3.0.0 1712 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z Senate S S 2003-10-03 108 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-03T15:16:35Z 2003-10-03 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12453-12458) IntroReferral 2003-10-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12452-12453) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. N L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-10-03 True Crime and Law Enforcement Appellate courts Conflict of interests Congressional investigations Criminal investigation Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Evidence (Law) Federal employees Federal officials Frivolous lawsuits Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Grand jury Impeachments Judges Judicial tenure Law Lawyers Legal ethics Misconduct in office Obstruction of justice Perjury Pleas (Criminal procedure) Prosecution Self-incrimination Special prosecutors Subpoena Term limits Transfer of employees Vice Presidents Witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2003-10-03 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-22T18:10:03Z Independent Counsel Reform Act of 2003 - Rewrites the Independent Counsel (IC) statute to: (1) limit application of the statute to the President, Vice President, Level I positions of the Executive Schedule (Cabinet members, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board), and the President's Chief of Staff; (2) expand to 120 days the period of time in which the Attorney General must conduct a preliminary investigation; (3) authorize the Attorney General to convene grand juries and issue subpoenas in a preliminary investigation; (4) heighten the evidentiary threshold for seeking appointment of an IC from "reasonable" to "substantial" grounds; (5) require the IC to serve on a full-time basis; (6) limit the scope of inquiry to matters "directly" related to the IC's prosecutorial jurisdiction; (7) delete provisions authorizing expansion of the IC's prosecutorial jurisdiction; (8) require the IC to submit a budget for each year to the Attorney General and the General Accounting Office; (9) require the courts of the United States to expedite consideration and review of matters relating to an IC's investigation and prosecution; (10) delete the requirement directing an IC to advise the House of Representatives of any information that may support impeachment; and (11) terminate an IC's term at the end of two years after appointment, with the possibility of an extension for good cause or to compensate for dilatory tactics.

Amends the Federal judicial code to: (1) extend to three years the period of service of judges assigned to the division of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that appoints ICs; and (2) require the Chief Justice to assign three judges for such division by a lottery of all circuit court judges.]]>

Independent Counsel Reform Act of 2003 Display Title Independent Counsel Reform Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to re-establish and reform the independent counsel statute. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Independent Counsel Reform Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-03T04:00:00Z 2003-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12453-12458) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.