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“PETITIONS, ETC.” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5023 on July 18, 2016.
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PETITIONS, ETC.
Under clause 3 of rule XII,
76. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen of Austin, Texas, relative to urging the Congress to enact legislation that would establish an Office of Congressional Independent Counsel within the legislative branch of government to conduct investigations into alleged criminal conduct within the executive and judicial branches and to publicly make recommendations to the Department of Justice whether or not to proceed with prosecution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
