Title 3, The PresidentRelease 119-102
§455 Effect of Failure to Issue Regulations
Title 3 › CHAPTER 5 — EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › SUBCHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES › § 455
Summary
If a case under section 453(1) needs a regulation and the President or someone the President picks has not issued one, the agency handling the case must use the most similar existing rule from an executive agency that enforces the same law. The agency should do this only as much as needed and when it fits the situation.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102