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H.R. 3654: Special Counsel Independence Protection Act

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H.R. 3654: Special Counsel Independence Protection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-08-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Jackson Lee. Petition No: 115-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0009.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-08-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Jackson Lee. Petition No: 115-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/115/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0009.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Special Counsel Independence Protection Act

Plain summary

Special Counsel Independence Protection 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 individual may be removed only if: (1) the Attorney General files an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and files a contemporaneous notice of the action with Congress; and (2) the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issues an order finding misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause, including violation of DOJ policies.

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Official text

Special Counsel Independence Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 153 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark Takano (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and 93 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3654 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115