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28 U.S.C. § 598 — Severability
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidation.
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidation.
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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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**(a) Preliminary Investigation With Respect to Certain Covered Persons.—** The Attorney General shall conduct a preliminary investigation in accordance with section 592 whenever the Attorney General receives information sufficient to constitute grounds to investigate whether any person described in subsection (b) may have violated any Federal criminal law other than a violation classified as a Class B or C misdemeanor or an infraction.
**(b) Persons to Whom Subsection (a) Applies.—** The persons referred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) the President and Vice President;
(2) any individual serving in a position listed in [section 5312 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5312&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) any individual working in the Executive Office of the President who is compensated at a rate of pay at or above level II of the Executive Schedule under [section 5313 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5313&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) any Assistant Attorney General and any individual working in the Department of Justice who is compensated at a rate of pay at or above level III of the Executive Schedule under [section 5314 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5314&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) the Director of Central Intelligence, the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
(6) the chairman and treasurer of the principal national campaign committee seeking the election or reelection of the President, and any officer of that committee exercising authority at the national level, during the incumbency of the President; and
(7) any individual who held an office or position described i
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 599A
1 So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives’’.
2 See References in Text note below.
3 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
4 So in original. Probably should be title ‘‘5’’.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1987—Pub. L. 100–191 amended section generally, sub-
stituting provisions relating to relationship with De-
partment of Justice for substantially similar provi-
sions.
1983—Pub. L. 97–409, § 2(a)(1)(A), substituted ‘‘inde-
pendent counsel’’ for ‘‘special prosecutor’’ wherever ap-
pearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1987 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–191 effective Dec. 15, 1987,
and applicable to proceedings initiated and independent
counsels appointed on and after Dec. 15, 1987, see sec-
tion 6 of Pub. L. 100–191, set out as a note under section
591 of this title.
§ 598. Severability
If any provision of this chapter or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and
the application of such provision to other per-
sons not similarly situated or to other cir-
cumstances shall not be affected by such invali-
dation.
(Added Pub. L. 95–521, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 26,
1978, 92 Stat. 1873; amended Pub. L. 97–409,
§§ 2(a)(1)(A), 7, Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2039, 2042;
Pub. L. 100–191, § 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1306.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1987—Pub. L. 100–191 amended section generally, sub-
stituting provisions relating to severability for provi-
sions relating to termination of chapter. See section
599 of this title.
1983—Pub. L. 97–409, §§ 2(a)(1)(A), 7, substituted ref-
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