A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that any Member who has been convicted of crime and sentenced to two or more years in prison and who has exhausted all appeals of such conviction shall refrain from participation in any business of the House.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

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15 January 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Summary

Amends rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives (Code of Official Conduct) to require that any Member who has been convicted of a crime and sentenced to two or more years in prison and whose conviction is final shall refrain from participation in any business of the House until after the completion of all prison terms and payment of all fines resulting from such conviction.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-resolution/27
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/hres/27