3.0.0 6508 2021-09-29T17:20:23Z 2021-09-29T17:20:23Z House H HR 2008-07-16 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-07-16T14:01:25Z 2008-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-07-16 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2008-07-16 True S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2008-07-16 True P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2008-07-16 True M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2008-07-17 False K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2008-07-23 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2008-07-30 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2008-07-30 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2008-07-30 False L000480 Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NITA LOWEY D NY M. 18 2008-07-30 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2008-07-30 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2008-07-30 False Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2008-07-30 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2008-07-31 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2008-07-31 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-09-09 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-09-09 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2008-09-09 False Crime and Law Enforcement Congress Congressional hearings Congressional investigations Congressional witnesses Congressional-executive relations Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Federal employees Federal officials Government Operations and Politics House of Representatives Law Removal of officials Special prosecutors Subpoena Supreme Court Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-07-16 Introduced in House 2008-08-23T14:31:48Z Special Criminal Contempt of Congress Procedures Act of 2008 - Establishes alternate procedures for the prosecution of current or former officers or employees of the executive branch found in contempt of Congress for refusal to testify or produce documents in response to a congressional subpoena.

Establishes a Special Division of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear such criminal contempt cases. Requires the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court to designate three judges or justices, one of whom shall be an active judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to serve on the Special Division. Requires the Special Division to appoint a special advocate to serve as the prosecuting attorney in criminal contempt cases after the Attorney General declines to present such cases to a grand jury. Grants full power and independent authority to the special advocate to exercise all prosecutorial functions and powers.

Sets forth provisions for the removal of the special advocate and the termination of the special advocate's authority.

Makes this Act effective on January 20, 2009.

]]> Special Criminal Contempt of Congress Procedures Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Special Criminal Contempt of Congress Procedures Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To provide an alternate procedure for the prosecution of certain criminal contempts referred for prosecution by the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. Display Title Special Criminal Contempt of Congress Procedures Act of 2008 Introduced in House 2008-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6508ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6508ih.xml 2008-07-16 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.