United States Regulatory Flexibility Act (Title 5 USC Chapter 6): Definitions of Small Entity, Regulatory Agenda, Initial and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analyses, Periodic Review, and Judicial Review

What United States Regulatory Flexibility Act (Title 5 USC Chapter 6): Definitions of Small Entity, Regulatory Agenda, Initial and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analyses, Periodic Review, and Judicial Review requires

The Regulatory Flexibility Act, codified at Title 5 of the United States Code, Part I, Chapter 6 (titled Analysis of Regulatory Functions), is the principal federal statute requiring federal agencies to consider the impact of their regulations on small entities and is administered with oversight from the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 contains the definitions including agency, rule, small business, small organization, small governmental jurisdiction, small entity, and collection of information. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 602 requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register a regulatory agenda twice a year describing planned rulemakings that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 603 requires an initial regulatory flexibility analysis whenever an agency publishes a proposed rule under section 553(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act that is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 604 requires a final regulatory flexibility analysis when the agency promulgates the final rule. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 605 governs the avoidance of duplicative or unnecessary analyses, including by certification that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 606 governs the effect on other law. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 608 provides procedures for waiver or delay of completion. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 609 provides procedures for gathering comments from small entities. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 610 requires periodic review of rules within ten years of promulgation. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 611 provides for judicial review. The Act, together with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, is the controlling federal instrument for small entity impact analysis in federal rulemaking.

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• Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 - definitions including small business, small organization, small governmental jurisdiction, and small entity.
• Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 602 - twice-yearly regulatory agenda.

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