Sec. 9. Notification and reports by the special counsel
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A Special Counsel shall be provided all appropriate resources by the Department of Justice. Within the first 60 days of 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.
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. The Special Counsel shall notify the Attorney General of events in the course of the investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with respect to Urgent Reports.
At the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s work, the Special Counsel shall provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.