Case law governing the Speedy Trial Act is found in West's Federal Practice Digest 3d, Criminal Law, at Key Numbers 577.1-586. The legislative history is found in S. Rep. No. 1021, 93d Cong., 2d Sess. (1974); H.R. Rep. No. 1508, 93d Cong., 2d Sess., reprinted in 1974 U.S. Code. Cong. and Ad. News 7401; S. Rep. No. 212, 96th Cong., 1st Sess. (1979); H.R. Rep. No. 390, 96th Cong., 1st Sess., reprinted in 1979 U.S. Code Cong. and Ad. News 805. These reports are contained in a one-volume legislative history of the Act, prepared by the Federal Judicial Center, which was previously distributed to all United States Attorneys' Offices.
Letter from Bruce McWilliams to Irwin Schiff regarding this issue
