INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
(Dollars in thousands)
  SALARIES AND EXPENSES
  Pos. FTE Amount
       
2006 Enacted (with Rescissions) 0 0 9,500
       
2007 President's Budget (Information Only) 0 0 9,500
       
2007 Estimate* 0 0 9,500
       
2008 Request 0 0 9,500
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate 0 0 0
       
* The Department of Justice 2008 budget request was built on a starting point that recognized progress in enacting the FY 2007 appropriation. The starting point used (referred to throughout this document as the "Estimate") is the average of the Senate Committee and House passed marks, less one percent, unless noted otherwise.

 

INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in thousands)
  2007 Estimate 2008 Current Services 2008 Request Total Program Changes
Comparison by activity and program Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount
 
1. Independent Counsel 0 0 $ 9,500 0 0 $ 9,500 0 0 $ 9,500 0 0 $ 0
 
Grand Total 0 0 9,500 0 0 9,500 0 0 9,500 0 0 0
 
Independent Counsel investigations were authorized by Congress in the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. The authorization expired December 15, 1992, five years after the enactment of the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1987. However, the provisions of the chapter remained in effect for ongoing investigations. In June 1994, the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994 was signed into law. On June 30, 1999, the Reauthorization Act of 1994 expired and to-date there has been no reauthorization. The provisions of the chapter remain in effect for ongoing investigations.