and Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
"CHAPTER VI--OFFICES OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PART 600--GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL"
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/28cfr600_03.html"§ 600.8 Notification and reports by the
Special Counsel.
. . .
(c) Closing documentation. At the conclusion
of the Special Counsel’s work,
he or she shall provide the Attorney
General with a confidential report explaining
the prosecution or declination
decisions reached by the Special Counsel."Interesting that Ken Starr did something else entirely. Maybe that's why everyone has different expectations today.
Former HJC Chair Elizabeth Holtzman discusses Starr's report
in a chat transcript that's interesting to read for perspective and for other reasons:
http://www.time.com/time/community/transcripts/chattr091498.html"And the original law simply required the special prosecutor to turn over information, and not to write a report."
A brief wikipedia article on the law:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_prosecutor