28 U.S.C. § 595 — Congressional oversight
submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-521 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 319 words · no verdicts yet
Congressional committees oversee the official conduct of independent counsels, who must cooperate and report annually. The Attorney General must answer certain public-case inquiries within 15 days, and independent counsels must tell the House about substantial, credible possible impeachment information.
(a) (1) The appropriate congressional committees oversee every independent counsel’s official conduct, and the counsel must cooperate. (2) Each counsel must report annually to Congress on activities and investigation or prosecution progress. The report may omit matters the counsel believes confidential but must justify office expenditures.
(b) Within 15 days after a committee with jurisdiction asks about a publicly known case, the Attorney General must state (1) when case information arrived; (2) whether a preliminary investigation is being conducted and its start date; and (3) whether an application for an independent counsel or notice that further investigation is unwarranted was filed with the court division and its filing date.
(c) An independent counsel must tell the House about substantial and credible information received while performing these duties that may be grounds for impeachment. This chapter and section 49 do not stop Congress or either House from obtaining information in an impeachment proceeding.
The appropriate committees of the Congress shall have oversight jurisdiction with respect to the official conduct of any independent counsel appointed under this chapter, and such independent counsel shall have the duty to cooperate with the exercise of such oversight jurisdiction.
An independent counsel appointed under this chapter shall submit to the Congress annually a report on the activities of the independent counsel, including a description of the progress of any investigation or prosecution conducted by the independent counsel. Such report may omit any matter that in the judgment of the independent counsel should be kept confidential, but shall provide information adequate to justify the expenditures that the office of the independent counsel has made.
Within 15 days after receiving an inquiry about a particular case under this chapter, which is a matter of public knowledge, from a committee of the Congress with jurisdiction over this chapter, the Attorney General shall provide the following information to that committee with respect to that case:
When the information about the case was received.
Whether a preliminary investigation is being conducted, and if so, the date it began.
Whether an application for the appointment of an independent counsel or a notification that further investigation is not warranted has been filed with the division of the court, and if so, the date of such filing.
An independent counsel shall advise the House of Representatives of any substantial and credible information which such independent counsel receives, in carrying out the independent counsel’s responsibilities under this chapter, that may constitute grounds for an impeachment. Nothing in this chapter or section 49 of this title shall prevent the Congress or either House thereof from obtaining information in the course of an impeachment proceeding.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 95–521, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1871; amended Pub. L. 97–409, § 2(a)(1), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2139; Pub. L. 100–191, § 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 103–270, § 3(g), June 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 734.)
- 1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-521 · 92 Stat. 1871
- 1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-409 · 96 Stat. 2139
- 1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-191 · 101 Stat. 1304
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-270 · 108 Stat. 734
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-521 on 1978-10-26.
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