of contumacy of any person issued a subpoena or refusal by such person to comply with the subpoena, to request the Attorney General to seek enforcement of the subpoena in any U.S. district court for a district in which a person issued a subpoena under this Act resides, is served, or may be found, or where the subpoena is returnable. Deems failure to obey an order requiring the subpoenaed person to appear at any designated place to testify or produce documentary or other evidence to be contempt of court.

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