[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3664 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3664

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may 
      only be removed for certain causes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 22, 2017

Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, 
 Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Butterfield, 
Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Lee, and Mr. Hastings) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 provide that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may 
      only be removed for certain causes, 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. REMOVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
              INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Removal for Cause.--Section 1101(b) of title VI of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The President may only 
remove the Director for--
            ``(1) a violation of a code of conduct or ethics policy of 
        the Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation;
            ``(2) being convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor;
            ``(3) misappropriation of money or property under the 
        official control of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
            ``(4) making a false statement related to official duties 
        with intent to mislead; or
            ``(5) other good cause.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, without regard 
to the date of appointment.
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