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[CITE: 5USC804]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
          CHAPTER 8--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING
 
Sec. 804. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter--
        (1) The term ``Federal agency'' means any agency as that term is 
    defined in section 551(1).
        (2) The term ``major rule'' means any rule that the 
    Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of 
    the Office of Management and Budget finds has resulted in or is 
    likely to result in--
            (A) an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more;
            (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, 
        individual industries, Federal, State, or local government 
        agencies, or geographic regions; or
            (C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 
        investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of 
        United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based 
        enterprises in domestic and export markets.

    The term does not include any rule promulgated under the 
    Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the amendments made by that Act.
        (3) The term ``rule'' has the meaning given such term in section 
    551, except that such term does not include--
            (A) any rule of particular applicability, including a rule 
        that approves or prescribes for the future rates, wages, prices, 
        services, or allowances therefor, corporate or financial 
        structures, reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, 
        or accounting practices or disclosures bearing on any of the 
        foregoing;
            (B) any rule relating to agency management or personnel; or
            (C) any rule of agency organization, procedure, or practice 
        that does not substantially affect the rights or obligations of 
        non-agency parties.

(Added Pub. L. 104-121, title II, Sec. 251, Mar. 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 
873.)

                       References in Text

    The Telecommunications Act of 1996, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. 
L. 104-104, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 56. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out 
under section 609 of Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and 
Radiotelegraphs, and Tables.
