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Prepared by the United States Department of Justice Tom C. Clark, Attorney General, 1947.
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
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