Civil Contempt Reform Act - Requires that a witness who unjustly refuses to testify or provide information to a Federal court or grand jury be given a hearing before being found in contempt and confined. Entitles such a recalcitrant witness to counsel at such a contempt hearing. Limits imprisonment for contempt to six months.
Prohibits the fining or imprisonment of a witness for refusing to testify about any transaction or event if such witness has been fined or imprisoned for a previous refusal to testify about the same transaction or event.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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