[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 79501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22374]


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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES


Notice of Availability of Model Rules of Representative Conduct

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of the United States.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Chair of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States (ACUS), through its Working Group on Model Rules of 
Representative Conduct, has completed and published its Model Rules of 
Representative Conduct. The rules are intended to help federal agencies 
amend or develop their rules governing representatives in adjudicative 
proceedings.
    The final revised Model Rules of Representative Conduct are 
available at https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group-model-rules-representative-conduct.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Gluth, Deputy Research 
Director, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1120 20th 
Street NW, Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202-480-
2080; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86ebe1eaf3f2eec6e7e5f3f5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99f4fef5ecedf1d9f8faeceab7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administrative Conference Act, 5 U.S.C. 
591-596, established ACUS. 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. 
The Chair of the Conference oversees a full-time staff within the 
Office of the Chair. The Office of the Chair supports the activities of 
the Assembly and undertakes many other activities to carry out the 
mission and functions of ACUS.
    In 2019, ACUS adopted Recommendation 2021-9, Regulation of 
Representatives in Agency Adjudicative Proceedings, 87 FR 1721 (Jan. 
12, 2022), which offers best practices for agencies to consider when 
developing rules governing the participation and conduct of attorneys 
and non-attorneys who represent parties in adjudicative proceedings. 
Recommendation 2021-9 also recommended that the Office of the Chair 
``consider promulgating model rules of conduct'' consistent with the 
Recommendation and, in doing so, ``seek the input of a diverse array of 
agency officials and members of the public, including representatives 
who appear before agencies, and the American Bar Association.'' In 
2023, the Chair convened a Working Group of public- and private-sector 
representatives to develop Model Rules of Representative Conduct that, 
as contemplated by Recommendation 2021-9, ``account for variation in 
agency practice and afford agencies the flexibility to determine which 
rules apply to their adjudicative proceedings.''
    The Working Group was composed of distinguished experts in the 
field of administrative adjudication, ranging from adjudicators and 
agency officials to private practitioners and academics. It first 
convened in February 2023 and met regularly throughout the following 
year to consider and ultimately approve a final draft of these Model 
Rules. The resulting Model Rules--which create a transparent, easily 
accessible set of guidelines that facilitate a wide range of 
representation in a broad array of agency proceedings--are intended to 
help federal agencies amend or develop their rules governing 
representatives in adjudicative proceedings consistent with the best 
practices identified in Recommendation 2021-9.
    Additional information about ACUS's Model Rules of Representative 
Conduct project--including drafts, a listing of the Working Group 
members, and other related information--can be found on ACUS's website 
at https://www.acus.gov/research-projects/working-group-model-rules-representative-conduct.

    Dated: September 25, 2024.
Shawne McGibbon,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024-22374 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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