[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 794 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 794

        To repeal the law establishing the independent counsel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1999

   Mr. Hastings of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
        To repeal the law establishing the independent counsel.

    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 ``Repeal the Independent Counsel Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL.

    Chapter 40 of title 28, United States Code, is repealed.

SEC. 3. INDEPENDENT COUNSELS IN OFFICE.

    Any independent counsel appointed under section 593 of title 28, 
United States Code, who is in office on the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall within 60 days of such date--
            (1) transfer any matter under investigation by such counsel 
        and any records related to such matter to the Attorney General;
            (2) file with the division of the court which appointed 
        such counsel a report of the type required by section 
        594(h)(1)(B) of such title and file with the Congress a report 
        of the type required by section 595(a)(2) of such title; and
            (3) transfer all other records created or received by such 
        counsel to the Archivist of the United States in accordance 
        with the procedures and requirements set out in section 
        594(k)(1).

SEC. 4. DIVISION OF THE COURT; ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES.

    With respect to the report filed under section 3(2), the division 
of the court which received the report may make the disclosure 
authorized by section 594(h)(2) of such title and with respect to the 
records transferred under section 3(3), the Archivist of the United 
States may maintain, use, and dispose of such records in accordance 
with section 594(k)(2) of such title.
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