[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-21438]


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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES


Notice of Availability of Revised Model Adjudication Rules

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of the United States.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, through its Model Adjudication Rules Working Group, 
has completed a revision of the Conference's 1993 Model Adjudication 
Rules. The rules are intended for use by all Federal agencies when 
designing new, and revising existing, procedural rules governing agency 
adjudications that involve a trial-type hearing--whether conducted 
pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act), other statutes, agency 
regulations, or practice--that offers an opportunity for fact-finding 
before an adjudicator, whether or not the adjudicator is an 
administrative law judge.
    The final revised Model Adjudication Rules are available at https://www.acus.gov/model-rules/model-adjudication-rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francis Massaro, Attorney Advisor, 
Administrative Conference of the United States, 1120 20th Street NW, 
Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone (202) 480-2080.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administrative Conference Act, 5 U.S.C. 
591-596, established the Administrative Conference of the United 
States. The Conference studies the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness 
of the administrative procedures used by Federal agencies and makes 
recommendations for improvements to agencies, the President, Congress, 
and the Judicial Conference of the United States.
    Originally released in 1993 by a working group of the Conference, 
the Model Adjudication Rules were designed for use by Federal agencies 
to amend or develop their procedural rules for hearings conducted under 
the Administrative Procedure Act. In 2016, the Office of the Chairman 
of the Administrative Conference of the United States established a 
similar working group--the Model Adjudication Rules Working Group--to 
review and revise the Conference's 1993 Model Adjudication Rules.
    Numerous agencies have relied on the Conference's 1993 Model 
Adjudication Rules to improve existing adjudicative schemes; and newer 
agencies, like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, have relied on 
them to design new procedures. Significant changes in adjudicative 
practices and procedures since 1993--including use of electronic case 
management and video hearings--necessitated a careful review and 
revision of the Model Adjudication Rules. In the course of its work, 
the new Working Group relied on the Conference's extensive empirical 
research of adjudicative practices reflected in the Federal 
Administrative Adjudication Database, available at https://acus.law.stanford.edu/; amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure since 1993; and input from agency officials, academics, 
practitioners, and other stakeholders. Public comment on the draft 
revised Model Adjudication Rules was solicited in the Federal Register 
on January 22, 2018 (83 FR 2958), and multiple public meetings of the 
Working Group and the Conference's Adjudication Committee were held to 
help inform the final document.
    Additional information about the Administrative Conference's Model 
Adjudication Rules project, including drafts, meeting agendas, a 
listing of the Working Group members, and other related information, 
can be found on the Conference's website at https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/office-chairman-model-adjudication-rules-working-group.

    Dated: September 26, 2018.
Shawne McGibbon,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2018-21438 Filed 10-1-18; 8:45 am]
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