2 U.S.C. § 288k : US Code - Section 288K: Attorney General relieved of responsibility

Search 2 U.S.C. § 288k : US Code - Section 288K: Attorney General relieved of responsibility

(a) Upon receipt of written notice that the Counsel has
undertaken, pursuant to section 288c(a) of this title, to perform
any representational service with respect to any designated party
in any action or proceeding pending or to be instituted, the
Attorney General shall - 
(1) be relieved of any responsibility with respect to such
representational service;
(2) have no authority to perform such service in such action or
proceeding except at the request or with the approval of the
Senate; and
(3) transfer all materials relevant to the representation
authorized under section 288c(a) of this title to the Counsel,
except that nothing in this subsection shall limit any right of
the Attorney General under existing law to intervene or appear as
amicus curiae in such action or proceeding.
(b) The Attorney General shall notify Counsel as required by
section 530D of title 28.