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[CITE: 5USC602]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
             CHAPTER 6--THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 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 
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        (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, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 1166.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 605 of this title.
