{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s592","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f592.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f592.\nDefinitions\nFor the purpose of this subchapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cadministrative program\u201d includes a Federal function which involves protection of the public interest and the determination of rights, privileges, and obligations of private persons through rule making, adjudication, licensing, or investigation, as those terms are used in subchapter II of this chapter, except that it does not include a military or foreign affairs function of the United States;\n(2) \u201cadministrative agency\u201d means an authority as defined by\nsection 551(1) of this title\n(3) \u201cadministrative procedure\u201d means procedure used in carrying out an administrative program and is to be broadly construed to include any aspect of agency organization, procedure, or management which may affect the equitable consideration of public and private interests, the fairness of agency decisions, the speed of agency action, and the relationship of operating methods to later judicial review, but does not include the scope of agency responsibility as established by law or matters of substantive policy committed by law to agency discretion.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s592.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s592","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f592."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s592/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cadministrative program\u201d includes a Federal function which involves protection of the public interest and the determination of rights, privileges, and obligations of private persons through rule making, adjudication, licensing, or investigation, as those terms are used in subchapter II of this chapter, except that it does not include a military or foreign affairs function of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s592/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cadministrative agency\u201d means an authority as defined by ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 551(1) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t5/s551/1","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s592/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cadministrative procedure\u201d means procedure used in carrying out an administrative program and is to be broadly construed to include any aspect of agency organization, procedure, or management which may affect the equitable consideration of public and private interests, the fairness of agency decisions, the speed of agency action, and the relationship of operating methods to later judicial review, but does not include the scope of agency responsibility as established by law or matters of substantive policy committed by law to agency discretion.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}