---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 1296"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "1296"
heading: "Review of certain agency actions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/1296"
units:
  - "Part IV — Jurisdiction and Venue"
  - "Chapter 83 — Courts of Appeals"
---

# §1296. Review of certain agency actions

- (a) **Jurisdiction.—** Subject to the provisions of [chapter 179](/usc/28/chptVI/ch179.md), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction over a petition for review of a final decision under [chapter 5](/usc/3/chch5.md) of title 3 of—
  - (1) an appropriate agency (as determined under [section 454 of title 3](/usc/3/454.md));
  - (2) the Federal Labor Relations Authority made under part D of subchapter II of [chapter 5](/usc/3/chch5.md) of title 3, notwithstanding [section 7123 of title 5](/usc/5/7123.md); or
  - (3) the Secretary of Labor or the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, made under part C of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 3.
- (b) **Filing of Petition.—** Any petition for review under this section must be filed within 30 days after the date the petitioner receives notice of the final decision.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4068.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1296, added Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 127(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 39, related to precedence of cases in United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(29)(C), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3359.

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(d), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4071, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and sections 1413 and 3901 to 3908 of this title and amending sections 1346 and 2402 of this title] shall take effect on October 1, 1997.”