HR 1357
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Special Counsel Reporting Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Special Counsel Reporting Act
This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed under Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.
Specifically, it establishes these requirements:
- a special counsel must report periodically on the status of an investigation;
- a special counsel who is removed from office must report on the status of an investigation, as of the date of dismissal; and
- DOJ must report on the status of an investigation following the removal of a special counsel.
The reports must be made publicly available.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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