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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed 

from office, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Counsel Re5 porting Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL WHO IS REMOVED 

2 FROM OFFICE. 

3 (a) PERIODIC REPORT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO

4 CONGRESS.—A person serving as a Special Counsel ap5 pointed in accordance with part 600 of title 28 of the Code 

6 of Federal Regulations shall submit a report on the status 

7 of the investigation that person was appointed to under8 take, at such times and to the extent the Special Counsel 

9 determines appropriate, but no later than at the conclu10 sion of the investigation, to— 

11 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

12 House of Representatives; 

13 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen14 ate; 

15 (3) the Speaker of the House of Representa16 tives; 

17 (4) the minority leader of the House of Rep18 resentatives; 

19 (5) the majority leader of the Senate; and 

20 (6) the minority leader of the Senate. 

21 (b) REPORT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL WHO IS RE22 MOVED FROM OFFICE.—If a person serving as a Special 

23 Counsel appointed in accordance with part 600 of title 28 

24 of the Code of Federal Regulations is removed from such 

25 office, that person shall, not later than 2 weeks after the 

26 date of such removal, submit a report detailing the status, 


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1 as of the date of dismissal, of the investigation that the 

2 person was appointed to undertake to— 

3 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

4 House of Representatives; 

5 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen6 ate; 

7 (3) the Speaker of the House of Representa8 tives; 

9 (4) the minority leader of the House of Rep10 resentatives; 

11 (5) the majority leader of the Senate; and 

12 (6) the minority leader of the Senate. 

13 (c) REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—If a per14 son is removed from service as a Special Counsel ap15 pointed in accordance with part 600 of title 28 of the Code 

16 of Federal Regulations, the Attorney General or, if the 

17 Attorney General is recused, the next most senior official 

18 in the Department of Justice who is not also recused, 

19 shall, not later than 2 weeks after the date of such re20 moval, submit a report detailing the status, as of the date 

21 of dismissal, of the investigation that the person was ap22 pointed to undertake to— 

23 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

24 House of Representatives; 


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1 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen2 ate; 

3 (3) the Speaker of the House of Representa4 tives; 

5 (4) the minority leader of the House of Rep6 resentatives; 

7 (5) the majority leader of the Senate; and 

8 (6) the minority leader of the Senate. 

9 (d) MATERIAL TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report 

10 under this section shall include but not be limited to— 

11 (1) any evidence of criminal activity that impli12 cates the President, any person within the Executive 

13 Office of the President at the time of the report or 

14 at any time prior, or any person appointed as an of15 ficer of the United States by the President (regard16 less of whether or not that person remained in office 

17 as of the date of this report), including, notwith18 standing Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal 

19 Procedure, grand jury information (as such term is 

20 defined in section 3322(d) of title 18, United States 

21 Code); 

22 (2) such other facts or matters as the Special 

23 Counsel determines appropriate, that the Special 

24 Counsel has become aware of in the course of the in25 vestigation; and 


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1 (3) include a summary of any conversation or 

2 action regarding the jurisdiction and scope of the in3 vestigation— 

4 (A) between the Special Counsel’s office 

5 and any officer or employee of the Department 

6 of Justice, the President, or any person within 

7 the Executive Office of the President; and 

8 (B) between any officer or employee of the 

9 Department of Justice and the Attorney Gen10 eral, the President, or any person within the 

11 Executive Office of the President. 

12 (e) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The reports re13 quired under this Act shall be submitted in unclassified 

14 form, and may include a classified annex if necessary. 

15 (f) PUBLICATION.—The unclassified form of a report 

16 under this Act shall be made available to the public on 

17 the date it is submitted to Congress. 

18 (g) EXEMPTION.—No information to be included in 

19 the reports under subsections (a) and (b) may be withheld 

20 from Congress on the grounds that such information is 

21 classified or otherwise protected by a statutory, regu22 latory, or Congressional confidentiality provision. Disclo23 sure of any information to Congress made pursuant to this 


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1 bill, including classified information, does not constitute 

2 a violation of Federal law. 

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