,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eecc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,doggett 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,raskin1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1
 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4    
,gallego1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 and ,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require a report of any     
,special ,counsel who is removed from   
office1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,special ,counsel ,transparency ,act
 of #bjah4  #b4 ,report of a ,special   
,counsel who is removed from office  7a7
 ,periodic report of a ,special ,counsel
 to ,congress ,a person serving as a    
,special ,counsel appointed in          
accordance with part #fjj of title #bh  
of the ,code of ,federal ,regulations   
shall submit a report on the status of  
the investigation that person was       

appointed to undertake1 at such times   
and to the extent the ,special ,counsel 
determines appropriate1 but no later    
than at the conclusion of the           
investigation1 to--  7#a7 the ,committee
 on the ,judiciary of the ,house of     
,representatives2  7#b7 the ,committee  
on the ,judiciary of the ,senate2  7#c7 
the ,speaker of the ,house of           
,representatives2  7#d7 the minority    
leader of the ,house of                 
,representatives2  7#e7 the majority    
leader of the ,senate2 and  7#f7 the    
minority leader of the ,senate4  7b7    
,report of a ,special ,counsel who is   
removed from office ,if a person serving
 as a ,special ,counsel appointed in    
accordance with part #fjj of title #bh  
of the ,code of ,federal ,regulations is
 removed from such office1 that person  
shall1 not later than #b weeks after the
 date of such removal1 submit a report  
detailing the status1 as of the date of 
dismissal1 of the investigation that the
 person was appointed to undertake to-- 

7#a7 the ,committee on the ,judiciary of
 the ,house of ,representatives2  7#b7  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,senate2  7#c7 the ,speaker of the      
,house of ,representatives2  7#d7 the   
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives2  7#e7 the majority    
leader of the ,senate2 and  7#f7 the    
minority leader of the ,senate4  7c7    
,report of the ,attorney ,general ,if a 
person is removed from service as a     
,special ,counsel appointed in          
accordance with part #fjj of title #bh  
of the ,code of ,federal ,regulations1  
the ,attorney ,general or1 if the       
,attorney ,general is recused1 the next 
most senior official in the ,department 
of ,justice who is not also recused1    
shall1 not later than #b weeks after the
 date of such removal1 submit a report  
detailing the status1 as of the date of 
dismissal1 of the investigation that the
 person was appointed to undertake to-- 
7#a7 the ,committee on the ,judiciary of
 the ,house of ,representatives2  7#b7  

the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,senate2  7#c7 the ,speaker of the      
,house of ,representatives2  7#d7 the   
minority leader of the ,house of        
,representatives2  7#e7 the majority    
leader of the ,senate2 and  7#f7 the    
minority leader of the ,senate4  7d7    
,material ,to be included ,each report  
under this section shall include but not
 be limited to-- 7#a7 any evidence of   
criminal activity that implicates the   
,president1 any person within the       
,executive ,office of the ,president at 
the time of the report or at any time   
prior1 or any person appointed as an    
officer of the ,united ,states by the   
,president 7regardless of whether or not
 that person remained in office as of   
the date of this report71 including1    
notwithstanding ,rule #f of the ,federal
 ,rules of ,criminal ,procedure1 grand  
jury information 7as such term is       
defined in section #ccbb7;d7 of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code72 and  7#b7  
such other facts or matters as the      

,special ,counsel determines            
appropriate1 that the ,special ,counsel 
has become aware of in the course of the
 investigation4  7e7 ,exemption ,no     
information to be included in the       
reports under subsections 7a7 and 7b7   
may be withheld from ,congress on the   
grounds that such information is        
classified or otherwise protected by a  
statutory1 regulatory1 or ,congressional
 confidentiality provision4 ,disclosure 
of any information to ,congress made    
pursuant to this bill1 including        
classified information1 does not        
constitute a violation of ,federal law4