PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Defines key terms used in this chapter. Federal agency: the agency named in section 551(1). Major rule: a rule OIRA’s Administrator finds will or likely has an annual economic effect of $100,000,000 or more, will sharply raise costs or prices, or will seriously harm competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or U.S. firms' competitiveness; it excludes rules under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Rule: the meaning in section 551, but not rules that apply only to particular parties (such as setting rates or corporate reorganizations), not agency management or personnel rules, and not internal organization, procedure, or practice rules that do not substantially affect outsiders.

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For purposes of this chapter—

(1)The term “Federal agency” means any agency as that term is defined in section 551(1).

(2)The term “major rule” means any rule that the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget finds has resulted in or is likely to result in—

(A)an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more;

(B)a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic regions; or

(C)significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets.

The term does not include any rule promulgated under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the amendments made by that Act.

(3)The term “rule” has the meaning given such term in section 551, except that such term does not include—

(A)any rule of particular applicability, including a rule that approves or prescribes for the future rates, wages, prices, services, or allowances therefor, corporate or financial structures, reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures bearing on any of the foregoing;

(B)any rule relating to agency management or personnel; or

(C)any rule of agency organization, procedure, or practice that does not substantially affect the rights or obligations of non-agency parties.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 104–104, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 56. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1996 Amendment note set out under section 609 of Title 47, Telecommunications, and Tables.

§804 Definitions