(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 rulemaking, and
(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.
[5 USC 602.]
