Administrative Conference of the United States 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold a meeting to consider five proposed recommendations and to conduct other business. This meeting will be open to the public.

The Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States is issuing these Revised Model Rules for Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act. These Revised Model Rules update the uniform procedures for the submission and consideration of applications for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act that were last issued in 1986. These Revised Model Rules reflect, among other things, amendments to the Act made by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and evolving adjudicative practices. They are designed to assist Federal agencies in adopting or modifying their own regulations for implementation of the Act.

The Administrative Conference of the United States adopted five recommendations at its Seventieth Plenary Session. The appended recommendations address Recusal Rules for Administrative Adjudicators, Public Availability of Adjudication Rules, Improving Access to Regulations.gov's Rulemaking Dockets,) Public Engagement in Rulemaking, and Public-Private Partnerships.