; and (10) consulting with the United States attorney for the district in which any violation of law with respect to which the Special Counsel is appointed was alleged to have occurred. 3. Congressional oversight (a) Oversight of conduct of independent counsel (1) Congressional oversight The appropriate committees of the Congress shall have oversight jurisdiction with respect to the official conduct of any Special Counsel appointed under section 2, and such Special Counsel shall have the duty to cooperate with the exercise of such oversight jurisdiction. (2) Reports to congress The Special Counsel appointed under section 2 shall submit to the Congress annually a report on the activities of the Special Counsel, including a description of the progress of any investigation or prosecution conducted by the Special Counsel. Such report may omit any matter that in the judgment of the Special Counsel should be kept confidential, but shall provide information adequate to justify the expenditures that the Special Counsel has made. (b) Oversight of conduct of attorney general Within 15 days after receiving an inquiry about a particular case under this Act, which is a matter of public knowledge, from a committee of the Congress with jurisdiction over this Act, the Attorney General shall provide the following information to that committee with respect to that case: (1) When the information about the case was received. (2) Whether a preliminary investigation is being conducted, and if so, the date it began. (c) Information relating to impeachment The Special Counsel shall advise the House of Representatives of any substantial and credible information which such Special Counsel receives, in carrying out the Special Counsel’s responsibilities under this Act that may constitute grounds for an impeachment. Nothing in this Act or section 49 of title 28, United States Code, shall prevent the Congress or either House thereof from obtaining information in the course of an impeachment proceeding. 4. Definition In this Act, the term