PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Names two key terms used later in the law. Regulatory order — an official action that acts like a law (for example, an order, agreement, standard, permit or license, certificate, award, or rule) that can only be made after people get notice and a hearing or a chance for a hearing. Regulatory function — making or issuing a regulatory order, deciding if the law allows or requires it, and any steps done before, during, or after that decision.

Title 7, §2204–1

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As used in sections 2204–1 to 2204–5 of this title—

(a)The term “regulatory order” means an order, marketing agreement, standard, permit, license, registration, suspension or revocation of a permit, license, or registration, certificate, award, rule or regulation, if it has the force and effect of law, and if it may be made, prescribed, issued, or promulgated only after notice and hearing or opportunity for hearing have been given.

(b)The term “regulatory function” means the making, prescribing, issuing, or promulgating of a regulatory order; and includes (1) determining whether such making, prescribing, issuing, or promulgating is authorized or required by law, and (2) any action which is required or authorized to be performed before, after, or in connection with, such determining, making, prescribing, issuing, or promulgating.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 450c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 516a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

§2204–1 Delegation of Regulatory Functions of Secretary of Agriculture; Definitions

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Title 7, §2204–1

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