3041-AD57 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3041 Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings

On May 12, 2015, the Commission voted to direct the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to present for Commission consideration a revision of the agency's Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings (Rules), 16 CFR part 1025. OGC drafted a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), proposing to modernize the Rules to reflect changes in civil and administrative litigation since the Rules were adopted in 1980. OGC submitted the draft NPRM to the Commission on January 20, 2016. The Commission voted to approve the draft NPRM with changes, which published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2016. Staff will review the comments and prepare a final rule briefing package for Commission consideration.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined No 16 CFR 1025 15 U.S.C. 8003 15 U.S.C 1192 15 U.S.C 1194 15 U.S.C 1197 15 U.S.C 1274 15 U.S.C 1473 15 U.S.C 2064 15 U.S.C 2066 15 U.S.C 2069 15 U.S.C 2076 No Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to Commission 01/20/2016 Commission Decision 03/25/2016 NPRM Published in the Federal Register 04/13/2016 81 FR 21775 NPRM Comment Period End 06/13/2016 Staff Will Prepare Final Rule Briefing Package 09/00/2017 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No Mary House Regulatory Affairs Division 3041 301 504-6810 mhouse@cpsc.gov 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda MD 20814