(a) Any Federal agency may
perform the analyses required by sections 602, 603, and 604 of this
title in conjunction with or as a part of any other agenda or analysis
required by any other law if such other analysis satisfies the provisions
of such sections.
(b) Sections 603 and 604 of
this title shall not apply to any proposed or final rule if the head
of the agency certifies that the rule will not, if promulgated, have
a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. If the head of the
agency makes a certification under the preceding sentence, the agency
shall publish such certification in the Federal Register at the time
of publication of general notice of proposed rulemaking for the rule
or at the time of publication of the final rule, along with a statement
providing the factual basis for such certification. The agency shall
provide such certification and statement to the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
(c) In order to avoid duplicative action, an agency may consider
a series of closely related rules as one rule for the purposes of
sections 602, 603, 604 and 610 of this title.
[5 USC 605. As amended
by act of March 24, 1996 (110 Stat. 866).]
