A bill to confer jurisdiction upon the District Courts of the United States over certain civil actions brought by the Congress.
Gives the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia original jurisdiction, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy, of any civil action heretofore or hereafter brought by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, which was created on February 7, 1973, to enforce or secure a declaration concerning the validity of any subpoena or order heretofore or hereafter issued by said Committee to the President or the Vice President or any other officer of the United States or any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States to procure the production before the said Committee of any information, documents, taped recordings, or other materials relevant to matters the said Committee is authorized to investigate, and the said District Court shall have jurisdiction to enter any such judgment or decree in any such civil action as may be necessary or appropriate to enforce obedience to any such subpoena or order.
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary, H. Rept. 93-661.
Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary, H. Rept. 93-661.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House.
Measure passed House.
Measure presented to President.
Measure presented to President.
Sent to Archivist of the United States unsigned.
Sent to Archivist of the United States unsigned.
Public law 93-190.
Enacted as Public Law 93-190
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Public law 93-190.