,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aceg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjai,mr4 ,doggett 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4            
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4       
,de,fazio1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mrs4        
,dingell1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4     
,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4        
,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,pallone1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,welch1
 and ,mr4 ,garamendi7 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 ,reporting ,act4  
#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  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 investigation2  
and  7#c7 include a summary of any      
conversation or action regarding the    
jurisdiction and scope of the           
investigation--  7,a7 between the       
,special ,counsel's office and any      
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,justice1 the ,president1 or any     
person within the ,executive ,office of 
the ,president2 and  7,b7 between any   
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,justice and the ,attorney ,general1 
the ,president1 or any person within the
 ,executive ,office of the ,president4  
7e7 ,classified information ,the reports
 required under this ,act shall be      
submitted in unclassified form1 and may 
include a classified annex if necessary4

  7f7 ,publication ,the unclassified    
form of a report under this ,act shall  
be made available to the public on the  
date it is submitted to ,congress4  7g7 
,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