Independent Counsel Reform Act of 1997

Summary

Independent Counsel Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act to revise the provision regarding preliminary investigation by the Attorney General of any covered person to include investigation by the Attorney General of any such person who may have violated any provision of: (1) the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974, as amended; (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, as amended; or (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, as amended. Authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary of either House of the Congress to petition the division of the court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit assigned for the purpose of appointing independent counsels to appoint an independent counsel under specified circumstances. Requires the division of the court, upon receipt of a congressional application, to appoint an independent counsel and define that independent counsel's prosecutorial jurisdiction upon a determination by such division that the Attorney General's failure to appoint an independent counsel is an abuse of discretion.

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (text)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 25 July 1997

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 25 July 1997

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 July 1997

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