3.0.0 3851 2023-01-11T13:46:19Z 2023-01-11T13:46:19Z Senate S 2020-06-01 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-01T22:37:01Z 2020-06-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-06-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-06-01 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-06-01 True 2020-06-22 S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-06-01 True 2020-06-22 H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-06-01 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-06-25 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-06-25 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-06-25 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-07-02 False Government Operations and Politics Department of Justice Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Lawyers and legal services Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-01 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-07T19:33:42Z Blocking Appointees from Refusing Recusal Act or the BARR Act

This bill prohibits high-level appointees in the Department of Justice from participating in particular matters in which the President, a relative of the President, or an individual associated with the campaign of the President is a party.

]]> BARR Act Display Title BARR Act Short Title(s) as Introduced BARR Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Blocking Appointees from Refusing Recusal Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit high-level appointees in the Department of Justice from participating in particular matters in which the President, a relative of the President, or an individual associated with the campaign of the President is a party. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3851is/xml/BILLS-116s3851is.xml 2020-06-01 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.