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5 U.S.C. § 594 — Powers and duties of the Conference
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To carry out the purposes 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 the 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;
(3) collect information and statistics from administrative agencies and publish such reports as it considers useful for evaluating and improving administrative procedure;
(4) enter into arrangements with any administrative agency or major organizational unit within an administrative agency pursuant to which the Conference performs any of the functions described in this section; and
(5) provide assistance in response to requests relating to the improvement of administrative procedure in foreign countries, subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, or the Director of the United States Information Agency, as appropriate, except that—
(A) such assistance shall be limited to the analysis of issues relating to administrative procedure, the provision of training of foreign officials in administrative procedure, and the design or improvement of administrative procedure, where the expertise of members of the Conference is indicated; and
(B) such assistance may only be undertaken on a fully reimbursable basis, including all direct and indirect administrative costs.
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To carry out the purposes 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 the 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;
(3) collect information and statistics from administrative agencies and publish such reports as it considers useful for evaluating and improving administrative procedure;
(4) enter into arrangements with any administrative agency or major organizational unit within an administrative agency pursuant to which the Conference performs any of the functions described in this section; and
(5) provide assistance in response to requests relating to the improvement of administrative procedure in foreign countries, subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, or the Director of the United States Information Agency, as appropriate, except that—
(A) such assistance shall be limited to the analysis of issues relating to administrative procedure, the provision of training of foreign officials in administrative procedure, and the design or improvement of administrative procedure, where the expertise of members of the Conference is indicated; and
(B) such assistance may only be undertaken on a fully reimbursable basis, including all direct and indirect administrative costs.
Payment for services provided by the Conference pursuant to paragraph (4) shall be credited to the operating account for the Conference and shall remain available until expended.
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), a neutral in a dispute resolution proceeding shall not voluntarily disclose or through discovery or compulsory process be required to disclose any dispute resolution communication or any communication provided in confidence to the neutral, unless—
(1) all parties to the dispute resolution proceeding and the neutral consent in writing, and, if the dispute resolution communication was provided by a nonparty participant, that participant also consents in writing;
(2) the dispute resolution communication has already been made public;
(3) the dispute resolution communication is required by statute to be made public, but a neutral should make such communication public only if no other person is reasonably available to disclose the communication; or
(4) a court determines that such testimony or disclosure is necessary to—
(A) prevent a manifest injustice;
(B) help establish a violation of law; or
(C) prevent harm to the public health or safety,
of sufficient magnitude in the particular case to outweigh the integrity of dispute resolution proceedings in general by reducing the confidence of parties in future cases that their communications will remain confidential.
**(b)** A party to a dispute resolution proceeding shall not voluntarily disclose or through discovery or compulsory process be required to disclose any dispute resolution communication, unless—
(1) the communication was prepared by the party seeking disclosure;
(2) all parties to the dispute resolution proceeding consent in writing;
(3) the dispute resolution communication has already been made public;
(4) the dispute resolution communication is required by statute to be made public;
(5) a court determines that such testimony or disclosure i
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The purposes of this subchapter are—
(1) to provide suitable arrangements through which Federal agencies, assisted by outside experts, may cooperatively study mutual problems, exchange information, and develop recommendations for action by proper authorities to the end that private rights may be fully protected and regulatory activities and other Federal responsibilities may be carried out expeditiously in the public interest;
(2) to promote more effective public participation and efficiency in the rulemaking process;
(3) to reduce unnecessary litigation in the regulatory process;
(4) to improve the use of science in the regulatory process; and
(5) to improve the effectiveness of laws applicable to the regulatory process.
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There shall also be such clerical assistants as may from time to time be authorized by the Congress.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 594
(3) the head of each Executive department or
other administrative agency which is des-
ignated by the President, or an individual des-
ignated by the head of the department or
agency;
(4) when authorized by the Council referred
to in section 595(b) of this title, one or more
appointees from a board, commission, depart-
ment, or agency referred to in this subsection,
designated by the head thereof with, in the
case of a board or commission, the approval of
the board or commission;
(5) individuals appointed by the President to
membership on the Council who are not other-
wise members of the Conference; and
(6) not more than 40 other members ap-
pointed by the Chairman, with the approval of
the Council, for terms of 2 years, except that
the number of members appointed by the
Chairman may at no time be less than one-
third nor more than two-fifths of the total
number of members. The Chairman shall se-
lect the members in a manner which will pro-
vide broad representation of the views of pri-
vate citizens and utilize diverse experience.
The members shall be members of the prac-
ticing bar, scholars in the field of administra-
tive law or government, or others specially in-
formed by knowledge and experience with re-
spect to Federal administrative procedure.
(c) Members of the Conference, except the
Chairman, are not entitled to pay for service.
Members appointed from outside the Federal
Government are entitled to travel expenses, in-
cluding per diem instead of subsistence, as au-
thorized by section 5703 of this title for individ-
uals serving without pay.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 389, § 573;
Pub. L. 99–470, § 1, Oct. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 1198; re-
numbered § 593 and amended P
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