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Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73not60

§6717 Judicial Review

Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 67— FEDERAL PAYMENTS › § 6717

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

A local government can ask the federal court of appeals in its area to review the Secretary’s decision to withhold, suspend, or stop federal payments. The government must file the petition within 60 days after it gets the notice, and the court clerk will send a copy to the Secretary. The Secretary must give the court the record and the court will only consider objections the government raised earlier to the Secretary. The court can uphold, change, or reverse the Secretary’s action. The Secretary’s factual findings stand if the record has enough evidence. If not, the court can send the case back so the Secretary can gather more evidence and report new findings. Only the Supreme Court can review the court’s judgment.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §6717

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(a)A unit of general local government which receives notice from the Secretary about withholding payments under section 6703(f), suspending payments under section 6713(a)(1)(B), or terminating payments under section 6712(d)(2)(A), may apply for review of the action of the Secretary by filing a petition for review with the court of appeals of the United States for the circuit in which the government is located. The petition shall be filed by the 60th day after the date the notice is received. The clerk of the court shall immediately send a copy of the petition to the Secretary.
(b)The Secretary shall file with the court a record of the proceeding on which the Secretary based the action. The court may consider only objections to the action of the Secretary that were presented before the Secretary.
(c)The court may affirm, change, or set aside any part of the action of the Secretary. The findings of fact by the Secretary are conclusive if supported by substantial evidence in the record. If a finding is not supported by substantial evidence in the record, the court may remand the case to the Secretary to take additional evidence. Upon such a remand, the Secretary may make new or modified findings and shall certify additional proceedings to the court.
(d)A judgment of a court under this section may be reviewed only by the Supreme Court under section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 6717, Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1025; Pub. L. 98–185, §§ 7, 9(h), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1310, 1312, related to discrimination proceedings, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(a)(1), (e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 327, 329, eff. Oct. 18, 1986.

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31 U.S.C. § 6717

Title 31 — Money and Finance

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60