---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 147.8"
title: "22"
number: "147.8"
heading: "Final agency action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/147.8"
---

# §147.8. Final agency action.


Either a decision by the Secretary on the merits of a complaint, or no notification in writing from the Secretary within 180 days of filing the complaint, will a constitute a final agency action and exhaustion of the complainant's administrative remedies for purposes of [5 U.S.C. 701](/usc/5/701.md), et seq.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 29 U.S.C. 794, 794d; 36 CFR part 1194.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 32646, May 24, 2016, unless otherwise noted.