---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptI/ch5/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Administrative Procedure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptI-ch5-schII"
sections_count: 11
---

# Subchapter II — Administrative Procedure

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part I — The Agencies Generally › Chapter 5 — Administrative Procedure

## Sections

- [§551. Definitions](/usc/5/551.md)
- [§552. Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings](/usc/5/552.md)
- [§552a. Records maintained on individuals](/usc/5/552a.md)
- [§552b. Open meetings](/usc/5/552b.md)
- [§553. Rule making](/usc/5/553.md)
- [§554. Adjudications](/usc/5/554.md)
- [§555. Ancillary matters](/usc/5/555.md)
- [§556. Hearings; presiding employees; powers and duties; burden of proof; evidence; record as basis of decision](/usc/5/556.md)
- [§557. Initial decisions; conclusiveness; review by agency; submissions by parties; contents of decisions; record](/usc/5/557.md)
- [§558. Imposition of sanctions; determination of applications for licenses; suspension, revocation, and expiration of licenses](/usc/5/558.md)
- [§559. Effect on other laws; effect of subsequent statute](/usc/5/559.md)