Administrative Procedure Act

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United States federal statute administrative law statute

The Administrative Procedure Act is a foundational U.S. federal law that governs how federal agencies propose and establish regulations, conduct rulemaking, and provide for public participation and judicial review.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Administrative Procedure Act canonical	15
Administrative Procedure Act section 702	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ administrative law statute ⓘ
allows	review of agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed ⓘ review of final agency action ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 5 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSections	5 U.S.C. §§ 551–559 ⓘ 5 U.S.C. §§ 701–706 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1946-06-11 ⓘ
defines	adjudication ⓘ agency ⓘ order ⓘ party ⓘ person ⓘ rule ⓘ rulemaking ⓘ
effectiveDate	1946-09-11 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
exempts	general statements of policy from notice-and-comment ⓘ interpretative rules from notice-and-comment ⓘ rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice from notice-and-comment ⓘ
governs	federal administrative agencies of the United States ⓘ standards of judicial review of agency action ⓘ
influenced	development of modern U.S. administrative law ⓘ
providesFor	exemptions from notice-and-comment for certain rules ⓘ formal adjudication ⓘ formal rulemaking in certain circumstances ⓘ informal adjudication ⓘ informal rulemaking ⓘ judicial review of agency action ⓘ notice-and-comment rulemaking ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Pub.L. 79–404 ⓘ
purpose	to improve the administration of justice by prescribing fair administrative procedure ⓘ
regulates	agency adjudication ⓘ agency formulation of rules ⓘ agency issuance of orders ⓘ agency licensing procedures ⓘ agency rulemaking ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Register ⓘ surface form: Federal Register Act Freedom of Information Act ⓘ Government in the Sunshine Act ⓘ
requires	opportunity for public comment on proposed rules ⓘ publication of agency interpretations ⓘ publication of proposed rules in the Federal Register ⓘ publication of rules of agency organization ⓘ publication of rules of agency procedure ⓘ publication of statements of general policy ⓘ publication of substantive rules ⓘ statement of basis and purpose for final rules ⓘ
shortName	APA ⓘ
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
standardOfReview	arbitrary and capricious standard ⓘ de novo review in limited circumstances ⓘ substantial evidence standard ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. federal agencies → subjectTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

APA → refersTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Government in the Sunshine Act → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Federal Advisory Committee Act → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC → statuteInterpreted → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Paperwork Reduction Act → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

United States sovereign immunity law → implementedBy → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Department of Veterans Affairs regulations → governedBy → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Federal Register Act → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

United States in litigation involving Indian tribes → governedBy → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

United States in litigation involving Indian tribes → mayBeSuedUnder → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrative Procedure Act section 702

administrative law judges of the U.S. Department of Labor → legalBasis → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Chapter 15 – Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

Information Quality Act → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

FACA → relatedTo → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Advisory Committee Act

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. → legalProvisionInterpreted → Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ