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1 Retrospective Review of Agency Rules 1 (2014)

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      ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES




          Administrative Conference Recommendation 2014-5

                      Retrospective  Review   of Agency   Rules

                            Adopted   December 4,   2014


Executive Summary

       The following recommendation is intended to provide a framework for cultivating a
culture of retrospective review within regulatory agencies. It urges agencies to remain

mindful of their existing body of regulations and the ever-present possibility that those

regulations may need to be modified, strengthened, or eliminated in order to achieve statutory

goals while minimizing regulatory burdens.  It encourages agencies to make  a plan for

reassessing existing regulations and to design new regulations in a way that will make later

retrospective review easier and more effective. It recognizes that input from stakeholders is a

valuable resource that can facilitate and improve retrospective review. Finally, it urges agency

officials to coordinate with other agencies and the Office of Management and Budget to

promote coherence in shared regulatory space.


Preamble


       Traditionally, federal regulatory policymaking has been a forward-looking enterprise:

Congress delegates power  to administrative agencies to respond to new challenges, and

agencies devise rules designed to address those challenges. Over time, however, regulations

may  become  outdated, and  the cumulative burden  of decades  of regulations issued by

numerous  federal agencies can both complicate agencies' enforcement efforts and impose a

substantial burden on regulated entities. As a consequence, Presidents since Jimmy Carter

have periodically undertaken a program of retrospective review, urging agencies to reassess

regulations currently on the books and eliminate, modify, or strengthen those regulations that


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