[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1622 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1622

  To amend the independent counsel statute to permit appointees of an 
 independent counsel to receive travel reimbursements for successive 6-
                 month periods after 1 year of service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 1996

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the independent counsel statute to permit appointees of an 
 independent counsel to receive travel reimbursements for successive 6-
                 month periods after 1 year of service.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL STATUTE TO PROVIDE 
              CERTAIN TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 594(b)(3)(A) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended in the second sentence by--
            (1) striking ``by 6 months'' and inserting ``for successive 
        6-month periods''; and
            (2) inserting ``on each occasion'' after ``certifies''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to independent counsels and their appointees effective on or 
after December 31, 1995.
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