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House Bill 3654
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Special Counsel Independence Protection Act
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H. R. 3654 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3654


To limit the removal of a special counsel, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 15, 2017

Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To limit the removal of a special counsel, 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 Independence Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. Limitation on removal of special counsel.

(a) In general.—A special counsel appointed by the Attorney General, or any other official appointed by the Attorney General who exercises a similar degree of independence from the normal Department of Justice chain of command, may only be removed if the Attorney General files an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and files a contemporaneous notice of the action with the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

(b) Requirement.—Any action filed under subsection (a) shall be heard and determined by a court of 3 judges in accordance with the provisions of section 2284 of title 28, United States Code, and any appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court.

(c) Removal for cause.—A special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection (a) may be removed only after the court has issued an order finding misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause, including violation of policies of the Department of Justice.