[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 232 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 232

 To amend title 28, United States Code, to require prosecutors in the 
                  Department of Justice to be ethical.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. McDade 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 require prosecutors in the 
                  Department of Justice to be ethical.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ethical Standards for Federal 
Prosecutors Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 31 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
    ``(a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to State laws 
and rules, and local Federal court rules, governing attorneys in each 
State where such attorney engages in that attorney's duties, to the 
same extent and in the same manner as other attorneys in that State.
    ``(b) The Attorney General shall make and amend rules of the 
Department of Justice to assure compliance with this section.
    ``(c) As used in this section, the term `attorney for the 
Government' includes any attorney described in section 77.2(a) of part 
77 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government.''.
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