§602 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

Summary

Agencies must publish a regulatory flexibility agenda in the Federal Register every October and April. The agenda must list rules the agency expects to propose or create that could affect many small entities. For each item it must give a short description, the rule’s goals and legal basis, an estimated timetable if a general notice of proposed rulemaking exists, and a contact name and phone number. Agencies must send the agenda to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration for comment, try to notify small entities or their representatives and invite comments, and may act on matters whether or not they appear on the agenda.

Title 5, §602

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(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,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. 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.

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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.

§602 Regulatory Agenda

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