US Congress House Bill 197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 127-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the removal from office of a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General, or of another official appointed by the Attorney General who exercises a similar degree of independence from the Department of Justice (DOJ) chain of command. Specifically, a special counsel or other appointed official may only be removed by the Attorney General or the most senior Senate-confirmed DOJ official, in certain circumstances; may only be removed for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause; must be provided written notice that specifies the reason for removal; and may file an action to challenge the removal not later than 10 days after notice was provided.

Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

SB71 (Related) 2019-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/197/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr197/BILLS-116hr197ih.pdf