Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994

Summary

Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to reauthorize the independent counsel law for an additional five years. Directs: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide administrative support and guidance to each independent counsel; and (2) the Administrator of General Services to provide office space for each independent counsel. Requires an independent counsel to: (1) conduct all activities with due regard for expense, authorize only reasonable and lawful expenditures, and (promptly upon taking office) assign to a specific employee the duty of certifying that expenditures of the independent counsel are reasonable and made in accordance with law; and (2) comply with the established policies of the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding expenditures of funds, except to the extent that compliance would be inconsistent with the purposes of the Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) independent counsel per diem expenses; (2) independent counsel employee pay comparability; (3) ethics enforcement; (4) compliance with DOJ policies; (5) publication of reports; (6) annual reports to the Congress; (7) periodic reappointment of independent counsel; and (8) audits by the Comptroller General. Authorizes the Attorney General to conduct a preliminary investigation upon the receipt of information sufficient to constitute grounds to investigate whether a Member of Congress may have violated any Federal criminal law, other than a violation classified as a Class B or C misdemeanor or an infraction, when the Attorney General determines that it would be in the public interest.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 February 1994

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 6 August 1993

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 6 August 1993

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 6 August 1993

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 February 1993

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 February 1993

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 February 1993

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