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[CITE: 5USC592]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
      SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 592. Definitions

    For the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) ``administrative program'' includes a Federal function which 
    involves protection of the public interest and the determination of 
    rights, privileges, and obligations of private persons through rule 
    making, adjudication, licensing, or investigation, as those terms 
    are used in subchapter II of this chapter, except that it does not 
    include a military or foreign affairs function of the United States;
        (2) ``administrative agency'' means an authority as defined by 
    section 551(1) of this title; and
        (3) ``administrative procedure'' means procedure used in 
    carrying out an administrative program and is to be broadly 
    construed to include any aspect of agency organization, procedure, 
    or management which may affect the equitable consideration of public 
    and private interests, the fairness of agency decisions, the speed 
    of agency action, and the relationship of operating methods to later 
    judicial review, but does not include the scope of agency 
    responsibility as established by law or matters of substantive 
    policy committed by law to agency discretion.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 388, Sec. 572; renumbered 
Sec. 592, Pub. L. 102-354, Sec. 2(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 1045a.               Aug. 30, 1964, Pub.
                                                    L. 88-499, Sec.  3,
                                                    78 Stat. 615.
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    In paragraph (1), the words ``subchapter II of this chapter'' are 
substituted for ``the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 1001-
1011)'' to reflect the codification of the Act in this title. The word 
``naval'' is omitted as included in ``military''.
    In paragraph (2), the words ``section 551(1) of this title'' are 
substituted for ``section 2(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. 1001(a))''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 592 was renumbered section 582 of this title and was 
subsequently repealed.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-354 renumbered section 572 of this title as this 
section.
