New Agency

Multiple Choice

New Agency.Debby just got a job as an assistant in a new federal agency called the Accounting Commission that was set up to regulate the accounting and auditing profession.The agency is headed by commissioners who serve for fixed terms and cannot be removed except for cause.Additionally,no more than a majority of the commissioners may be from the same political party.Her agency is getting ready to issue rules.The enabling legislation that set up the Accounting Commission specified that the agency could make rules but said nothing about the form of the rules.Debby's boss,Blaire,gave her some proposed rules and asked her to be sure that they were published and to take care of the next step in the approval process.Blaire also told her that at this point she was not very interested in hybrid rule making.What would be the next step in obtaining enactment of the rules after publication?

A) A vote in Congress
B) Approval by the president by executive order
C) A public hearing
D) Opportunity for all interested parties to submit written comments
E) A hearing before an administrative law judge