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LegalText 2 U.S.C. § 192 Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers us united_states_code code_section 2 THE CONGRESS 6 CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS 192 2 U.S.C. § 192 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc02@119-100.zip /us/usc/t2/s192 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-02/usc02.xml efaa50b7c60c00c6b09dead757081c3134dabab373b4d74332452495b1f21851 ec6910a011de0a97d11b263bbcd649766188311e429ae6bdb5fc2cf5e6ebbb9e 60d206c55d9016f84e0b020dfe0d34317f328465e9e75ee8d09da049ac2e9d2d 2026-07-04 official
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2 U.S.C. § 192 - Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers

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Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.

(R.S. § 102; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 102 derived from act Jan. 24, 1857, ch. 19, § 1, 11 Stat. 155.

Amendments1938—Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without change.