[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR600.8]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
    CHAPTER VI--OFFICES OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 600--GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 600.8  Notification and reports by the Special Counsel.

    (a) Budget. (1) A Special Counsel shall be provided all appropriate 
resources by the Department of Justice. Within the first 60 days of his 
or her appointment, the Special Counsel shall develop a proposed budget 
for the current fiscal year with the assistance of the Justice 
Management Division for the Attorney General's review and approval. 
Based on the proposal, the Attorney General shall establish a budget for 
the operations of the Special Counsel. The budget shall include a 
request for assignment of personnel, with a description of the 
qualifications needed.
    (2) Thereafter, 90 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, 
the Special Counsel shall report to the Attorney General the status of 
the investigation, and provide a budget request for the following year. 
The Attorney General shall determine whether the investigation should 
continue and, if so, establish the budget for the next year.
    (b) Notification of significant events. The Special Counsel shall 
notify the Attorney General of events in the course of his or her 
investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with 
respect to Urgent Reports.
    (c) Closing documentation. At the conclusion of the Special 
Counsel's work, he or she shall provide the Attorney General with a 
confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions 
reached by the Special Counsel.