Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§704 Actions Reviewable
Title 5 › Part I— THE AGENCIES GENERALLY › Chapter 7— JUDICIAL REVIEW › § 704
Summary
Courts can review agency actions that a law allows and final agency actions when no other court remedy exists. Nonfinal or procedural agency steps can be reviewed later with the final action, and unless a law or agency rule says otherwise an action counts as final even during internal agency review.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §704
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Agency action made reviewable by statute and final agency action for which there is no other adequate remedy in a court are subject to judicial review. A preliminary, procedural, or intermediate agency action or ruling not directly reviewable is subject to review on the review of the final agency action. Except as otherwise expressly required by statute, agency action otherwise final is final for the purposes of this section whether or not there has been presented or determined an application for a declaratory order, for any form of reconsideration, or, unless the agency otherwise requires by rule and provides that the action meanwhile is inoperative, for an appeal to superior agency authority.
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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 1009(c).June 11, 1946, ch. 324, § 10(c), 60 Stat. 243. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface of this report.
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5 U.S.C. § 704
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60