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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4324 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4324
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the
Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing
the Government.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026
Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the
Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing
the Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Prosecutorial Accountability
Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF SANCTIONED ATTORNEYS FROM REPRESENTING
THE GOVERNMENT.
Section 530B(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(1) The''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2)(A) The rules described in paragraph (1) shall provide for
barring an attorney for the Government from representing the Government
in court and filings for 1 year if a court has imposed sanctions under
rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the attorney.
``(B) The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department
of Justice shall carry out the rules described in subparagraph (A).''.
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