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[CITE: 5USC594]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
      SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 594. Powers and duties of the Conference

    To carry out the purpose of this subchapter, the Administrative 
Conference of the United States may--
        (1) study the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of the 
    administrative procedure used by administrative agencies in carrying 
    out administrative programs, and make recommendations to 
    administrative agencies, collectively or individually, and to the 
    President, Congress, or the Judicial Conference of the United 
    States, in connection therewith, as it considers appropriate;
        (2) arrange for interchange among administrative agencies of 
    information potentially useful in improving administrative 
    procedure;
        (3) collect information and statistics from administrative 
    agencies and publish such reports as it considers useful for 
    evaluating and improving administrative procedure;
        (4) enter into arrangements with any administrative agency or 
    major organizational unit within an administrative agency pursuant 
    to which the Conference performs any of the functions described in 
    this section; and
        (5) provide assistance in response to requests relating to the 
    improvement of administrative procedure in foreign countries, 
    subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the 
    Administrator of the Agency for International Development, or the 
    Director of the United States Information Agency, as appropriate, 
    except that--
            (A) such assistance shall be limited to the analysis of 
        issues relating to administrative procedure, the provision of 
        training of foreign officials in administrative procedure, and 
        the design or improvement of administrative procedure, where the 
        expertise of members of the Conference is indicated; and
            (B) such assistance may only be undertaken on a fully 
        reimbursable basis, including all direct and indirect 
        administrative costs.

Payment for services provided by the Conference pursuant to paragraph 
(4) shall be credited to the operating account for the Conference and 
shall remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 390, Sec. 574; Pub. L. 101-422, 
Sec. 2, Oct. 12, 1990, 104 Stat. 910; renumbered Sec. 594, Pub. L. 102-
354, Sec. 2(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944; Pub. L. 102-403, Oct. 9, 
1992, 106 Stat. 1968.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 1045c.               Aug. 30, 1964, Pub.
                                                    L. 88-499, Sec.  5,
                                                    78 Stat. 616.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-354 renumbered section 574 of this title as this 
section.
    Par. (4). Pub. L. 102-403 amended par. (4) generally. Prior to 
amendment, par. (4) read as follows: ``enter into arrangements with any 
administrative agency or major organizational unit within an 
administrative agency pursuant to which the Conference performs any of 
the functions described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).''
    Par. (5). Pub. L. 102-403 which directed addition of par. (5) at end 
of section, was executed by adding par. (5) after par. (4) and before 
concluding provisions, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-422 added par. (4) and concluding provisions.

        Termination of Administrative Conference of United States

    For termination of Administrative Conference of United States, see 
note set out preceding section 591 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions 
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of Title 
22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
