Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102

§3903 Effect of Failure to Issue Regulations

Title 28 › PART VI — PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS › CHAPTER 179 — JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › § 3903

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Court must, as needed, use the most relevant agency rule when 1296 or 1346(g) cases lack a required rule from the President, his designee, or FLRA.

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Title 28, §3903

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In any proceeding under section 1296 or 1346(g) of this title, if the President, the designee of the President, or the Federal Labor Relations Authority has not issued a regulation on a matter for which chapter 5 of title 3 requires a regulation to be issued, the court 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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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, see section 3(d) of Pub. L. 104–331, set out as a note under section 1296 of this title.

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Citation

28 U.S.C. § 3903

Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102