AEI-Brookings Project on the Independent Counsel Statute

Archived Project. No new entries have been made since June 30, 1999.

At the initiative of former Senator leaders George Mitchell and Bob Dole, the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution undertook a major project to examine the country's experience under the Independent Counsel Act. On May 18, 1999, the Project issued a report with bipartisan recommendations to Congress and the Attorney General. On June 11, 1999, Senators Dole and Mitchell testified in the House about the Project's recommendations. On June 30, 1999, the Attorney General issued regulations to replace the Independent Counsel Act, which sunsetted that day.

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September 15, 1999
Attorney General's Special Counsel Regulations
Testimony before House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Committee on the Judiciary

May 18, 1999
Report and Recommendations(pdf—183kb)
Press Event Transcript

June 11, 1999
Oversight Hearing
The Reauthorization of the Independent Counsel Statute

June 30, 1999
Justice Department Regulations
Analysis || Regulation text

Project Resources
Selected materials on the Independent Counsel Act
Background: The Genesis of the Independent Counsel Statute Appointment of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal Selected Bibliography 28 U.S Code Sec. 591-99 The independent counsel act which expired June 30, 1999 28 C.F.R. Part 600 (1987) Former Department of Justice regulations rescinded on June 30, 1999. Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Independent Counsel Act CRS REPORTS: Independent Counsel Provisions: An Overview of the Operation of the Law (March 20, 1998) Independent Counsel Statute: Considerations in the Decision on Reauthorization (March 15, 1999) Independent Counsels Appointed Under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, Costs and Results of Investigations (April 12, 1999) Chart of Investigations: Extracted from CRS report (April 12, 1999)	United States Senate: Hearings on the Future of the Independent Counsel Act Committee on Governmental Affairs Part I: February 24, 1999 Chairman Thompson Senator Collins Senator Lieberman Senator Levin Senator Akaka Part II: March 3, 1999 Part III: March 17, 1999 Chairman Thompson Part IV: March 24, 1999 Part V: April 14, 1999 U.S. House of Representatives: Hearings and Justice Department Letter Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial & Administrative Law HEARING: March 2, 1999 HEARING: March 10, 1999 HEARING: June 11, 1999 Dole/Mitchell Prepared Statement Congressman Gekas Letter from the Justice Department to Chairman George Gekas, April 13, 1999 (addressing how the Justice Department plans to handle matters currently covered by the Act)

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