FEDERAL
REGULATORY SEMINAR REGISTRATION FORM.
The Center for the Study of Rulemaking is pleased to include
the following report from the Subcommittee on Commercial
and Administrative Law of the House Judiciary Committee.
It deals with the relationships between and among the
branches of the federal government that have profound
effects on the process and results of rulemaking. This
is part of our ongoing efforts to illuminate critical
aspects of rulemaking and increase academic, professional
and public awareness of this most important instrument
of law and policy.
"A
Communication from the Subcommittee on Commercial and
Administrative Law of the House Judiciary Committee."
As
you will recall, the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative
Law of the House Judiciary Committee is conducting a comprehensive
review of administrative law, process and procedure. As
part of this project, the Center for the Study of Rulemaking
at American University hosted an all-day conference on
May 9, 2006 on “The Role of Science in Rulemaking.”
We appreciate the Center making the transcript of that
symposium available on its website.
To promote public awareness of the ongoing work of the
Subcommittee’s project, we request that you consider
posting the annexed transcript of the most recent symposium,
“Presidential, Congressional, and Judicial Control
of Rulemaking,” conducted at the Congressional Research
Service on September 11, 2006 as part of this project.
Should you have any questions in connection with this
request, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you.
Susan Jensen, Counsel
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. House of Representatives
B353 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PANEL
1: “CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF CONGRESSIONAL AND
EXECUTIVE BRANCH LEGAL AUTHORITY OVER RULEMAKING”
MODERATOR/INTRODUCTION: MORTON ROSENBERG, CRS
PANEL
2: AJUDICIAL REVIEW OF RULEMAKING@
MODERATOR: MORTON ROSENBERG, CRS
PANEL
3: ACONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF RULEMAKING@
INTRODUCTION:
MORTON ROSENBERG, CRS
PANEL
4:
APRESIDENTIAL REVIEW OF RULEMAKING: REAGAN TO BUSH II@
MODERATOR: CURTIS COPELAND, CRS
On
May 9, 2006, the Center for the Study of Rulemaking at
American University hosted an all-day conference on "The
Role of Science in Rulemaking."
Intro/Welcome
Panel
1—“OMB’s Recent
Initiatives on Regulatory Science”
Panel
2—Science and the Judicial
Review of Rulemaking
Panel
3—Science Advisory Panels and
Rulemaking
Panel
4—Government Agencies’
Science Capabilities
Agenda
9AM: Intro/Welcome--Neil
Kerwin, Interim President, American University, and
Director of the Center for the Study of Rulemaking
9:15 - 10:35: Panel 1—“OMB’s
Recent Initiatives on Regulatory Science”
Moderator: Curtis Copeland, Congressional Research Service
Panelists:
–
Don Arbuckle, Acting Administrator, OMB’s Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
–
Bill Kovacs, Vice President for Environment, Technology
& Regulatory Affairs,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
–
Rena Steinzor, Professor, University of Maryland School
of Law, and co-founder of the
Center for Progressive Regulation
10:35 - 10:45: Break
Moderator: Jeffrey Lubbers, Washington College of Law, American
University
Panelists:
–
Tom McGarity, Professor, University of Texas School of Law
–
Peter Strauss, Professor, Columbia University School of
Law
12:05 - 1:15: Lunch (on your own)
Moderator: Mort Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service
Panelists:
–
Fred Anderson, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Washington,
D.C.
2:35 - 2:45: Break
Panelists:
–
Richard Belzer, Regulatory Checkbook
–
John Morrall, Branch Chief, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB
–
Lisa Heinzerling, Professor, Georgetown University School
of Law
–
Robert O’Connor, Director of Decision, Risk and Management
Sciences Program,
National Science Foundation
4:05 - 4:30: A Congressional Perspective
–– Raymond V. Smietanka, Chief Counsel, Subcommittee
on Commercial and
Administrative Law, House Judiciary Committee
4:30: Closing Remarks – Curtis Copeland,
Congressional Research Service
