Regulatory Flexibility Act
- UNITED STATES CODE
- TITLE 5. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
- PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
- CHAPTER 6--THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
- PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
- TITLE 5. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 602. Regulatory agenda
(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, [FN1] and
[FN1] So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.
(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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