McDade Bill Enacted in 1998 Over Fierce Justice Department Opposition - Text of Federal Statute 28 U.S.C. Section 530B Requiring U.S. Attorneys and Independent Counsel to Comply with Same Bar Association Rules as Other Attorneys in Any State
The following is the text of the MCDade Bill, enacted in 1998 over fierce Justice Department opposition, 28 U.S.C. § 530B, requiring U.S. Attorneys and Independent Counsel and their subordinate attorneys and staff to comply with the same state and local statutes and rules (essentially ethical standards) applicable to other attorneys in the state:
(a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to State laws and rules, and local Federal court rules, governing attorneys in each State where such attorney engages in that attorney's duties, to the same extent and in the same manner as other attorneys in that State.
(b) The Attorney General shall make and amend rules of the Department of Justice to assure compliance with this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term attorney for the Government' includes any attorney described in section 77.2(a) of part 77 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations and also includes any independent counsel, or employee of such a counsel, appointed under chapter 40 [et seq.].
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: [Statute was enacted on 10/21/98]
[end of 28 USC 530B]