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        <title>Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007</title>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 580.</text>
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        <title>H.R. 580, A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, USC, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a U.S. attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[For further action, see S.214, which became Public Law 110-34 on 6/14/2007.]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the federal judicial code to provide for a person appointed as U.S. attorney to serve until the earlier of: (1) the qualification of a U.S. attorney for such district appointed by the President (as under current law); or (2) the expiration of 120 days after appointment by the Attorney General. </p><p>Authorizes the U.S. district court for the particular district, if such a 120-day temporary appointment expires, to appoint a U.S. attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled.</p> <p>States that this Act is the exclusive means for appointing a person to perform temporarily the functions of a U.S. attorney for a district in which the office of a U.S. attorney is vacant.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 20, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the federal judicial code to provide for a person appointed as U.S. attorney to serve until the earlier of: (1) the qualification of a U.S. attorney for such district appointed by the President (as under current law); or (2) the expiration of 120 days after appointment by the Attorney General. </p> <p>Authorizes the U.S. district court for the particular district, if such a 120-day temporary appointment expires, to appoint a U.S. attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled.</p> <p>States that this Act is the exclusive means for appointing a person to perform temporarily the functions of a U.S. attorney for a district in which the office of a U.S. attorney is vacant.</p>]]></text>
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