---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 35.176"
title: "28"
number: "35.176"
heading: "Alternative means of dispute resolution."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/35.176"
---

# §35.176. Alternative means of dispute resolution.


Where appropriate and to the extent authorized by law, the use of alternative means of dispute resolution, including settlement negotiations, conciliation, facilitation, mediation, factfinding, minitrials, and arbitration, is encouraged to resolve disputes arising under the Act and this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 12134, 12131, and 12205a.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1512-91, 56 FR 35716, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.