2016 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part I - The Agencies Generally
Chapter 6 - The Analysis of Regulatory Functions
Sec. 602 - Regulatory agenda

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 602 (2016)
Section Name §602. Regulatory agenda
Section Text

(a) During the months of October and April of each year, each agency shall publish in the Federal Register a regulatory flexibility agenda which shall contain—

(1) a brief description of the subject area of any rule which the agency expects to propose or promulgate which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities;

(2) a summary of the nature of any such rule under consideration for each subject area listed in the agenda pursuant to paragraph (1), the objectives and legal basis for the issuance of the rule, and an approximate schedule for completing action on any rule for which the agency has issued a general notice of proposed rulemaking,1 and

(3) the name and telephone number of an agency official knowledgeable concerning the items listed in paragraph (1).


(b) Each regulatory flexibility agenda shall be transmitted to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration for comment, if any.

(c) Each agency shall endeavor to provide notice of each regulatory flexibility agenda to small entities or their representatives through direct notification or publication of the agenda in publications likely to be obtained by such small entities and shall invite comments upon each subject area on the agenda.

(d) Nothing in this section precludes an agency from considering or acting on any matter not included in a regulatory flexibility agenda, or requires an agency to consider or act on any matter listed in such agenda.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 96–354, §3(a), Sept. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 1166.)

Editorial Notes EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Jan. 1, 1981, see section 4 of Pub. L. 96–354, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

Footnotes

1 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART I - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 6 - THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
Sec. 602 - Regulatory agenda
Contains section 602
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 94 Stat. 1166
Public Law References Public Law 96-354
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