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answer shall plainly and concisely state the facts and law 3 constituting the defense of the public officer or employee to 4 the charges in said report, and, except for those parts thereof 5 which the court determines to have been inserted scandal6 ously, prejudiciously, or unnecessarily, such answer shall become an appendix to the report.

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"(3) Upon the expiration of the time set forth in para9 graph (1) of subsection (c) of this section, the United States 10 attorney shall deliver a true copy of such report, and the 11 appendix, if any, for appropriate action to each public officer or body having jurisdiction, responsibility or authority over

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13 each public officer or employee named in the report.

14 "(d) Upon the submission of a report pursuant to sub15 section (a) of this section, if the court finds that the filing of 16 such report as a public record may prejudice fair considera17 tion of a pending criminal matter, it shall order such report 18 sealed and such report shall not be subject to subpena or 19 public inspection during the pendency of such criminal

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"(e) Whenever the court to which a report is sub

22 mitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this 23 section is not satisfied that the report complies with the pro24 visions of subsection (b) of this section, it may direct that

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1 additional testimony be taken before the same grand jury, 2 or it shall make an order sealing such report, and it shall 3 not be filed as a public record, subject to subpena or other4 wise made public until the provisions of subsection (b) of 5 this section are met. A special grand jury term may extend 6 beyond thirty-six months in order that such additional testi7 mony may be taken or the provisions of subsection (b) of 8 this section may be met.

9 "(f) As used in this section, 'public officer or employee' 10 means any officer or employee of the United States, any 11 State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 12 Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, or 13 any political subdivision, or any department, agency, or 14 instrumentality thereof.

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"The provisions of chapter 215, title 18, United States 17 Code, and the Federal Rules of Criminal procedure appli18 cable to regular grand juries shall apply to special grand 19 juries to the extent not inconsistent with sections 3331, 3332, 20 or 3333 of this chapter.

21 (b) The table of contents of part II, title 18, United 22 States Code, is amended by adding immediately after

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"216. Special Grand Jury.

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SEC. 102. (a) Subsection (a), section 3500, chapter

2 223, title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

3 "to an agent of the Government" following "the defendant". (b) Subsection (d), section 3500, chapter 223, title 18,

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5 United States Code, is amended by striking "paragraph" 6 following "the court under" and inserting in lieu thereof 7 "subsection".

8 (c) Paragraph (1), subsection (e), section 3500, 9 chapter 223, title 18, United States Code, is amended by 10 striking the "or" following the semicolon.

11 (d) Paragraph (2), subsection (e), section 3500, 12 chapter 223, title 18, United States Code, is amended by 13 striking "to an agent of the Government" after "said 14 witness" and by striking the period at the end thereof and 15 inserting in lieu thereof: “; or (3) a statement, however 16 taken or recorded, or a transcription thereof, if any, made 17 by said witness to a grand jury.".

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TITLE II-GENERAL IMMUNITY

SEC. 201. (a) Title 18, United States Code, is amended

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"As used in this part

“(1) ‘agency of the United States' means any executive department (as defined in 80 Stat. 948; 80 Stat. 378 (5 U.S.C. sec. 101)), a military department

(as defined in 80 Stat. 378 (5 U.S.C. sec. 102)), the Atomic Energy Commission, the China Trade Act registrar appointed under 53 Stat. 1432 (15 U.S.C. sec. 143), the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance 11 Corporation, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Na

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tional Labor Relations Board, the National Transporta

tion Safety Board, the Railroad Retirement Board, an arbitration board established under 48 Stat. 1193 (45

U.S.C. sec. 157), the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Subversive Activities Control Board, or a board established under 49 Stat. 31 (15 U.S.C. sec.

715d);

"(2) 'other information' includes any book, paper, document, record, recording, or other material;

“(3) 'proceeding before an agency of the United

States' means any proceeding before such an agency

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and to take testimony or receive other information from

witnesses under oath; and

"(4) 'court of the United States' means any of the following courts: the Supreme Court of the United

States, a United States court of appeals, a United
States district court established under chapter 5, title

28, United States Code, the District Court of Guam,
the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United
States Court of Claims, the United States Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals, the Tax Court of the
United States, the Customs Court, and the Court of
Military Appeals.

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"Whenever a witness refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other infor16 mation in a proceeding before or ancillary to—

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"(1) a court or grand jury of the United States, "(2) an agency of the United States, or

"(3) either House of Congress, a joint committee of

the two Houses, or a committee or a subcommittee of

either House,

and the person presiding over the proceeding communicates

to the witness an order issued under this part, the witness

may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his

privilege against self-incrimination. No such testimony or

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