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5 U.S.C. § 602

Regulatory agenda

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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.(Added Pub. L. 96–354, § 3(a), Sept. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 1166.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective 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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2015 · leading case: Parkdale International, Ltd. v. United States
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Parkdale International, Ltd. v. United States (2007) cit “Plaintiffs also argue that in publishing a new legislative rule, an agency is required to state whether the rule complies with various statutes and executive orders, including the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. § 602 , and Executive Order Number 12,866.”
Resolute Forest Products, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (2015) dcd “- at 342-43 (AR3339-40); see also Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. § 602 (a)(1) (describing agency reporting requirements for rules that are “likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities”).”
Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Chao (2002) ca3 · cites it 2× “It explains that under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. § 602 , agencies must publish regulatory agendas that include all rules the agency intends to propose or promulgate that are “likely to have a significant economic impact on a substan *152 tial number of small…”
Mid-Tex Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1985) cadc “” 5 U.S.C. § 602 (a)(1) (emphasis added). Since the RFA does not distinguish between the direct “impact” of a regulation on regulated small entities and the indirect “impact” of a regulation on small entities that do business with or are otherwise dependent on the regulated…”
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