---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 51.42"
title: "28"
number: "51.42"
heading: "Failure of the Attorney General to respond."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/51.42"
---

# §51.42. Failure of the Attorney General to respond.


It is the practice and intention of the Attorney General to respond in writing to each submission within the 60-day period. However, the failure of the Attorney General to make a written response within the 60-day period constitutes preclearance of the submitted change, provided that a 60-day review period had commenced after receipt by the Attorney General of a complete submission that is appropriate for a response on the merits. (See [§ 51.22](/cfr/28/51.22.md), [§ 51.27](/cfr/28/51.27.md), [§ 51.35](/cfr/28/51.35.md).)


## Notes

### Amendments

[Order No. 3262-2011, 76 FR 21247, Apr. 15, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 42 U.S.C. 1973b, 1973c.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order No. 3262-2011, 76 FR 21247, Apr. 15, 2011]