[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2083 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2083

  To provide for the appointment by the Attorney General of a special 
 counsel when investigation or prosecution of a person by an office or 
    official of the Department of Justice may result in a personal, 
             financial, or political conflict of interest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the appointment by the Attorney General of a special 
 counsel when investigation or prosecution of a person by an office or 
    official of the Department of Justice may result in a personal, 
             financial, or political conflict of interest.

    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 ``Special Counsel Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.

    (a) Appointment.--Upon a determination of the Attorney General 
that--
            (1) the investigation or prosecution of any person for an 
        alleged violation of Federal criminal law by any office or 
        official of the Department of Justice may result in a personal, 
        financial, or political conflict of interest, and
            (2) it is in the public interest for the Attorney General 
        to resolve any such conflict of interest by appointing a 
        special counsel to head a temporary Office of Special Counsel 
        within the Department of Justice,
the Attorney General may appoint a counsel to head such Office.
    (b) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall issue (and may amend 
from time to time thereafter) regulations to--
            (1) govern the conduct of any investigation or prosecution 
        by a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General under 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) to provide that the special counsel may be removed from 
        office only by the personal action of the Attorney General and 
        only for good cause.
The first regulations under this subsection shall be issued and made 
effective no later than 90 days from the date of enactment of this Act.
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