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.
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CHAPTER 6— CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
§ 190. Repealed. S. Res. 4, § 301(b),
§§ 190a to 190a–2. Repealed. S. Res. 274, § 2(a),
§ 190a–3. Repealed. S. Res. 9, § 2,
§§ 190b, 190c. Repealed. S. Res. 274, § 2(a),
§ 190d. Legislative review by standing committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives
§ 190f. General appropriation bills
§ 190g. Nonconsideration of certain private bills and resolutions
§ 190h. Repealed. S. Res. 9, § 2,
§§ 190i to 190k. Repealed. S. Res. 274, § 2(b),
§ 190l. Private claims pending before Congress; taking of testimony
§ 190m. Subpoena for taking testimony; compensation of officers and witnesses; return of depositions
§ 192. Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers
§ 194. Certification of failure to testify or produce; grand jury action
§ 195. Fees of witnesses in District of Columbia
§ 196. Senate resolutions for investigations; limit of cost