HOUSE 1357116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Special Counsel Reporting Act
- Last Action
- 2/26/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-26Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-02-26Introduced in House
- 2019-02-26Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-26 (00)
Special Counsel Reporting Act
This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed under Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.
Specifically, it establishes these requirements:
- a special counsel must report periodically on the status of an investigation;
- a special counsel who is removed from office must report on the status of an investigation, as of the date of dismissal; and
- DOJ must report on the status of an investigation following the removal of a special counsel.
The reports must be made publicly available.
Cosponsors (20)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Karen Bass (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- FRANK PALLONE (D-NJ)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Justice
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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