Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§803 Special Rule on Statutory, Regulatory, and Judicial Deadlines
Title 5 › PART I — THE AGENCIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 — CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING › § 803
Summary
When a joint resolution becomes law and that causes a rule not to take effect or to stop being effective, any deadline linked to that rule is moved to the date 1 year after the resolution becomes law. This does not change a deadline just because a rule’s start date was delayed under the law that allows such postponements. Deadline means any fixed date to do something required by a federal law, rule, or a court order enforcing them.
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Title 5, §803
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(a)In the case of any deadline for, relating to, or involving any rule which does not take effect (or the effectiveness of which is terminated) because of enactment of a joint resolution under section 802, that deadline is extended until the date 1 year after the date of enactment of the joint resolution. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect a deadline merely by reason of the postponement of a rule’s effective date under section 801(a).
(b)The term “deadline” means any date certain for fulfilling any obligation or exercising any authority established by or under any Federal statute or regulation, or by or under any court order implementing any Federal statute or regulation.
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5 U.S.C. § 803
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102