[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1697 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1697

To amend the independent counsel statute to require that an individual 
   appointed to be an independent counsel must agree to suspend any 
      outside legal work or affiliation with a law firm until the 
        individual's service as independent counsel is complete.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 1996

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. Dorgan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the independent counsel statute to require that an individual 
   appointed to be an independent counsel must agree to suspend any 
      outside legal work or affiliation with a law firm until the 
        individual's service as independent counsel is complete.

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

SECTION 1. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR INDEPENDENT COUNSELS.

    Paragraph (1) of section 594(j) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Restrictions on employment while independent counsel 
        and appointees are serving.--(A) During the period in which an 
        independent counsel is serving under this chapter, the 
        independent counsel shall not--
                    ``(i) engage in any legal work other than as 
                required for service under this chapter; or
                    ``(ii) receive any compensation for affiliating 
                with or being employed by an entity that provides 
                professional legal services.
            ``(B) During the period in which an independent counsel is 
        serving under this chapter, any person associated with a firm 
        with which such independent counsel is associated, may not 
        represent in any matter any person involved in any 
        investigation or prosecution under this chapter. During the 
        period in which any person appointed by an independent counsel 
        under subsection (c) is serving in the office of independent 
        counsel, such person may not represent in any matter any person 
        involved in any investigation or prosecution under this 
        chapter.''.
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