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Administrative Agency
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Government office created by the legislature and overseen by the executive branch. The purpose of such an agency is to apply certain specified laws created by the legislature.
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Enabling Act
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Congressional enactment that creates the authority in the executive to organize and oversee an administrative agency by establishing specific legislative goals and objectives.
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Delegation Doctrine
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Principle that Congress may not assign its authority to create statutory law and no other government entity may assume such authority.
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Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
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Congressional enactment that requires all federal administrative agencies to follow certain procedures in the issuance of administrative law
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Administrative Regulations
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Form of administrative law; a regulation that defines, clarifies, or enforces a statutory objective.
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
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Publication that contains all current administrative regulations
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Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
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Requirement that anyone having a dispute with an administrative agency must first follow all available procedures to resolve the dispute before taking the issue before the judiciary.