2 U.S.C. § 192 — Refusal of witness to testify or produce papers

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. (R.S. § 102; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942 .) Editorial Notes Codification R.S. § 102 derived from act Jan. 24, 1857, ch. 19, § 1, 11 Stat. 155 . Amendments 1938—Act June 22, 1938 , reenacted section without change.

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