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An investigative committee headed by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., will publicly release contracts governing federal investments in several large financial institutions, a spokeswoman for the senator said Tuesday.

The senator intends to release the documents, consistent with Senate rules, after reviewing them for proprietary information, spokeswoman Tara Andringa said.

Levin's office said earlier that the documents wouldn't be released to the public.

Under threat of a subpoena, the U.S. Treasury Department has agreed to provide Levin with contracts related to government investments in American International Group Inc. (AIG), Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK), Citigroup Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley (MS), State Street Corp. (STT) and Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC).

Levin is chair of the Permanent Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, which investigates federal government activities.

Levin's office expects the contracts, related to capital injections made under the controversial $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, will be delivered this week.

The U.S. Treasury has so far provided a combined $185 billion in capital to the institutions.

-By Meena Thiruvengadam, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6629; meena.thiruvengadam@dowjones.com

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