3.0.0 71 2022-11-01T13:49:21Z 2022-11-01T14:23:15Z Senate S 2019-01-09 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-09T22:24:12Z Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act 116 197 HR 2019-01-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2019-01-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-01-09 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2019-01-09 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-01-09 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-01-10 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-01-10 False Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Justice Evidence and witnesses Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Judicial review and appeals Supreme Court Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-01-25T15:37:27Z Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act

This bill codifies certain Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations that govern the appointment, oversight, and removal of a special counsel.

Additionally, the bill provides new statutory limitations and requirements with respect to the removal from office of a special counsel.

Finally, the bill requires DOJ to notify Congress when a special counsel is appointed, before a special counsel is removed, and after a special counsel's investigation concludes.

]]> Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act Display Title Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure independent investigations and judicial review of the removal of a special counsel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s71is/xml/BILLS-116s71is.xml 2019-01-09 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.