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    5 USC Sec. 553                                              01/19/04

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    TITLE 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

    PART I - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY

    CHAPTER 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

    SUBCHAPTER II - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

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    Sec. 553. Rule making

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      (a) This section applies, according to the provisions thereof,

    except to the extent that there is involved - 

        (1) a military or foreign affairs function of the United

      States; or

        (2) a matter relating to agency management or personnel or to

      public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.

      (b) General notice of proposed rule making shall be published in

    the Federal Register, unless persons subject thereto are named and

    either personally served or otherwise have actual notice thereof in

    accordance with law. The notice shall include - 

        (1) a statement of the time, place, and nature of public rule

      making proceedings;

        (2) reference to the legal authority under which the rule is

      proposed; and

        (3) either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a

      description of the subjects and issues involved.

    Except when notice or hearing is required by statute, this

    subsection does not apply - 

        (A) to interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or

      rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice; or

        (B) when the agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the

      finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in the rules

      issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are

      impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.

      (c) After notice required by this section, the agency shall give

    interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making

    through submission of written data, views, or arguments with or

    without opportunity for oral presentation. After consideration of

    the relevant matter presented, the agency shall incorporate in the

    rules adopted a concise general statement of their basis and

    purpose. When rules are required by statute to be made on the

    record after opportunity for an agency hearing, sections 556 and

    557 of this title apply instead of this subsection.

      (d) The required publication or service of a substantive rule

    shall be made not less than 30 days before its effective date,

    except - 

        (1) a substantive rule which grants or recognizes an exemption

      or relieves a restriction;

        (2) interpretative rules and statements of policy; or

        (3) as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause found

      and published with the rule.

      (e) Each agency shall give an interested person the right to

    petition for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule.

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    (Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 383.)

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                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   

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     Derivation           U.S. Code              Revised Statutes and    

                                                   Statutes at Large     

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                    5 U.S.C. 1003.           June 11, 1946, ch. 324,     

                                              Sec. 4, 60 Stat. 238.      

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      In subsection (a)(1), the words "or naval" are omitted as

    included in "military".

      In subsection (b), the word "when" is substituted for "in any

    situation in which".

      In subsection (c), the words "for oral presentation" are

    substituted for "to present the same orally in any manner". The

    words "sections 556 and 557 of this title apply instead of this

    subsection" are substituted for "the requirements of sections 1006

    and 1007 of this title shall apply in place of the provisions of

    this subsection".

      Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions

    applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface

    to the report.

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                               CODIFICATION                           

      Section 553 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and

    Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 2245

    of Title 7, Agriculture.


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                         EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12044                     

      Ex. Ord. No. 12044, Mar. 23, 1978, 43 F.R. 12661, as amended by

    Ex. Ord. No. 12221, June 27, 1980, 45 F.R. 44249, which related to

    the improvement of Federal regulations, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No.

    12291, Feb. 17, 1981, 46 F.R. 13193, formerly set out as a note

    under section 601 of this title.

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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               

      This section is referred to in sections 552a, 556, 561, 566, 601,

    603, 604, 611, 1103, 1105, 5304 of this title; title 2 sections

    501, 502, 1383, 1384; title 6 section 441; title 7 sections 499c,

    499f, 927, 944a, 2013, 2014, 2707, 4604, 4906, 6802, 6804, 7251,

    7253, 7281, 7412, 7804, 7981, 7991; title 8 sections 1288, 1372;

    title 9 section 306; title 12 sections 635, 1441a, 1710, 1735f-17,

    1828, 3336, 4004, 4008, 4112, 4308, 4526, 4589, 4611; title 15

    sections 18a, 45a, 57a, 77f, 78l, 78m, 78n, 78s, 78ee, 78ggg, 1193,

    1203, 1262, 1277, 1474, 1476, 1604, 1693b, 2058, 2079, 2082, 2309,

    2603, 2604, 2605, 2618, 2643, 2703, 2823, 3412, 3803, 4017, 4404,

    5624, 5711, 5721, 5724, 6004, 6102, 6502, 6765, 7607, 7711; title

    16 sections 460nnn-105, 620a, 839b, 971d, 1379, 1381, 1383b, 1463,

    1533, 1535, 1604, 1821, 1822, 3341, 3604, 3636, 3801, 5504; title

    19 section 2561; title 20 sections 1098a, 1221e-4, 1232, 1406,

    1461, 6104, 9581; title 21 sections 358, 463; title 25 sections

    450c, 450k; title 28 section 994; title 30 sections 185, 811, 936,

    1211, 1468, 1751; title 33 sections 1231, 1322, 1504; title 35

    sections 2, 3; title 38 sections 501, 502; title 40 section 3704;

    title 41 sections 43a, 47, 422; title 42 sections 289d, 290aa-10,

    300g-1, 300h, 421, 902, 1320a-7c, 1395ff, 1395hh, 1437d, 1437u,

    1437z-3, 1796c, 2210a, 2282c, 2992b-1, 4029, 4905, 5403, 5404,

    5419, 5422, 5506, 5919, 6239, 6250d, 6306, 7191, 7407, 7502, 7511a,

    7607, 8275, 8411, 9112, 9127, 9204, 9605, 10155, 10193, 11023,

    11376, 11387, 12725, 12879, 12898, 12898a, 13603, 13643, 14923,

    14941; title 43 section 1740; title 44 section 2206; title 46

    sections 7702, 9303, 14104; title 46 App. sections 1241f, 1716;

    title 47 section 336; title 49 sections 5103, 20103, 24308, 31136,

    31317, 32502, 32902, 40103, 44940, 60102; title 50 App. sections

    2158, 2159, 2412.