3.0.0 1741 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 2017-08-03T17:30:38Z Special Counsel Integrity Act 115 3771 HR 2017-12-14 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cohen asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3771, a bill originally introduced by Representative Conyers, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. 11:27:52 Identical bill CRS Special Counsel Integrity Act 115 4669 HR 2018-03-21 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Cohen. Petition No: 115-8. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0008.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 T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 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 2017-11-06T21:01:27Z Special Counsel Integrity Act

This bill sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the discipline or removal from office of a special counsel appointed under Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.

Specifically, a special counsel may be disciplined or removed only by the personal action of an Attorney General who has been confirmed by the Senate. If the Attorney General is recused from the matter, then a special counsel may be disciplined or removed by the most senior DOJ official who has been confirmed by the Senate and is not recused from the matter.

A special counsel: (1) may only be removed for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause, including violation of DOJ policies; (2) must be informed in writing of the specific reason for the removal; and (3) may file an action for judicial review of the removal.

]]> Special Counsel Integrity Act Display Title Special Counsel Integrity Act Short Titles as Introduced Special Counsel Integrity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure independent investigations by allowing judicial review of 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-115s1741is/xml/BILLS-115s1741is.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.