US Congress House Bill 5505 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 13 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-05-15 - ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lance asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5505, a bill originally introduced by Representative Dent of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act This bill 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. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-15	House	ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lance asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5505, a bill originally introduced by Representative Dent of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
2018-04-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2018-04-13	House	Introduced in House

HB5476 (Same As) 2018-04-11 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
SB2644 (Same As) 2018-04-26 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 393.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5505/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5505/BILLS-115hr5505ih.pdf