,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ad1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,moulton introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit politically        
motivated prosecutions and              
investigations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,anti-,interference in 
,referrals for ,justice ,act or the     
,,fair ,justice ,act4  #b4 ,prohibited  
prosecutions  7a7 ,in general ,chapter  
#aa of ,part ,i of title #ah1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after section #bbg the following3       
#bbg;,a4 ,politically motivated         
prosecutions and investigations  7a7    
,prohibition ,it shall be unlawful for  
any covered person knowingly to request1
 directly or indirectly1 any officer or 
employee of the ,department of ,justice 
to conduct a criminal prosecution or    
other investigation of any particular   

individual1 if the request is           
selectively made solely for a political 
purpose4  7b7 ,reporting ,it shall be   
unlawful for any officer or employee of 
the ,department of ,justice knowingly to
 fail to report the receipt of any      
request prohibited1 or reasonably       
believed to be prohibited1 by subsection
 7a7 to the ,inspector ,general of the  
,department of ,justice within #de days 
of such request being made4  7c7        
,penalty ,whoever violates subsection   
7a7 or 7b7 shall be fined under this    
title1 imprisoned not more than #e      
years1 or both4  7d7 ,covered person    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered person means-- 7#a7 the         
,president1 the ,vice ,president1 any   
employee of the executive office of the 
,president1 and any employee of the     
executive office of the ,vice           
,president2 and  7#b7 any individual    
7other than the ,attorney ,general7     
serving in a position specified in      
section #ecab of title #e1 ,united      

,states ,code4  4  7b7 ,clerical        
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #aa of part ,i of title #ah1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #bbg3  #bbg;,a4 ,politically    
motivated prosecutions4  4