,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #aig ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #c1 #bjai,mr4 ,nadler 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,clark of ,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,rush1 and ,ms4 ,titus7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to ensure independent investigations and judicial review of the removal of a special counsel1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,special ,counsel ,independence and ,integrity ,act4 #b4 ,limitation on removal of special counsel 7a7 ,in general ,a special counsel appointed by the ,attorney ,general1 or any other official appointed by the ,attorney ,general who exercises a similar degree of independence from the normal ,department of ,justice chain of command1 may be removed from office only by the personal action of an ,attorney ,general who has been confirmed by the ,senate1 or1 if the ,attorney ,general is recused from the matter1 the most senior ,department of ,justice official who has been confirmed by the ,senate and is not recused from the matter4 7b7 ,removal for cause ,a special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection 7a7 may be removed only for misconduct1 dereliction of duty1 incapacity1 conflict of interest1 or other good cause1 including violation of policies of the ,department of ,justice4 7c7 ,notice of removal 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,attorney ,general or other ,department of ,justice official described in subsection 7a71 as the case may be1 shall provide written notice to the special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection 7a7 of the specific reason or reasons for the removal4 7#b7 ,effective date of removal ,except as provided in subsection 7e71 removal under this section shall become effective on the date that is #aj days after the date on which the written notice was provided under paragraph 7#a74 7d7 ,timing ,not later than #aj days after the date on which written notice was provided under subsection 7c77#a71 the special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection 7a71 as the case may be1 may file an action challenging the removal in accordance with subsection 7e74 7e7 ,review 7#a7 ,in general ,an individual that received written notice under subsection 7c77#a7 may file an action in accordance with paragraph 7#b7 that the removal was in violation of this ,act4 7#b7 ,requirements ,any action filed under this subsection shall be heard and determined by a court of #c judges not later than #ad days after the date on which the action is filed in accordance with the provisions of section #bbhd of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 and any appeal shall lie to the ,supreme ,court4 7#c7 ,relief ,if a court determines that the removal of the individual who filed an action under this subsection violates this ,act1 the removal shall not take effect4 ,the court may also provide other appropriate relief4 7#d7 ,status during proceedings 7,a7 ,in general ,at the request of the individual who filed an action under this subsection1 the court shall determine whether the individual shall remain in office during the pendency of the action described in paragraph 7#b74 7,b7 ,preservation of materials ,during the pendency of an action filed under this subsection1 the staff1 documents1 and materials of the special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection 7a7 shall be preserved4 7,c7 ,limitation ,during the pendency of an action filed under this subsection1 a replacement for the special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection 7a7 who is challenging the removal shall not be designated4 7f7 ,effective date ,this ,act shall apply to any special counsel or other appointed official described in subsection 7a7 appointed on or after ,january #a1 #bjag4 7g7 ,severability ,if any provision of this ,act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional1 the remainder of this ,act and the application of the provisions of this ,act to any person or circumstance shall remain and shall not be affected thereby4