United States Department of Justice Attorney General's Manual on the Administrative Procedure Act (1947)

TOM C. CLARK, Attorney General

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Note Concerning Manner of Citation of Legislative Material

I--FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

a. Basic Purposes of the Administrative Procedure Act

b. Coverage of the Administrative Procedure Act

c. Distinction between Rule Making and Adjudication

II-SECTION 3, PUBLIC INFORMATION

Agencies Subject to Section 3

Exceptions to Requirements of Section 3

(1) Any function of the United States requiring secrecy in the public interest

(2) Any matter relating solely to the internal management of an agency

Effective Date--Prospective Operation

SECTION 3 (a)--RULES

Separate Statement

Description of Organization

Statement of Procedures

Substantive Rules

Section 3 (b)--Opinions and Orders

Section 3 (c)--Public Records

III--SECTION 4, RULE MAKING

Exceptions

(1) Any military, naval, or foreign affairs function of the United States

(2) Any matter relating to agency, management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts

Public Property

Loans

Grants

Benefits

Contracts

Section 4 (a)--Notice

Contents of notice

Section 4(a) and (b) applicable only to substantive rules

Omission of notice and public procedure for good cause

Section 4 (b)--Procedures

Informal rule making

Formal rule making

Publication of procedures

Section 4 (c)--Effective Dates

Section 4 (d)--Petitions

IV--SECTION 5, ADJUDICATION

General Scope of Formal Procedural Requirements

Exempted adjudications

Section 5 (a)--Notice

Responsive pleading

Section 5 (b)--Procedure

Section 5 (c)--Separation of Functions

Exceptions

Hearing officers

The agency

Section 5 (d)--Declaratory Orders

V--SECTION 6, ANCILLARY MATTERS

Governing definitions

Section 6 (a)--Appearance

Formal appearance

Informal appearance

Practice before Agencies

Section 6 (b)--Investigations

Section 6 (c)--Subpenas

Section 6 (d)--Denials

VI--SECTION 7, HEARINGS

Section 7 (a)--Presiding Officers

Section 7 (b)--Hearing Powers

Section 7 (c)--Evidence

Burden of proof

Evidence

Presentation of evidence

Section 7 (d)--Record

Record

Official notice

VII--SECTION 8, DECISIONS

Section 8 (a)--Who Decides

Appeals and review

Section 8 (b)--Submittals and Decisions

Decisions

Appeals to superior agency

VIII--SECTION 9, SANCTIONS AND POWERS

Section 9 (a)--Sanctions

Section 9 (b)--Licenses

Applications for licenses

Suspension or revocation of licenses

Renewal of licenses

IX--SECTION 10, JUDICIAL REVIEW

Scope of Section 10

Section 10 (a)--Right of Review

Section 10 (b)--Form and Venue of Action

Form of Action

Venue

Review in enforcement proceedings

Section 10 (c)--Reviewable Acts

Section 10 (d)--Interim Relief

Section 10 (e)--Scope of Review

Appendix A--Text of Administrative Procedure Act

Appendix B--Attorney General's letter of Oct. 19, 1945

Comparison of Original 1947 Administrative Procedure Act and Current U.S. Code Provisions