Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 595 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 595 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 95-521, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92
Stat. 1871; amended Pub. L. 97-409, Sec. 2(a)(1), Jan. 3, 1983, 96
Stat. 2139; Pub. L. 100-191, Sec. 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1304;
Pub. L. 103-270, Sec. 3(g), June 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 734.)
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-270 substituted "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" for "such statements or reports on the activities of such
independent counsel as the independent counsel considers
appropriate".
1987 - Pub. L. 100-191 amended section generally, substituting
subsecs. (a) to (c) relating to congressional oversight for former
subsecs. (a) to (e) relating to reporting and congressional
oversight.
1983 - Pub. L. 97-409, Sec. 2(a)(1), substituted "independent
counsel" for "special prosecutor" and "independent counsel's" for
"special prosecutor's" wherever appearing.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT; TRANSITION PROVISIONS
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-270 applicable with respect to
independent counsels appointed before, on, or after June 30, 1994,
with transition provision relating to reporting requirements
established or modified by Pub. L. 103-270, see section 7(a), (g)
of Pub. L. 103-270, set out as a note under section 591 of this
title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1987 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 100-191 effective Dec. 15, 1987, and
applicable to proceedings initiated and independent counsels
appointed on and after Dec. 15, 1987, see section 6 of Pub. L. 100-
191, set out as a note under section 591 of this title.