3.0.0 977 2023-01-11T19:45:26Z 2023-01-11T19:45:26Z Senate S S 2007-03-23 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-23T16:10:25Z 2007-03-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Criminal investigation Department of Justice Discrimination Government Operations and Politics Law Legal ethics Prosecution Public prosecutors Special prosecutors Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-06T18:02:10Z Furthering the Independence of Federal Prosecutors Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to one year for intentionally coercing, pressuring, or attempting to influence the decision of a U.S. attorney to conduct a criminal investigation or pursue a prosecution of any person based upon that person's race, sex, national origin, political activities, or political beliefs. Requires the appointment of a special prosecutor for enforcement of this Act.

Prohibits a federal government attorney, in determining whether to prosecute or take other action against an individual in a criminal matter, from considering: (1) the race, religion, sex, national origin, or political association, activities or beliefs of such individual; (2) the personal feelings of such attorney concerning such individual, the associates of such individual, or the victim; or (3) the possible effect of a decision on the professional or personal circumstances of such attorney.

]]> Furthering the Independence of Federal Prosecutors Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure United States attorneys are able to act impartially, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Furthering the Independence of Federal Prosecutors Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Furthering the Independence of Federal Prosecutors Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s977is/xml/BILLS-110s977is.xml 2007-03-23 Read twice and referred to the 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.