1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Judicial Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) December 8, 2020 Federal agencies administer a wide range of areas by adopting rules, adjudicating disputes and claims, and providing guidance
2、on matters within their purview. Given the potential impact of these agency actions on individual rights, the Supreme Court has recognized a “strong presumption that Congress intends judicial review of agency action”; this presumption is embodied in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). For agency
3、 actions not governed by another statute, the APA defines the federal courts scope of reviewhow courts review agency actions, including the legal standards used to review those actions. This Sidebar provides a brief summary of the APAs judicial review requirements before exploring the scope of that
4、review. It does not address other issues affecting judicial review of agency actions, such as subject-matter jurisdiction or the case-or-controversy requirement. For a discussion of these topics, see CRS Report R44699, An Introduction to Judicial Review of Federal Agency Action, by Jared P. Cole. Se
