In June 1991, the Administrative Conference issued Recommendation 91-1, “Federal Agency Cooperation with Foreign Government Regulators,” finding that “[i]f American administrative agencies could ever afford to engage in regulatory activities without regard to the policies and practices of administrative agencies abroad, the character and pace of world developments suggest that that era has come to a close,”...
International Regulatory Cooperation
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Committee:
Project Stages:
1. Gather ideas - Completed2. Select ideas - Completed
3. Council approval - Completed
4. Picking a researcher - Completed
5. Committee consideration - Completed
6. Back to the council - Completed
7. Consideration by the full conference - Completed
8. Implementation - Current
Stage:
8. Implementation
Contacts
In-House Researcher
Michael McCarthy
Former Executive Director
In 1991, ACUS issued Recommendation 91-1, which provided guidance for all U.S. regulatory agencies on working with their international counterparts. In April 2011, ACUS co-sponsored a workshop with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to explore how U.S. regulatory agencies interact with their foreign counterparts and with U.S. government agencies responsible for trade promotion. At this workshop, officials from government and industry identified a variety of challenges in international regulatory cooperation, from the perspective of regulatory effectiveness and facilitation of commerce, and suggested areas in which 91-1 could be updated to provide more specific guidance. The ACUS research project on international regulatory cooperation examined how Recommendation 91-1 might be updated to incorporate developments in United States government structure, trade agreements, and technology since the recommendation was adopted 20 years ago.
Related Recommendations
Final Recommendation
Implementation
At its Plenary Session on December 8-9, 2011, the Administrative Conference of the United States adopted Recommendation 2011-6, regarding regulatory cooperation amongst United States agencies and foreign authorities. The recommendation addresses the promotion of U.S. regulatory principles to foreign counterparts; review of legal authority for international cooperation; mutual reliance between U.S. agencies and foreign regulators, as appropriate, to reduce costs and duplication while still achieving U.S. regulatory goals; exchanges of information, training, and employees between U.S. and foreign regulators; transparency and public input in U.S. engagements with foreign regulators; and coordination and leadership on international cooperation within the U.S. government.
- Read the Federal Register notice announcing the adoption of Recommendation 2011-6, available at 77 Fed. Reg. 2257, 2259
- Read Executive Order 13609 on International Regulatory Cooperation (announced at the joint ACUS-Chamber of Commerce IRC workshop and based in part on Recommendation 2011-6)
- Read ABA Resolution 109B, which adopts many of the proposals contained in Recommendation 2011-6
Implementation Meetings & Events
Project Documents
Committee Meetings & Events
55th Plenary Session
December 8, 2011 - 8:00 am EST
December 8, 2011 - 2:00 pm EST
December 9, 2011 - 9:00 am EST
Location name:
Main Conference Room, Three Lafayette Centre
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