Present Tasks
Five standing Advisory Committees of the Judicial Conference have been established, and are charged, respectively, with drafting proposed amendments to the:
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure;
- Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure;
- Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; and
- Federal Rules of Evidence.
Members of the Advisory Committees include judges, representatives from the Department of Justice, law professors, and practicing attorneys. The Advisory Committees propose rules, subject them to public comment, and then submit them to the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, which in turn submits them to the Judicial Conference, which recommends them to the Supreme Court for approval. Explanatory notes of the drafting Advisory Committee are published along with the final adopted rules, and are frequently used as an authority on the interpretation of the rules.
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