[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4947 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4947

    To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish additional 
     requirements regarding appointment of an independent counsel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 12, 1994

  Mr. Bryant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish additional 
     requirements regarding appointment of an independent counsel.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COMMUNICATION

    Section 593(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the second sentence the following: 
        ``In keeping with the purposes of this chapter, the division of 
        the court shall appoint as independent counsel an individual 
        who is without any real or apparent personal, financial, or 
        political conflict of interest.'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Any communication 
        with the division of the court or any member of such division 
        regarding the qualifications or suitability of an individual to 
        serve as independent counsel shall be made in writing. No 
        member of such division shall engage in oral communication 
        regarding such matters with any individual other than an 
        individual who is a member, or on the staff, of such division 
        or who is being considered for appointment as an independent 
        counsel. The division of the court shall make any such written 
        communication a part of the proceedings and available for 
        review by the public.
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