[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1435 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1435

   To provide that covert investigative practices involving Federal 
  attorneys in criminal investigations and prosecutions shall not be 
considered dishonest, fraudulent, deceitful, or misrepresentative, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2001

 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that covert investigative practices involving Federal 
  attorneys in criminal investigations and prosecutions shall not be 
considered dishonest, fraudulent, deceitful, or misrepresentative, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Federal Investigation Enhancement 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. COVERT INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICES CONDUCTED BY FEDERAL ATTORNEYS.

    Section 530B(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence, ``Notwithstanding any provision of 
State law, including disciplinary rules, statutes, regulations, 
constitutional provisions, or case law, a Government attorney may, for 
the purpose of enforcing Federal law, provide legal advice, 
authorization, concurrence, direction or supervision on conducting 
covert activities, and participate in such activities, even though such 
activities may require the use of deceit or misrepresentation.''
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