Title 3 — The PresidentRelease 119-73
§455 Effect of failure to issue regulations
Title 3 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES › § 455
Summary
When the President or someone he names has not issued a rule the law requires, the agency handling the case must use the most relevant rule made by an executive agency that explains how to carry out the law. The agency should do this only as much as it needs to for the case.
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Title 3, §455
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In any proceeding under section 453(1), if the President, or the designee of the President, has not issued a regulation on a matter for which this chapter requires a regulation to be issued, the administrative agency shall apply, to the extent necessary and appropriate, the most relevant substantive executive agency regulation promulgated to implement the statutory provision at issue in the proceeding.
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3 U.S.C. § 455
Title 3 — The President
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73