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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

§ 574. Powers and duties of the Conference To carry out the fjurpose of this subchapter, the Administrative Conference of the United States may— (1) study the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of the administrative procedure used by administrative agencies in carrying out administrative programs, and make recommendations to administrative agencies, collectively or individually, and to th© President, Congress, or the Judicial Conference of the United States, in connection therewith, as it considers appropriate; (2) arrange for interchange among administrative agencies of information potentially useful in improving administrative procedure; and (3) collect information and statistics from administrative agencies and publish such reports as it considers useful for evaluating and improving administrative procedure. ^575. Organization of the Conference (a) The membership of the Administrative Conference of the United States meeting m plenary session constitutes the Assembly of the Conference. The Assembly havS ultimate authority over all activities of the Conference. Specincally, it has the power to— (1) adopt such recommendations as it considers appropriate for improving administrative proo^ure. A member who disagrees with a recommendation adopted by the Assembly is entitled to enter a dissenting opinion and an alternate proposal in the record of the Conference proceedings, and the opinion and proposal so entered shall accompany the Conference recommendation in a publication or distribution thereof; and (2) adopt bylaws and regulations not inconsistent with this subchapter for carrying out the functions of the Conference, including the creation of such committees as it considers necessary for the conduct of studies and the development of recommendations for consideration by the Assembly. (b) The Conference mcludes a Council composed of the Chairman of the Conference, who is Chairman of the Council, and 10 other members appointed by the President, of whom not more than one-half shall be employees oi Federal regulatory agencies or Executive departments. The President may designate a member of the Council as Vice Chairman. During the absence or incapacity of the Chairman, or when that office is vacant, the Vice Chairman shall serve as Chairman. The term of each member, except the Chairman, is 3 years. When the term of a member ends, he may continue to serve until a successor is appointed. However, the service of any member ends when a change in his employment status would make him ineligible for Council membership under the conditions of his original appointment. The Council nas the power to— (IV detennine the time and place of plenary sessions of the Conierenoe and the agenda for the sessions. The Council shall call at least one plenary session each year; (2) propose bylaws and reflations, including rules of procedure andcommittee organization, for adoption by the Assembly; (3) make recommendations to the Conference or its committees on a subject germane to the purpose of the Conference; (4) receive and consider reports and recommendations of committees of the Conference and send them to members of the Conference with the views and recommendations of the Council;

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