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type: "LegalText"
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title: "5 U.S.C. § 572"
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description: "General authority"
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title_number: 5
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title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
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chapter_number: "5"
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chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE"
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section: "572"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 572 - General authority
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## Text
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(a) An agency may use a dispute resolution proceeding for the resolution of an issue in controversy that relates to an administrative program, if the parties agree to such proceeding.
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(b) An agency shall consider not using a dispute resolution proceeding if—
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(1) a definitive or authoritative resolution of the matter is required for precedential value, and such a proceeding is not likely to be accepted generally as an authoritative precedent;
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(2) the matter involves or may bear upon significant questions of Government policy that require additional procedures before a final resolution may be made, and such a proceeding would not likely serve to develop a recommended policy for the agency;
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(3) maintaining established policies is of special importance, so that variations among individual decisions are not increased and such a proceeding would not likely reach consistent results among individual decisions;
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(4) the matter significantly affects persons or organizations who are not parties to the proceeding;
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(5) a full public record of the proceeding is important, and a dispute resolution proceeding cannot provide such a record; and
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(6) the agency must maintain continuing jurisdiction over the matter with authority to alter the disposition of the matter in the light of changed circumstances, and a dispute resolution proceeding would interfere with the agency’s fulfilling that requirement.
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(c) Alternative means of dispute resolution authorized under this subchapter are voluntary procedures which supplement rather than limit other available agency dispute resolution techniques.
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(Added Pub. L. 101–552, § 4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2739, § 582; renumbered § 572, Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(b)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section 572 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 2257 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 572 was renumbered section 592 of this title.
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Amendments1992—Pub. L. 102–354 renumbered section 582 of this title as this section.
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