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      "id": 102453,
      "date": "1999-05-11",
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      "title": "Justice Department Ethics: Legislative Activity in the 106th Congress",
      "summary": "Three bills have been introduced in the Senate that focus on issues of federal prosecutorial ethics\naddressed in the Citizens Protection Act (McDade-Murtha) enacted as part of the omnibus\nappropriations package on October 21, 1998 (\u00bf801 of  P.L. 105-277 ) and effective six months\nthereafter. The McDade-Murtha provision requires Justice Department litigators to abide by the\nethical standards of the states and local federal courts where they conduct their activities. One of the\nbills,  S. 755  (introduced by Senator Hatch), would have simply delayed the effective date\nof the McDade-Murtha provision an additional six months. The other two bills,  S. 250 \n(also offered by Senator Hatch) and  S. 855  (introduced by Senator Leahy), repeal\nMcDade-Murtha.  S. 855  replaces it with a call for a \"no contact\" standard applicable\nto Justice Department litigators and promulgated as an amendment to the federal rules of civil and\ncriminal procedure.  S. 250  permits the Attorney General to release Department\nlitigators from otherwise applicable ethical standards that interfere with the effectuation of federal law\nor policy. \n  In related developments, on March 24, 1999, Senate Thurmond presided over a hearing of the\nSenate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight dealing with the effect of state ethics\nrules on federal law enforcement. The Justice Department issued interim regulations implementing\nMcDade-Murtha on April 20, 1999, 64  Fed.Reg.  19273.\n  This is a sketch of  S. 250  and of  S. 855  as well as the issues they\naddress. A more extensive examination of those issues and citations for the authorities discussed here\nappear in  Justice Department Ethics and Section 801 of the Omnibus Appropriations Law for\nFiscal\nYear 1999 ,  CRS Report RL30060(pdf) , (abridged as  Justice Department Ethics and the\nMcDade-Murtha\nCitizens Protection Act ,  CRS Report RS20064(pdf) ).",
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