3.0.0 236 2022-11-01T14:47:38Z 2022-11-01T14:47:38Z Senate S 2019-01-28 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-28T21:00:48Z Special Counsel Transparency Act 116 1356 HR 2019-02-26 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2019-01-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-01-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2019-01-28 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2019-03-12 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-03-12 False Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Constitution and constitutional amendments Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Justice Evidence and witnesses Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-01-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-20T13:59:47Z Special Counsel Transparency Act

This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Specifically, it requires a special counsel to submit a report, within 30 days, to DOJ and Congress (1) at the conclusion of an investigation; or (2) when the special counsel is removed from office, transferred within DOJ, or resigns before the completion of the investigation. The report must include the factual findings of the investigation and significant expenditures, explain prosecutorial decisions, and be made publicly available.

Additionally, a special counsel must submit periodic reports to DOJ and Congress on budgetary requirements and expenditures, personnel, and performance statistics.

Finally, the bill requires DOJ to notify Congress when a special counsel is removed or transferred.

]]> Special Counsel Transparency Act Display Title Special Counsel Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Special Counsel Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a Special Counsel report, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s236is/xml/BILLS-116s236is.xml 2019-01-28 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.