APA
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- noun
- /ˌeɪ piː ˈeɪ/
- Formal
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Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo (Estados Unidos)
- The APA outlines the protocols that federal agencies must follow when creating regulations.
- Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
- the APA requires
- APA Act
Examples
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Twenty-six states challenged DAPA in court under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Take Care Clause.
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The APA has specifically cautioned against the use of its diagnostic categories in the legal context.
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With some modification, this standard of review later made its way into the APA.
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Currently, the APA does not apply to IRIS because the chemical assessment process is not considered a formal agency rulemaking.
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To address these concerns, the courts reworked the APA's notice provisions in two especially notable ways.
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The APA provides two avenues for agencies to create new policy: rulemaking and adjudication.
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The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is the legal foundation for stakeholder participation in the regulatory process (Balla and Dudley, 2014).
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Many regulations are established in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the APA.
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The impact of the APA on public policy is significant, as it governs how agencies enforce compliance.
Surface Forms
Etymology
APA stands for the Administrative Procedure Act, a United States law that gives government agencies the 'rules' for how they make and change regulations. So lawyers and judges refer to the APA when they check if an agency followed the law.