28 U.S.C. § 599
Section 599 · Termination of effect of chapter
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Morrison v. Olson (1988)
Most recently applied in 269 F. Supp. 2d 1024 - Tucker v. United States (June 2003)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
This chapter shall cease to be effective five years after the date of the enactment of the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994, except that this chapter shall continue in effect with respect to then pending matters before an independent counsel that in the judgment of such counsel require such continuation until that independent counsel determines such matters have been completed.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
The date of the enactment of the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 103–270, which was approved June 30, 1994.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–270 substituted “1994” for “1987”.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–270 applicable with respect to independent counsels appointed before, on, or after June 30, 1994, see section 7(a) of Pub. L. 103–270, set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 591 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Dec. 15, 1987, see section 6 of Pub. L. 100–191, set out as a note under section 591 of this title.