Consider removing the commission's independent litigating authority
What the document says“the President should seriously consider recommending that Congress amend FECA to remove the agency’s independent litigating authority”
Independent litigating authority lets the commission go to court in its own name rather than through the Justice Department. The chapter raises removing it as something to consider seriously rather than as a firm recommendation.
What the document actually says“the President should seriously consider recommending that Congress amend FECA to remove the agency’s independent litigating authority”
One idea is to take away the agency's power to sue on its own.
This agency can take people to court itself. The book says that power could be removed. Then the Justice Department would sue instead.
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