3.0.0 1735 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z Senate S 2017-08-03 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2017-09-26T14:00:34Z Referred to 2017-08-03T15:02:29Z Special Counsel Independence Protection Act 115 3654 HR 2018-03-22 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Jackson Lee. Petition No: 115-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0009.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Identical bill CRS 2017-09-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2017-08-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-08-03 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-08-03 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-08-03 True Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Justice Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Judicial review and appeals Supreme Court Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-06T20:31:51Z Special Counsel Independence Protection Act

This bill sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the removal from office of a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General, or of another official appointed by the Attorney General who exercises a similar degree of independence from the Department of Justice (DOJ) chain of command.

Specifically, a special counsel or other appointed individual may be removed only if: (1) the Attorney General files an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and files a contemporaneous notice of the action with Congress; and (2) the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issues an order finding misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause, including violation of DOJ policies.

]]> Special Counsel Independence Protection Act Display Title Special Counsel Independence Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Special Counsel Independence Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit the removal of a special counsel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1735is/xml/BILLS-115s1735is.xml 2017-09-26 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. 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.