57th Plenary Session

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57th Plenary Session
  • December 6, 2012 - 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST
  • December 7, 2012 - 9:00 am to 12:30 pm EST
Location:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581, Main Conference Room
Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581 Main Conference Room
  • Photo of a plenary debate
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December 6, 2012 - 2:00 pm EST
 
December 7, 2012 - 9:00 am EST

Contacts

Chief Financial and Operations Officer
hseidman@acus.gov

Research Projects

Recommendation 2012-6 – The Need to Reform 28 U.S.C. § 1500 urges Congress to repeal Section 1500, which divests the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of jurisdiction when a plaintiff has claims against the government based on substantially the same operative facts pending in another court, and replace it with a provision that would create a presumption that in such circumstances, later-filed actions would be stayed.

Recommendation 2012-7 – Agency Use of Third-Party Programs to Assess Regulatory Compliance addresses issues that arise when agencies develop programs in which third parties assess whether regulated entities are in compliance with regulatory standards and other requirements.

Recommendation 2012-8 – Inflation Adjustment Act addresses agency adjustments to civil monetary penalties under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act (28 U.S.C. 2461 note). The recommendation urges Congress to change the current statutory framework by which agencies periodically adjust their penalties to address three provisions that result in penalty adjustments that may not track the actual rate of...