Recommendation 2021-5, Clarifying Statutory Access to Judicial Review of Agency Action – urges Congress to enact a cross-cutting statute that addresses certain recurring technical problems in statutory provisions governing judicial review of agency action that may cause unfairness, inefficiency, or unnecessary litigation. It also offers drafting principles for Congress when it writes new or amends existing judicial review statutes. It draws in large part on ACUS’s forthcoming Sourcebook of Federal Judicial Review Statutes, which analyzes the provisions in the U.S. Code governing judicial review of agency action.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2021-5, Clarifying Statutory Access to Judicial Review of Agency Action, 86 Fed. Reg. 53262 (Sept. 27, 2021).
Judicial review of federal administrative action is governed by numerous statutes—including two general statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act and the Hobbs Act—and hundreds of agency-specific statutes. Ambiguities and inconsistencies in these statutes can create unnecessary obstacles to judicial review and complicate the process of judicial review. This Recommendation recommends eliminating certain obstacles...
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