To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act requires de novo trial of the facts when agency action seeks a sanction.

This bill would change federal law so that when a government agency tries to punish or penalize someone, and that person challenges the action in court, the court would have to look at the facts of the case completely from scratch rather than simply reviewing what the agency already decided. No official summary is available for this bill.

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