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18 U.S.C. § 6005 — Congressional proceedings
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**(a)** In the case of any individual who has been or may be called to testify or provide other information at any proceeding before or ancillary to either House of Congress, or any committee, or any subcommittee of either House, or any joint committee of the two Houses, a United States district court shall issue, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, upon the request of a duly authorized representative of the House of Congress or the committee concerned, an order requiring such individual to give testimony or provide other information which he refuses to give or provide on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, such order to become effective as provided in [section 6002 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section6002&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Before issuing an order under subsection (a) of this section, a United States district court shall find that—
(1) in the case of a proceeding before or ancillary to either House of Congress, the request for such an order has been approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Members present of that House;
(2) in the case of a proceeding before or ancillary to a committee or a subcommittee of either House of Congress or a joint committee of both Houses, the request for such an order has been approved by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the full committee; and
(3) ten days or more prior to the day on which the request for such an order was made, the Attorney General was served with notice of an intention to request the order.
**(c)** Upon application of the Attorney General, the United States district court shall defer the issuance of any order under subsection (a) of this section for such period, not longer than twenty d
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**(a)** In the case of any individual who has been or may be called to testify or provide other information at any proceeding before or ancillary to either House of Congress, or any committee, or any subcommittee of either House, or any joint committee of the two Houses, a United States district court shall issue, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, upon the request of a duly authorized representative of the House of Congress or the committee concerned, an order requiring such individual to give testimony or provide other information which he refuses to give or provide on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, such order to become effective as provided in [section 6002 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section6002&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Before issuing an order under subsection (a) of this section, a United States district court shall find that—
(1) in the case of a proceeding before or ancillary to either House of Congress, the request for such an order has been approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Members present of that House;
(2) in the case of a proceeding before or ancillary to a committee or a subcommittee of either House of Congress or a joint committee of both Houses, the request for such an order has been approved by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the full committee; and
(3) ten days or more prior to the day on which the request for such an order was made, the Attorney General was served with notice of an intention to request the order.
**(c)** Upon application of the Attorney General, the United States district court shall defer the issuance of any order under subsection (a) of this section for such period, not longer than twenty days from the date of the request for such order, as the Attorney General may specify.
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Whenever a witness refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other information in a proceeding before or ancillary to—
(1) a court or grand jury of the United States,
(2) an agency of the United States, or
(3) either House of Congress, a joint committee of the two Houses, or a committee or a subcommittee of either House,
and the person presiding over the proceeding communicates to the witness an order issued under this title, the witness may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination; but no testimony or other information compelled under the order (or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information) may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order.
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When directed to do so pursuant to [section 288b(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section288b/d&num=0&edition=prelim), the Counsel shall serve as the duly authorized representative of the Senate or a committee or subcommittee of the Senate in requesting a United States district court to issue an order granting immunity pursuant to [section 6005 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section6005&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 6003
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘under this title’’
for ‘‘under this part’’ in concluding provisions.
§ 6003. Court and grand jury proceedings
(a) In the case of any individual who has been
or may be called to testify or provide other in-
formation at any proceeding before or ancillary
to a court of the United States or a grand jury
of the United States, the United States district
court for the judicial district in which the pro-
ceeding is or may be held shall issue, in accord-
ance with subsection (b) of this section, upon
the request of the United States attorney for
such district, an order requiring such individual
to give testimony or provide other information
which he refuses to give or provide on the basis
of his privilege against self-incrimination, such
order to become effective as provided in section
6002 of this title.
(b) A United States attorney may, with the ap-
proval of the Attorney General, the Deputy At-
torney General, the Associate Attorney General,
or any designated Assistant Attorney General or
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, request an
order under subsection (a) of this section when
in his judgment—
(1) the testimony or other information from
such individual may be necessary to the public
interest; and
(2) such individual has refused or is likely to
refuse to testify or provide other information
on the basis of his privilege against self-in-
crimination.
(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title II, § 201(a), Oct. 15,
1970, 84 Stat. 927; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title
VII, § 7020(e), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4396; Pub. L.
103–322, title XXXIII, § 330013(4), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 2146.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L.
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