,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aiae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjai,mr4 ,whitehouse 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,blumenthal1 and ,ms4 ,harris7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require the recording and reporting 
of communications between the           
,department of ,justice and the ,white  
,house relating to civil and criminal   
investigations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,security from ,political       
,interference in ,justice ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 
the term communications log means the   
log required to be maintained under     
section #c7;a72  7#b7 the term covered  
communication--  7,a7 means any         
communication relating to an ongoing    
investigation conducted by the          
,department of ,justice in any civil or 
criminal matter 7regardless of whether a

 civil action or criminal indictment or 
information has been filed72 and  7,b7  
does not include a communication that-- 
7i7 relates solely to policy1           
appointments1 legislation1 rulemaking1  
budgets1 public relations1 programmatic 
matters1 intergovernmental relations1   
administrative or personnel matters1    
appellate litigation1 or requests for   
legal advice2 and  7ii7 does not relate 
to an ongoing investigation described in
 subparagraph 7,a72 and  7#c7 the term  
investigative office means--  7,a7 the  
,office of the ,inspector ,general of   
the ,department of ,justice2 and  7,b7  
the ,office of ,professional            
,responsibility of the ,department of   
,justice4  #c4 ,communications logs  7a7
 ,in general ,the ,counsel to the       
,president and the ,attorney ,general   
shall each maintain a log of any covered
 communication between--  7#a7 an       
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,justice2 and  7#b7 an officer or    
employee of the ,executive ,office of   

the ,president4  7b7 ,contents ,a       
communications log shall include1 with  
respect to a covered communication--    
7#a7 the name and title of each officer 
or employee of the ,department of       
,justice or the ,executive ,office of   
the ,president who participated in the  
covered communication2  7#b7 the topic  
of the covered communication2 and  7#c7 
a statement describing the purpose and  
necessity of the covered communication4 
7c7 ,oversight  7#a7 ,periodic          
disclosure of logs  7,a7 ,in general    
,subject to subparagraph 7,b71 not later
 than ,january #cj and ,july #cj of each
 year1 the ,attorney ,general shall     
submit to ,congress and each            
investigative office a report containing
 the communications log for the #f-month
 period preceding that ,january or      
,july4  7,b7 ,records of certain        
communications  7i7 ,in general ,the    
,attorney ,general shall exclude from   
the report submitted to ,congress under 
subparagraph 7,a7 any record of a       

covered communication in which any of   
the following officials participated3   
7,i7 ,the ,president4  7,,ii7 ,the ,vice
 ,president4  7,,iii7 ,the ,counsel to  
the ,president4  7,,iv7 ,the ,counselor 
to the ,president4  7,v7 ,the ,attorney 
,general4  7,,vi7 ,the ,deputy ,attorney
 ,general4  7,,vii7 ,the ,associate     
,attorney ,general4  7ii7 ,rule of      
construction ,the exclusion of certain  
records under clause 7i7 from the report
 to ,congress under subparagraph 7,a7   
shall not be construed to--  7,i7       
exclude those records from the report to
 the investigative offices under        
subparagraph 7,a7 or the review and     
notice requirements under paragraph     
7#b72 or  7,,ii7 protect those records  
from congressional subpoena4  7#b7      
,notice of inappropriate or improper    
communications ,the head of an          
investigative office shall--  7,a7      
review each communications log received 
under paragraph 7#a77;,a72 and  7,b7    
notify ,congress if the office head     

determines that a covered communication 
described in the communications log--   
7i7 is inappropriate from a law         
enforcement perspective2 or  7ii7 raises
 concerns about improper political      
interference4