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[CITE: 5USC581]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
     SUBCHAPTER IV--ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE 
                         ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS
 
Sec. 581. Judicial Review \1\

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    \1\ So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
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    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person adversely 
affected or aggrieved by an award made in an arbitration proceeding 
conducted under this subchapter may bring an action for review of such 
award only pursuant to the provisions of sections 9 through 13 of title 
9.
    (b) A decision by an agency to use or not to use a dispute 
resolution proceeding under this subchapter shall be committed to the 
discretion of the agency and shall not be subject to judicial review, 
except that arbitration shall be subject to judicial review under 
section 10(b) of title 9.

(Added Pub. L. 101-552, Sec. 4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2744, 
Sec. 591; renumbered Sec. 581 and amended Pub. L. 102-354, Sec. 3(b)(2), 
(4), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944, 945; Pub. L. 104-320, Sec. 8(b), Oct. 
19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3872.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 581 was renumbered section 571 of this title.
    Another prior section 581 was renumbered section 561 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-320, which directed that section 
581(d) of this title be amended by striking ``(1)'' after ``(b)'' and by 
striking par. (2), was executed to subsec. (b) of this section to 
reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, par. (2) 
read as follows: ``A decision by the head of an agency under section 580 
to terminate an arbitration proceeding or vacate an arbitral award shall 
be committed to the discretion of the agency and shall not be subject to 
judicial review.''
    1992--Pub. L. 102-354, Sec. 3(b)(2), renumbered section 591 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102-354, Sec. 3(b)(4), substituted ``section 
580'' for ``section 590''.
