{"id":26,"date":"2022-06-22T02:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T02:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennreg.org\/codes-standards\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2022-09-12T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:37:48","slug":"incorporation-by-reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pennreg.org\/codes-standards\/incorporation-by-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Incorporation by Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38361bf1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38361bf1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1f798c\" data-id=\"b1f798c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aacc302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aacc302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Statutes and regulations governing everything from buildings to food safety incorporate by reference (IBR) privately developed technical standards. The module covers the range of issues implicated by the practice of IBR: government transparency, statutory interpretation, copyright law, and administrative efficiency. The materials in this module were created by Emily S. Bremer, Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Applicable Courses<\/strong>: Administrative Law, Regulatory Law &amp; Policy, Law &amp; Technology, Legal Theory<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Materials<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Teaching guide<\/strong>: Emily S. Bremer, <a href=\"https:\/\/pennreg.org\/codes-standards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Bremer-IBR-Teaching-Guide.pdf\">When Technical Standards Meet Administrative Law: A Teaching Guide on Incorporation by Reference<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Published version of teaching guide<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.administrativelawreview.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ALR-71.2-Bremer.v5.pdf\">Emily S. Bremer,\u00a0<em>Technical Standards Meet Administrative Law: A Teaching Guide on Incorporation by Reference<\/em>, 72 Admin. L. Rev. 315 (2019)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>PowerPoint presentation<\/strong>: Emily S. Bremer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pennreg.org\/codes-standards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/bremer-ibr-ppt-slides.pptx\">When Technical Standards Meet Administrative Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Overview Essay<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2022\/08\/24\/bremer-introducing-incorporation-by-reference\/\">Emily S. Bremer, <em>Introducing Incorporation by Reference<\/em>, Regul. Rev. (Aug. 24, 2022)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04073d4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04073d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd206d9\" data-id=\"cd206d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61049d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"61049d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1011\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1011\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Videos (YouTube):<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1011\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1011\"><ul>\n<li><em><strong>Emily S. Bremer\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tFkXlqi_79U\">What is incorporation by reference and why is it important?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QwxpSnPKAzc\">What is the history of the private standard system in the United States?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fkG4DHi5198\">Why do government agencies incorporate private standards?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QspyO58xRR8\">What issues arise because of limited public access to incorporated private standards?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hNCXu4n-Wfg\">What did the Administrative Conference recommend to promote public access to copyrighted standards?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lzjvH6AcSvQ\">What issues did the Office of the Federal Register confront over incorporation by reference?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Gordon Gillerman <\/strong><\/em>(Director, Standards Coordination Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pegfwRAlZ-c\">What is incorporation by reference?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Nina Mendelson\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LIMX62S2SJg\">What is incorporation by reference, and why does it matter?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dn09jFNUp7U\">What are some of the legal problems with incorporation by reference?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ss4HLX5d34U\">Why is it important to ensure meaningful public access to standards?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yuq8OWTQ8QM\">What is involved in finding standards that have been incorporated into regulations?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NxMryY1F1sU\">Can online reading rooms provide sufficient public access to incorporated standards?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Travis Murdock\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Manager, Technical Committee Operations, ASTM International)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5WJ8ndFMXkE\">Why should government consider incorporating voluntary standards?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Mary Saunders\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy, American National Standards Institute [ANSI])\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-LRGMJqvEOs\">What is incorporation by reference?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Peter L. Strauss\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Betts Professor Emeritus of Law, Columbia Law School)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R2HM3a33nAw\">What is incorporation by reference, and why is that issue important to citizens, law students, and lawyers?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MKYJSI-S-Pc\">What are the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation by reference?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gi6fbPOe7ys\">Why did you petition the Office of the Federal Register in 2012 over its rules about incorporation by reference?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xGJdsSK6DiU\">What did the Office of Federal Register do in response to your petition?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xl_nVGyk3Xg\">Should the public be concerned that private standards will not be sufficient to meet society\u2019s needs?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sara Yerkes\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Senior Vice President, Government Relations, International Code Council)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ztPqJZ0nB9c\">How should the public be able to access private codes that have been incorporated into regulations?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1012\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1012\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Additional Resources:<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1012\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1012\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acus.gov\/research-projects\/incorporation-reference\">Administrative Conference of the United States, Incorporation by Reference Project and Recommendation<\/a> (ACUS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=NARA-12-0002-0162\">Administrative Conference of the United States, Comment Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/files\/8240-adlawibrcommentstoofrpdf\">American Bar Association Section on Administrative Law &amp; Regulatory Practice, Comment Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ibr.ansi.org\">ANSI Incorporated by Reference Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/files\/8233-ansiresponseibr053112pdf\">ANSI Comment Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/share.ansi.org\/shared%20documents\/News%20and%20Publications\/Critical%20Issues\/Copyright%20on%20Standards%20in%20Regulations\/ANSI_Position_Paper_Re_Copyright_Protection.pdf\">ANSI, Why Voluntary Consensus Standards Incorporated By Reference into Federal Government Regulations Should Retain Copyright Protection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/files\/8239-astmcommentsjune12012pdf\">ASTM International, Comment Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2127288\">Emily S. Bremer, Incorporation by Reference in an Open-Government Age, 36 Harv. J.L. &amp; Pub. Pol\u2019y 131<\/a> (2013)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/files\/8232-coglianeseibrcommentpdf\">Cary Coglianese, Comment Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogo.org\/investigation\/2018\/08\/interior-dept-gives-rules-drafted-by-oil-industry-force-of-law\/\">David Hilzenrath, \u201cInterior Dept. Gives Rules Drafted by Oil Industry Force of Law,\u201d Project on Government Oversight<\/a> (2018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.law.umich.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https:\/\/www.google.com\/&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1886&amp;context=articles\">Nina A. Mendelson,\u00a0Private Control Over Access to the Law: The Perplexing Federal Regulatory Use of Private Standards, 112 Mich. L. Rev. 737<\/a> (2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=OFR-2013-0001-0036\">Nina A. Mendelson, Comment Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/files\/10529-mendelson-and-zieve-amicus-brief-001\">Nina A. Mendelson &amp; Allison M. Zieve, Administrative Law Professor Amicus Curiae Brief in\u00a0<em>Milice v. CPSC<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2014-11-07\/pdf\/2014-26445.pdf\">Office of the Federal Register, Incorporation by Reference Final Rule<\/a>\u00a0 (2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/federal-register\/write\/handbook\/ibr.pdf\">Office of Federal Register, IBR Handbook<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2012-02-27\/pdf\/2012-4399.pdf\">Peter L. Strauss et al., Petition for Rulemaking Submitted to the Office of the Federal Register<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=OMB-2012-0003-0003\">Peter L. Strauss, Comment Submitted to\u00a0the Office of the Federal Register on \u201cPreserving SDO Copyright Interests\u201d<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2013\/07\/02\/regulating-by-reference\/\"><em>The Regulatory Review<\/em>: Regulating by Reference<\/a> (2013) (series of essays)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2013\/10\/14\/continuing-debate-over-regulatory-incorporation\/\">The Regulatory Review: <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2013\/10\/14\/continuing-debate-over-regulatory-incorporation\/\">The Continuing Debate Over Incorporation by Reference <\/a>(2013) (series of essays)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2015\/01\/26\/series-incorporation-by-reference\/\"><em>The Regulatory Review<\/em>: Incorporating Private Standards into Public Regulations<\/a> (2015) (series of essays)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applicable Courses: Administrative Law, Regulatory Law &amp; Policy, Law &amp; Technology, Legal Theory Materials: Teaching guide: Emily S. Bremer, When Technical Standards Meet Administrative Law: A Teaching Guide on Incorporation by Reference Published version of teaching guide:\u00a0Emily S. Bremer,\u00a0Technical Standards Meet Administrative Law: A Teaching Guide on Incorporation by Reference, 72 Admin. L. 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