APPENDIX

Administrative procedures and public information requirements prescribed by chapters 5 and 7 of title 5, United States Code.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED BY CHAPTERS 5 AND 7 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE

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CHAPTER 5—ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

500. Administrative practice; general provisions.

501. Advertising practice; restrictions.

502. Administrative practice; Reserves and National Guardsmen. 503. Witness fees and allowances.

SEC. 551.

SUBCHAPTER II-ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Definitions.

552. Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and

proceedings.

552a. Records about individuals.

553. Rule making

554. Adjudications.

555. Ancillary matters.

556. Hearings; presiding employees; powers and duties; burden of proof; evidence; record as basis of decision.

557. Initial decisions; conclusiveness; review by agency; submissions by parties; contents of decisions; record.

558. Imposition of sanctions; determination of applications for licenses; suspension, revocation, and expiration of licenses.

559. Effect on other laws; effect of subsequent statute.

SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 500. Administrative practice; general provisions (a) For the purpose of this section

(1) "agency" has the meaning given it by section 551 of this title; and

(2) "State" means a State, a territory or possession of the United States including a Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.

(b) An individual who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State may represent a person before an agency on filing with the agency a written declaration that he is currently qualified as provided by this subsection and is authorized to represent the particular person in whose behalf he acts.

(c) An individual who is duly qualified to practice as a certified public accountant in a State may represent a person before the Internal Revenue Service of the Treasury Department on filing with that agency a written declaration that he is currently qualified as provided by this subsection and is authorized to represent the particular person in whose behalf he acts.

(d) This section does not

(1) grant or deny to an individual who is not qualified as provided by subsection (b) or (c) of this section the right to appear for or represent a person before an agency or in an agency proceeding;

(2) authorize or limit the discipline, including disbarment, of individuals who appear in a representative capacity before an agency;

(3) authorize an individual who is a former employee of an agency to represent a person before an agency when the representation is prohibited by statute or regulation; or

(4) prevent an agency from requiring a power of attorney as a condition to the settlement of a controversy involving the payment of money.

(e) Subsections (b)-(d) of this section do not apply to practice before the Patent Office with respect to patent matters that continue to be covered by chapter 3 (sections 31-33) of title 35.

(f) When a participant in a matter before an agency is represented by an individual qualified under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, a notice or other written communication required or permitted to be given the participant in the matter shall be given to the representa