United States Department of Justice Attorney General's Manual on the Administrative Procedure Act (1947) |
TOM C. CLARK, Attorney General
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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- INTRODUCTION
- Note Concerning Manner of Citation of Legislative Material
- 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
- 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 (b)--Opinions and Orders
- (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
- 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
- Section 4 (c)--Effective Dates
- General Scope of Formal Procedural Requirements
- Section 5 (a)--Notice
- Section 5 (b)--Procedure
- Section 5 (c)--Separation of Functions
- Section 5 (d)--Declaratory Orders
- V--SECTION 6, ANCILLARY MATTERS
- Section 6 (a)--Appearance
- Section 6 (b)--Investigations
- Section 7 (a)--Presiding Officers
- Section 7 (d)--Record
- Section 8 (b)--Submittals and Decisions
- VIII--SECTION 9, SANCTIONS AND POWERS
- IX--SECTION 10, JUDICIAL REVIEW
- Section 10 (a)--Right of Review
- Section 10 (b)--Form and Venue of Action
- Section 10 (c)--Reviewable Acts
Comparison of Original 1947 Administrative Procedure Act and Current U.S. Code Provisions