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<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The form of proceeding for judicial review is the special statutory review proceeding relevant to the subject matter in a court specified by statute or, in the absence or inadequacy thereof, any applicable form of legal action, including actions for declaratory judgments or writs of prohibitory or mandatory injunction or habeas corpus, in a court of competent jurisdiction. If no special statutory review proceeding is applicable, the action for judicial review may be brought against the United States, the agency by its official title, or the appropriate officer. Except to the extent that prior, adequate, and exclusive opportunity for judicial review is provided by law, agency action is subject to judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for judicial enforcement.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id7a44af01-8841-11e3-a17e-af2311883083">(<ref href="/us/pl/89/554">Pub. L. 89–554</ref>, <date date="1966-09-06">Sept. 6, 1966</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/80/392">80 Stat. 392</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/94/574/s1">Pub. L. 94–574, § 1</ref>, <date date="1976-10-21">Oct. 21, 1976</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/90/2721">90 Stat. 2721</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<p style=""><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Historical and Revision Notes</span></p></th>
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<th style="width:41.0pt ; max-width:41.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Derivation</i></p></th><th style="width:70.0pt ; max-width:70.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>U.S. Code</i></p></th><th style="min-width: 95.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center; margin-bottom:0em;"><i>Revised Statutes and</i></p><p style=" text-align:center; margin-top:0em;"><i>Statutes at Large</i></p></th></tr>
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<tr style="border-top:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;" class="leaders"><span> </span></p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;"><a href="/us/usc/t5/s1009/b">5 U.S.C. 1009(b)</a>.</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:1px solid black; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;"><a href="/us/act/1946-06-11/ch324/s10/b">June 11, 1946, ch. 324, § 10(b)</a>, <a href="/us/stat/60/243">60 Stat. 243</a>.</p></td></tr>
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<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id7a44af04-8841-11e3-a17e-af2311883083"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1976—<ref href="/us/pl/94/574">Pub. L. 94–574</ref> provided that if no special statutory review proceeding is applicable, the action for judicial review may be brought against the United States, the agency by its official title, or the appropriate officer as defendant.</p>
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