1. The administrative agencies
How Laws are Made
The administrative agencies

2. Sharon Bradley Special Collections Librarian
Alexander Campbell King Law Library
University of Georgia School of Law

3. What we’ll cover
Law, as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force.” Our laws come from our three branches of Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. These webinars will focus on the law-making activities of each branch, the documents that are created during the process, and how they are used by lawyers and legal researchers.
Administrative agencies are part of the executive branch of government headed by the President. They make law through the rule making process but they also enforce the rules and have quasi- judicial power.

4. Research Guide

5. Regulations: The Rodney Dangerfield of Laws
“I don't get no respect”
Daily impact on our lives
Not actually written to torture us
Citizens have a say in the process

6. Administrative Procedure Act of 1946
Roosevelt’s New Deal
Development of the administrative agency structure
Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
Federal Register Act of 1935
Final Report of Attorney General's Committee on Administrative Procedure

7. Federal Register 65 Fed. Reg. 3415 (Jan. 21, 2000)
Proposed new rules and regulations
Final rules
Changes to existing rules
Notices of meetings and adjudicatory proceedings
Presidential documents including Executive orders, proclamations and administrative orders.

8. Preliminary Rules & Regulations Existing regulations or new regulation
Responsible agency identified
Delegation of authority
Extension of legislation from general to specific
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Regulatory Agenda

9. Proposed Rules Separate section of Federal Register Summary
Supplementary background information
Contact information for public input
Named individual
Phone
Mailing address
Website

10. Final Rules Interim Final Rule Final Rule Preamble Summary
Effective date
Congressional Review Act

11. What’s After the Final Final Rule
Code of Federal Regulations
Codification – subject or topical arrangement
Reference to FR where section created/amended
Agency Materials
Administrative Decisions
Administrative Guidance

12. How Laws are Made: The Administrative Agencies
Questions?
Contact:
Sharon Bradley