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**Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (29 C.F.R. § 921.10)
 
**Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (29 C.F.R. § 921.10)
 
*Maritime Administration (Transportation)  
 
*Maritime Administration (Transportation)  
**Attorneys or agents (46 C.F.R. § 201.15)
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**Attorneys or agents (46 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=92f303ab9cc120f2e94444660c0e50aa&mc=true&node=se46.8.201_115&rgn=div8 201.15])
**Service of process and other documents (46 C.F.R. § 201.16)
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**Service of process and other documents (46 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=92f303ab9cc120f2e94444660c0e50aa&mc=true&node=se46.8.201_116&rgn=div8 201.16])
*Merit Systems Protection Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C.F.R. § 1201.31  
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*Merit Systems Protection Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=a3325bb7e6d4185b9efdbd5a821385ad&mc=true&node=se5.3.1201_131&rgn=div8 1201.31]
*National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Transportation) (49 C.F.R. Part 511, Subpt. H)
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*National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Transportation) (49 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=62b656ae82fbdedcefd5b9d5c02bc0e8&mc=true&node=sp49.6.511.h&rgn=div6 Part 511, Subpt. H])
*National Labor Relations Board (29 C.F.R. § 102.177)
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*National Labor Relations Board (29 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=eb32e45958e5c16020399ac01f825df7&mc=true&node=se29.2.102_1177&rgn=div8 102.177])
*National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Commerce) (15 C.F.R. § 904.5)
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*National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Commerce) (15 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=5f2370a6952f51bd02f78dde8fc16b14&mc=true&node=se15.3.904_15&rgn=div8 904.5])
*National Science Foundation(45 C.F.R. § 672.6)
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*National Science Foundation(45 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=623c22129e21663d003748e0deb040db&mc=true&node=se45.3.672_16&rgn=div8 672.6])
*National Transportation Safety Board (49 C.F.R. § 821.6)
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*National Transportation Safety Board (49 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=46209e63fd2b5a930416692bf032ba0e&mc=true&node=se49.7.821_16&rgn=div8 821.6])
*Navy (JAG cases) (32 C.F.R. Part 776)
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*Navy (JAG cases) (32 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=adee4211ece1c277c893a7fc6f4acace&mc=true&node=pt32.5.776&rgn=div5 Part 776])
*Nuclear Regulatory Commission (10 C.F.R. § 2.314)  
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*Nuclear Regulatory Commission (10 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=aea5cda3308606eecb9979012d24a66d&mc=true&node=se10.1.2_1314&rgn=div8 2.314])  
 
*Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
 
*Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
**Representation of parties and intervenors (29 C.F.R. § 2200.22)
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**Representation of parties and intervenors (29 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=f2f929295505f2552686bc28d5f51cb7&mc=true&node=se29.9.2200_122&rgn=div8 2200.22])
**Appearances and withdrawals (29 C.F.R. §§ 2200.23)  
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**Appearances and withdrawals (29 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=f2f929295505f2552686bc28d5f51cb7&mc=true&node=se29.9.2200_123&rgn=div8 2200.23])  
*Postal Rate Commission (39 C.F.R. § 3001.6)
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*Postal Rate Commission (39 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=e0198e198aa3255d2cca3b6d901c0b01&mc=true&node=se39.1.3001_16&rgn=div8 3001.6])
*Postal Service (39 C.F.R. Part 951)
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*Postal Service (39 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=e0198e198aa3255d2cca3b6d901c0b01&mc=true&node=pt39.1.951&rgn=div5 Part 951])
 
*Securities and Exchange Commission  
 
*Securities and Exchange Commission  
**(17 C.F.R. § 201.102)
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**(17 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=7d8fdfcd06f0d6ad7554fe99b6bbba23&mc=true&node=se17.3.201_1102&rgn=div8 201.102])
**(17 C.F.R. Part 205)  
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**(17 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=7d8fdfcd06f0d6ad7554fe99b6bbba23&mc=true&node=pt17.3.205&rgn=div5 Part 205])  
*Small Business Administration (13 C.F.R. § 134.208)  
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*Small Business Administration (13 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=28f7d50ee548e9a0e3a39016b8e280f3&mc=true&node=se13.1.134_1208&rgn=div8 134.208])  
*Social Security Administration (20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpt. R)  
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*Social Security Administration (20 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=05fb75bc1fe715e79467210d8b6cf257&mc=true&node=sp20.2.404.r&rgn=div6 Part 404, Subpt. R])  
*Surface Transportation Board (Transportation) (49 C.F.R. Part 1103)  
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*Surface Transportation Board (Transportation) (49 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=d215d68e430af1602ec553af465c3414&mc=true&node=pt49.8.1103&rgn=div5 Part 1103])  
*Transportation, Office of the Secretary (Aviation proceedings) (14 C.F.R. § 302.416)
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*Transportation, Office of the Secretary (Aviation proceedings) (14 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=b0ee6bf476ca3038416453664d7887f6&mc=true&node=se14.4.302_1416&rgn=div8 302.416])
*Treasury (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) (31 C.F.R. Part 8)
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*Treasury (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) (31 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=3ca903ef2d424c95a7c75100b3de052b&mc=true&node=pt31.1.8&rgn=div5 Part 8])
*United States International Trade Commission (19 C.F.R. § 201.15)  
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*United States International Trade Commission (19 C.F.R. § [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=aa58a14f4dd639eea8d1048cf232aca2&mc=true&node=se19.3.201_115&rgn=div8 201.15])  
*Veterans Affairs (Board of Veterans’ Appeals) (38 C.F.R. Part 14)
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*Veterans Affairs (Board of Veterans’ Appeals) (38 C.F.R. [https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=b1839321dd2c2023f65d5f2e138a304b&mc=true&node=pt38.1.14&rgn=div5 Part 14])
 
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==Statutory Provisions==
 
==Statutory Provisions==
Agency Practice Act, 5 U.S.C. § 500 (2012).
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Agency Practice Act, 5 U.S.C. § [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section500&num=0&edition=prelim 500] (2012).

Revision as of 20:34, 14 September 2018

5 U.S.C. § 500 (2012), originally enacted November 8, 1965, by Pub. L. No. 89-332, 79 Stat. 1281; incorporated into the U.S. Code by Pub. L. No. 90-83, 81 Stat. 195 (September 11, 1967) (with minor stylistic changes); amended by Pub. L. No. 106-113, Div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [Title IV, § 4732(b)(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-583.

Overview

The Agency Practice Act provides that an attorney in good standing in any state may represent persons before federal agencies. An agency may require an attorney to file a written declaration of current qualification and to state that he is authorized to represent the particular person before the agency. Similarly, a duly qualified certified public accountant may represent persons before the Internal Revenue Service. The Act was intended to prohibit agency established admission requirements for licensed attorneys and special enrollment requirements for CPAs. (Note: The Patent and Trademark Office is exempted from the Act. ) The Act expressly neither grants nor denies other persons the right to practice before an agency, nor does it authorize or limit an agency’s right to discipline or disbar persons practicing before it.

In 1982, the Administrative Conference adopted a statement on discipline of attorneys practicing before federal agencies. After studying agency concerns and existing disciplinary procedures, the Conference concluded that any current problems concerning attorney discipline before federal agencies were not of such magnitude or so widespread as to require legislative action or the adoption of uniform federal standards.

Legislative History

In 1957 the Department of Justice recommended discontinuing the practice of many agencies that required attorneys to apply for agency acceptance as practitioners. Several bills were introduced in the early 1960s to abolish agency admission requirements. By 1965, few agencies retained admission requirements, and only the Treasury Department and the Patent Office objected to discontinuing them. (See House Judiciary Committee Report, cited below.) Pub. L. No. 89-332 was enacted in 1965 with the passage of S. 1758.

In 1999, the Act was amended to substitute “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office.”

Source Note

The House report on S. 1758 is reprinted in U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News. Professor Michael Cox’s 1982 report to the Administrative Conference discusses federal agency attorney discipline and contains an extensive bibliography.

Also relevant is section 9 (“Use of Nonattorneys”) of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act.

Bibliography

Legislative History

  • Report to Accompany S. 1758, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, S. Rep. No. 755, 89th Cong., 1st Sess. (1965).
  • Report to Accompany S. 1758, House Committee on the Judiciary, H.R. Rep. No. 1141, 89th Cong., 1st Sess. (1965).

Other Government Documents

Books and Articles

  • Craig H. Allen, Attorney Ethics and Agency Practice: Representing Clients in Coast Guard Marine Casualty Investigations, 22 J. Mar. L. & Com. 225 (1991).
  • American Bar Association, Report to the House of Delegates on Federal Agency Attorney Discipline (August 1982).
  • Michael P. Cox, Regulation of Attorneys Practicing Before Federal Agencies, Report to the Administrative Conference of the U.S., 1982 ACUS (Vol. II) 491, reprinted in 34 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 173 (1984).
  • Roberta S. Karmel, Rule 2(e)—A Reprise, 210 N.Y .L.J. 3 (1993).
  • Melanie B. Leslie, Government Officials as Attorneys and Clients: Why Privilege the Privileged?, 77 Ind. L.J. 469 (2002).
  • Nicholas M. Wenner, Comment, Determining Secondary Liability under Securities Laws: Attorney Beware!, 11 Hamline L. Rev. 61 (1988).

Agency Regulations

  • Agriculture (7 C.F.R. § 1.26)
  • Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (12 C.F.R. § 1081.107)
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (16 C.F.R. Part 1025, Subpt. G)
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (Justice)
    • Appearance; representation; authorization (21 C.F.R. § 1316.50)
    • Conduct of hearing and parties; ex parte communications (21 C.F.R. § 1316.51)
  • Energy (10 C.F.R. § 1003.3)
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Federal Aviation Administration (Transportation) (14 C.F.R. § 13.33)
  • Federal Communications Commission
    • Authority for representation (47 C.F.R. § 1.22)
    • Persons who may be admitted to practice (47 C.F.R. § 1.23)
    • Censure, suspension, or disbarment of attorneys (47 C.F.R. § 1.24)
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (12 C.F.R. § 308.6)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (18 C.F.R. Part 385 Subpt. U)
  • Federal Housing Finance Agency (12 C.F.R. Part 1209)
  • Federal Maritime Commission (46 C.F.R. Part 502, Subpt. B)
  • Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Federal Reserve Board (12 C.F.R. § 263.6)
  • Federal Trade Commission (16 C.F.R. § 4.1)
  • Food and Drug Administration (21 C.F.R. § 12.40)
  • General Services Administration (Board of Contract Appeals) (48 C.F.R. § 6101.5)
  • Homeland Security (Immigration cases) (8 C.F.R. Part 292)
  • Housing and Urban Development
    • Respondent's representative (24 C.F.R. § 26.7)
    • Standards of practice (24 C.F.R. § 26.8)
  • Interior (43 C.F.R. Part 1)
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Justice (Immigration cases) (28 C.F.R. § 68.33(c))
  • Labor
    • (29 C.F.R. § 18.22)
    • (29 C.F.R. § 417.8)
    • Benefits Review Board (20 C.F.R. § 802.202)
    • Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board (20 C.F.R. § 501.9)
    • Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (29 C.F.R. § 921.10)
  • Maritime Administration (Transportation)
    • Attorneys or agents (46 C.F.R. § 201.15)
    • Service of process and other documents (46 C.F.R. § 201.16)
  • Merit Systems Protection Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C.F.R. § 1201.31
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Transportation) (49 C.F.R. Part 511, Subpt. H)
  • National Labor Relations Board (29 C.F.R. § 102.177)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Commerce) (15 C.F.R. § 904.5)
  • National Science Foundation(45 C.F.R. § 672.6)
  • National Transportation Safety Board (49 C.F.R. § 821.6)
  • Navy (JAG cases) (32 C.F.R. Part 776)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (10 C.F.R. § 2.314)
  • Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
    • Representation of parties and intervenors (29 C.F.R. § 2200.22)
    • Appearances and withdrawals (29 C.F.R. § 2200.23)
  • Postal Rate Commission (39 C.F.R. § 3001.6)
  • Postal Service (39 C.F.R. Part 951)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Small Business Administration (13 C.F.R. § 134.208)
  • Social Security Administration (20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpt. R)
  • Surface Transportation Board (Transportation) (49 C.F.R. Part 1103)
  • Transportation, Office of the Secretary (Aviation proceedings) (14 C.F.R. § 302.416)
  • Treasury (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) (31 C.F.R. Part 8)
  • United States International Trade Commission (19 C.F.R. § 201.15)
  • Veterans Affairs (Board of Veterans’ Appeals) (38 C.F.R. Part 14)

Statutory Provisions

Agency Practice Act, 5 U.S.C. § 500 (2012).