3.0.0 6929 2022-02-03T05:08:48Z 2022-02-03T05:08:48Z House H HR 2008-09-17 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-17T14:02:20Z 2008-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 N Law Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Constitution and constitutional amendments Government information and archives Lawyers and legal services Performance measurement Law 00 2008-09-17 Introduced in House 2008-11-06T22:34:42Z Office of Legal Counsel Reporting Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to require the Attorney General to report to Congress on certain authoritative Department of Justice legal interpretations (including those by the Office of Legal Counsel) submitted to the President, executive branch agency heads, or the Secretaries of the military departments about the constitutionality, non-application, or supersession of federal law.

Requires any qualified legal opinion issued to the President, any person or entity in the executive branch, or any member of the Armed Forces to be issued in writing, except when immediate action is required.

Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate and report to Congress on the performance of the Office of Legal Counsel during the 25-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act.

]]> Office of Legal Counsel Reporting Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Office of Legal Counsel Reporting Act of 2008 Display Title Office of Legal Counsel Reporting Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28 of the United States Code to require reporting on certain authoritative legal interpretations issued by the Department of Justice, including the Office of Legal Counsel, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6929ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6929ih.xml 2008-09-17 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.