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HR 943 106th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Governmental investigations Indictments Law Legal fees Misconduct in office Public corruption Special prosecutors

To reimburse an individual who is the subject of an independent counsel's investigation and is indicted but found not guilty for attorneys' fees.

Introduced: March 2, 1999 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 24, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Mar 2, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 2, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the independent counsel statute to authorize the reimbursement for reasonable attorney's fees of an individual who is indicted pursuant to an independent counsel's investigation but found not guilty.
What's happening now September 24, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 13, 1999
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 2, 1999
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 2, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 943: To reimburse an individual who is the subject of an independent counsel's investigation and is indicted but found not guilty for attorneys' fees.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-943/
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"H.R. 943: To reimburse an individual who is the subject of an independent counsel's investigation and is indicted but found not guilty for attorneys' fees.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-943/.
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H.R. 943, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-943/.
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