3.0.0 3848 2023-01-11T20:23:56Z 2023-01-11T20:23:56Z House H HR 2007-10-16 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-16T13:00:50Z Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 110 1845 S 2007-10-23 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438. Related bill CRS 2007-10-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-10-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2007-10-16 True S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2007-10-16 True Law Attorneys general Cabinet officers Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional reporting requirements Congressional-executive relations Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Department of Justice Executive Office of the President Federal employees Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Presidential aides Vice Presidents Law 00 2007-10-16 Introduced in House 2007-11-21T16:44:38Z Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 - Defines "covered communication" as any communication relating to an ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) civil or criminal investigation (regardless of whether a civil or criminal indictment or information has been filed). Excludes from such definition any communication relating to policy appointments, legislation, rulemaking, budgets, public relations, programmatic matters, intergovernmental relations, administrative or personnel matters, appellate litigation, or requests for legal advice.

Defines "covered Department of Justice officer" as the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Associate Attorney General. Defines "covered White House officer" as the President, the Vice-President, the Counsel to the President, and the Counselor to the President.

Requires the Attorney General to submit semi-annual reports to the Judiciary Committees of Congress listing the name and title of each DOJ officer or employee who made a covered communication with any officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President in the previous six-month period. Requires the Counsel to the President to make the same semi-annual reports listing the name and title of each officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President who made a covered communication with any DOJ officer or employee. Allows the exclusion of covered DOJ and White House officers from such reports.

]]> Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To provide for a reporting requirement regarding communications between the Department of Justice and the White House relating to civil and criminal investigations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-10-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3848ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3848ih.xml 2007-10-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.