stantially impairs the performance of that special 
counsel’s duties. 
(2) REPORT
UPON
REMOVAL.—If a special 
counsel is removed from office, the Attorney General 
shall promptly submit to the Special Division and to 
Congress a report specifying the facts found and the 
ultimate grounds for the removal. 
(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF REMOVAL.—A special 
counsel removed from office may obtain judicial re-
view of the removal in a civil action. The Special Di-
vision may not hear or determine any appeal of a de-
cision in any such civil action. The special counsel 
may be reinstated or granted other appropriate relief 
by order of the court. 
(4) APPOINTMENT
OF
REPLACEMENT.—Upon 
removal of a special counsel, the Special Division 
shall appoint a similarly qualified individual to con-
tinue the functions of the special counsel. 
(e) TERMINATION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL’S AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the special 
counsel shall cease 2 years after the date of the spe-
cial counsel’s appointment, but the Special Division 
may extend that authority for an additional period 
not to exceed one year, if the Special Division finds 
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good cause to do so. Good cause to do so includes 
that the investigation or prosecution undertaken by 
the special counsel has been delayed by dilatory tac-
tics by persons who could provide evidence that 
would significantly assist the investigation or pros-
ecution, and also includes the need to allow the spe-
cial counsel to participate in any appellate pro-
ceedings related to prosecutions engaged in by the 
special counsel. 
(2) TERMINATION BY COURT.—The Special Di-
vision, either on the Special Division’s own motion 
or upon the request of the Attorney General, may 
terminate an office of special counsel at any time, on 
the ground that the investigation of all matters with-
in the prosecutorial jurisdiction of such special coun-
sel, and any resulting prosecutions, have been com-
pleted or so substantially completed that it would be 
appropriate for the Department of Justice to com-
plete such investigations and prosecutions. 
SEC. 203. INCREASE IN PENALTY FOR CONTEMPT OF CON-
GRESS. 
Section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (2 U.S.C. 192) is amended by striking ‘‘deemed’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘twelve months’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not 
more than 2 years, or both’’. 
SEC. 204. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE 
TO ENFORCE CITATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 9B(a) of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol 
Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1967(a)), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) within any area, to enforce a citation 
issued with respect to a violation of section 102 of 
the Revised Statutes of the United States which re-
lates to the House of Representatives, or any cita-
tion issued with respect to a resolution adopted by 
the House citing a person for contempt of the 
House.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to citations issued 
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on or after the expiration of the 90-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 205. COLLECTION OF PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON PERSONS 
CITED FOR CONTEMPT OF HOUSE. 
(a) CIVIL ACTION.—If the House of Representatives 
adopts a resolution citing a person for contempt of the 
House, the House may commence a civil action to collect 
a monetary penalty from the person if the House by subse-
quent resolution authorizes the commencement of that 
civil action. 
(b) REPRESENTATION BY GENERAL COUNSEL.—Un-
less the House otherwise provides, the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel of the House of Representatives shall rep-
resent the House in the civil action. 
(c) PERSONAL JURISDICTION.—Personal jurisdiction 
of the court over a defendant in a civil action under this 
section extends outside the territorial jurisdiction of the 
court if the claim— 
(1) arose out of conduct by the defendant— 
(A) within that territorial jurisdiction; or 
(B) causing any injury, including informa-
tional injury to the right of the House to make 
an investigation, within that territorial jurisdic-
tion; or 
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(2) otherwise has a reasonable relationship to 
contacts of the defendant with the territorial juris-
diction. 
(d) EXPEDITION OF TRIAL AND APPELLATE PRO-
CEEDINGS.—The court shall hear and determine a civil ac-
tion under this section as expeditiously as possible, and 
to the maximum extent practicable during the Congress 
in which the action is commenced. Any appellate pro-
ceedings relating to such a civil action shall similarly be 
expedited to assure to the extent possible that the matter 
is fully resolved during the Congress in which the action 
was commenced. 
SEC. 206. NO EFFECT OF EXPIRATION OF CONGRESS ON 
PENDING ACTIONS. 
Any civil action commenced by the House of Rep-
resentatives pursuant to this title, and the authority of 
the Office of the General Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives with respect to the action, shall not be ren-
dered moot or otherwise affected as the result of the expi-
ration of the Congress in which the House commenced the 
action. 
TITLE III—PRESIDENTIAL 
SIGNING STATEMENTS 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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