[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 692 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 692

To amend the independent counsel provisions of title 28, United States 
 Code, to authorize the appointment of an independent counsel when the 
 Attorney General determines that Department of Justice employees have 
                      engaged in certain conduct.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the independent counsel provisions of title 28, United States 
 Code, to authorize the appointment of an independent counsel when the 
 Attorney General determines that Department of Justice employees have 
                      engaged in certain conduct.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.

    Section 592(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period 
at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; or'', and by adding 
after subparagraph (B) the following:
            ``(C) the Attorney General, upon completion of a 
        preliminary examination under this chapter, determines that 
        there are reasonable grounds to believe that--
                    ``(i) employees of the Department of Justice have 
                engaged in misconduct, criminal activity, corruption, 
                or fraud, and
                    ``(ii) further investigation is warranted.''.
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