28 USC § 599 - Termination of effect of chapter

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title: "28 USC § 599 - Termination of effect of chapter"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "599"
section_name: "Termination of effect of chapter"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "INDEPENDENT COUNSEL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–191, § 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1306; amended Pub. L. 103–270, § 2, June 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 732.)"
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# § 599. Termination of effect of chapter

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–191, § 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1306; amended Pub. L. 103–270, § 2, June 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 732.)

## Editorial Notes

### 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 , which was approved .

### Amendments

1994— substituted “1994” for “1987”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable with respect to independent counsels appointed before, on, or after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .