A bill to amend section 1505 of title 18 of the United States Code relating to congressional investigations.

Provides that whoever as an officer of the United States or of any department or agency thereof causes or attempts to cause a witness, who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or an officer or employee of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, to be demoted, dismissed, retired, or otherwise disciplined on account of his attending or having attended any inquiry or investigation being had by either House, or any committee of either House, or any joint committee of the Congress, or on account of his testifying or having testified to any matter pending therein, or on account of his testimony on any matter pending therein, unless such testimony discloses misfeasance, malfeasance, dereliction of duty, or past reprehensible conduct on the part of such witness, and then only after all applicable appeals of the officer or employee to the Civil Service Commission have been exhausted, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1505)