§2992b–1 Additional requirements applicable to rulemaking

Summary

Applies the normal rulemaking rules in the Administrative Procedure Act to programs that make loans, grants, benefits, or contracts under this subchapter, except where this section changes those rules. It says that interpretive rules and general policy statements proposed under this subchapter, or that apply only to these programs, are treated differently from other rules for parts of the APA’s notice-and-comment process. Other proposed rules (not interpretive or internal procedure rules) must follow the APA’s basic public-notice requirements. Requires every covered rule or policy to show, after each section or paragraph, the specific law that gives the agency the authority. If a new law changes how this subchapter is run, the Secretary must issue needed rules or policies within 180 days unless subsection (c) provides otherwise. When an agency publishes a rule or policy covered by subsection (c), it must send a copy to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate.