[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1357 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1357
To require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed from office,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2019
Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Bass, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms.
Judy Chu of California, Mr. Connolly, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Demings, Mrs.
Dingell, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jayapal, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Pallone, Ms. Titus, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed from office,
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 ``Special Counsel Reporting Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL WHO IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
(a) Periodic Report of a Special Counsel to Congress.--A person
serving as a Special Counsel appointed in accordance with part 600 of
title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall submit a report on
the status of the investigation that person was appointed to undertake,
at such times and to the extent the Special Counsel determines
appropriate, but no later than at the conclusion of the investigation,
to--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(5) the majority leader of the Senate; and
(6) the minority leader of the Senate.
(b) Report of a Special Counsel Who Is Removed From Office.--If a
person serving as a Special Counsel appointed in accordance with part
600 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations is removed from such
office, that person shall, not later than 2 weeks after the date of
such removal, submit a report detailing the status, as of the date of
dismissal, of the investigation that the person was appointed to
undertake to--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(5) the majority leader of the Senate; and
(6) the minority leader of the Senate.
(c) Report of the Attorney General.--If a person is removed from
service as a Special Counsel appointed in accordance with part 600 of
title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Attorney General or,
if the Attorney General is recused, the next most senior official in
the Department of Justice who is not also recused, shall, not later
than 2 weeks after the date of such removal, submit a report detailing
the status, as of the date of dismissal, of the investigation that the
person was appointed to undertake to--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(5) the majority leader of the Senate; and
(6) the minority leader of the Senate.
(d) Material To Be Included.--Each report under this section shall
include but not be limited to--
(1) any evidence of criminal activity that implicates the
President, any person within the Executive Office of the
President at the time of the report or at any time prior, or
any person appointed as an officer of the United States by the
President (regardless of whether or not that person remained in
office as of the date of this report), including,
notwithstanding Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure, grand jury information (as such term is defined in
section 3322(d) of title 18, United States Code);
(2) such other facts or matters as the Special Counsel
determines appropriate, that the Special Counsel has become
aware of in the course of the investigation; and
(3) include a summary of any conversation or action
regarding the jurisdiction and scope of the investigation--
(A) between the Special Counsel's office and any
officer or employee of the Department of Justice, the
President, or any person within the Executive Office of
the President; and
(B) between any officer or employee of the
Department of Justice and the Attorney General, the
President, or any person within the Executive Office of
the President.
(e) Classified Information.--The reports required under this Act
shall be submitted in unclassified form, and may include a classified
annex if necessary.
(f) Publication.--The unclassified form of a report under this Act
shall be made available to the public on the date it is submitted to
Congress.
(g) Exemption.--No information to be included in the reports under
subsections (a) and (b) may be withheld from Congress on the grounds
that such information is classified or otherwise protected by a
statutory, regulatory, or Congressional confidentiality provision.
Disclosure of any information to Congress made pursuant to this bill,
including classified information, does not constitute a violation of
Federal law.
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