[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3851 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3851

  To prohibit high-level appointees in the Department of Justice from 
participating in particular matters in which the President, a relative 
of the President, or an individual associated with the campaign of the 
                         President is a party.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 1, 2020

 Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
   Merkley, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Hirono) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit high-level appointees in the Department of Justice from 
participating in particular matters in which the President, a relative 
of the President, or an individual associated with the campaign of the 
                         President is a party.

    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 ``Blocking Appointees from Refusing 
Recusal Act'' or the ``BARR Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON HIGH-LEVEL APPOINTEES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              JUSTICE PARTICIPATING IN PARTICULAR MATTERS IN WHICH THE 
              PRESIDENT, A RELATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT, OR AN INDIVIDUAL 
              ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAMPAIGN OF THE PRESIDENT IS A PARTY.

    No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Department of 
Justice by any Act of Congress for any fiscal year, may be used for any 
participation by an officer or employee of the Department of Justice 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, or by a United States attorney appointed by the Attorney 
General under section 546 of title 28, United States Code, in any 
particular matter (as defined in section 207(i) of title 18, United 
States Code) involving a specific party who is--
            (1) the President who appointed the officer or employee;
            (2) a relative (as defined in section 3110 of title 5, 
        United States Code) of the President who appointed the officer 
        or employee; or
            (3) a current or former agent or official of a campaign for 
        elected office of the President who appointed the officer or 
        employee.
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