[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5961 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5961

    To provide for reports by the President relating to pardons and 
            reprieves granted to executive branch officials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2006

  Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
  Waxman, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Corrine 
   Brown of Florida, Mr. Schiff, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. 
   DeFazio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for reports by the President relating to pardons and 
            reprieves granted to executive branch officials.

    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 ``Integrity and Accountability in 
Administration Pardons Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) It is in the best interest of Congress and the American 
        public to be informed when the President has exercised 
        constitutional authority to issue pardons, particularly with 
        respect to former and current executive branch officials.
            (2) Requiring disclosure of when such pardons are issued, 
        the nature of the offense, and the circumstances surrounding 
        the pardon would not infringe on the pardon power.
            (3) This Act is not intended to and does not intrude upon 
        the President's constitutional authority to issue pardons.

SEC. 3. PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS ON PARDONS OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after an individual who is 
or was an executive branch official receives a pardon or reprieve from 
the President, the President shall report to Congress--
            (1) the name and position of the individual who received 
        the pardon or reprieve;
            (2) the nature of the offense involved;
            (3) the date of the pardon or reprieve;
            (4) the effect of the pardon or reprieve on imprisonment 
        for an existing conviction, if the offense pardoned was one for 
        which a conviction occurred;
            (5) whether the individual was involved in any on-going 
        criminal or civil investigation;
            (6) whether the President sought the recommendation of the 
        lead Federal official who investigated or is investigating the 
        individual as to the positive or negative implications of the 
        pardon or reprieve and the nature of that official's 
        recommendation; and
            (7) whether the lead Federal official who investigated or 
        is investigating the individual believes or has reason to 
        believe that the pardon or reprieve would interfere with an on-
        going investigation and what impact the pardon or reprieve had 
        on any on-going investigations into possible misconduct by the 
        president, vice president, or other officials within the 
        Administration.
    (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``executive 
branch official'', as used with respect to a President, means any 
individual who serves in the executive branch as an employee (within 
the meaning of section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) at any time 
during the term of office (including any previous term of office) of 
such President.
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