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For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-88-8

 

When a federally insured savings and loan institution (“thrift”) fails, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) exercises overall regulatory control. The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (...

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-91-10

 

This recommendation discusses several possible reforms of the administrative procedures used in U.S. antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) cases. These cases usually arise when a petition is...

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-91-2

 

The Export Administration Act (EAA), 50 U.S.C. App 2401-2420, authorizes the Commerce Department to restrict exports of goods and technology from the United States in the interests of national security,...

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-91-5

 

The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) has formulated policy almost exclusively through the process of administrative adjudication despite having been granted both rulemaking and adjudicatory power...

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-91-8

 

The Federal Aviation Administration is currently operating a demonstration civil penalty program under which the FAA may impose monetary penalties of up to $50,000 for violations of the Federal Aviation...

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-91-9

 

In recent years, there has been much talk of a crisis in the federal courts. In response, Congress empanelled the Federal Courts Study Committee, charging it with responsibility to examine the problems...

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-92-3

 

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The 1968 Fair Housing Act outlaws various types of discrimination in the sale or rental of residential housing. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and...

  • Publication Date: September 28, 2011
  • Tags: Congress

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-92-5

 

Congress first waived the government’s immunity from attorney’s fee awards in the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 5 U.S.C. 504, 28 U.S.C. 2412(d), in 1980 and reenacted the Act in 1985. The EAJA...

  • Publication Date: September 28, 2011
  • Tags: Congress

For the project report click here: https://www.acus.gov/report/project-report-recommendation-92-6

 

In 1981, Congress agreed to the Administration’s proposal to cease funding for the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Congress, however, did not...

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At the request of the Office of Personnel Management, the Administrative Conference undertook a study of a series of issues relating to the roles of Federal administrative law judges (ALJs) and non-ALJ adjudicators, or administrative judges (AJs),...