{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s601","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f601.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f601.\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cagency\u201d means an agency as defined in\nsection 551(1) of this title\n(2) the term \u201crule\u201d means any rule for which the agency publishes a general notice of proposed rulemaking pursuant to\nsection 553(b) of this title\n(3) the term \u201csmall business\u201d has the same meaning as the term \u201csmall business concern\u201d under section 3 of the Small Business Act, unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register;\n(4) the term \u201csmall organization\u201d means any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field, unless an agency establishes, after opportunity for public comment, one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register;\n(5) the term \u201csmall governmental jurisdiction\u201d means governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand, unless an agency establishes, after opportunity for public comment, one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and which are based on such factors as location in rural or sparsely populated areas or limited revenues due to the population of such jurisdiction, and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register;\n(6) the term \u201csmall entity\u201d shall have the same meaning as the terms \u201csmall business\u201d, \u201csmall organization\u201d and \u201csmall governmental jurisdiction\u201d defined in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of this section; and\n(7) the term \u201ccollection of information\u201d\u2014\n(A) means the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third parties or the public, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, regardless of form or format, calling for either\u2014\n(i) answers to identical questions posed to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, 10 or more persons, other than agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States; or\n(ii) answers to questions posed to agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States which are to be used for general statistical purposes; and\n(B) shall not include a collection of information described under\nsection 3518(c)(1) of title 44\n(8)\nRecordkeeping requirement.\u2014\nThe term \u201crecordkeeping requirement\u201d means a requirement imposed by an agency on persons to maintain specified records.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s601.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f601."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cagency\u201d means an agency as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 551(1) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t5/s551/1","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201crule\u201d means any rule for which the agency publishes a general notice of proposed rulemaking pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 553(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t5/s553/b","tail":", or any other law, including any rule of general applicability governing Federal grants to State and local governments for which the agency provides an opportunity for notice and public comment, except that the term \u201crule\u201d does not include a rule of particular applicability relating to rates, wages, corporate or financial structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services, or allowances therefor or to valuations, costs or accounting, or practices relating to such rates, wages, structures, prices, appliances, services, or allowances;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201csmall business\u201d has the same meaning as the term \u201csmall business concern\u201d under section 3 of the Small Business Act, unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201csmall organization\u201d means any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field, unless an agency establishes, after opportunity for public comment, one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201csmall governmental jurisdiction\u201d means governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand, unless an agency establishes, after opportunity for public comment, one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and which are based on such factors as location in rural or sparsely populated areas or limited revenues due to the population of such jurisdiction, and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201csmall entity\u201d shall have the same meaning as the terms \u201csmall business\u201d, \u201csmall organization\u201d and \u201csmall governmental jurisdiction\u201d defined in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of this section; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201ccollection of information\u201d\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/7/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" means the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third parties or the public, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, regardless of form or format, calling for either\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/7/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" answers to identical questions posed to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, 10 or more persons, other than agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/7/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" answers to questions posed to agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States which are to be used for general statistical purposes; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/7/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" shall not include a collection of information described under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3518(c)(1) of title 44","href":"/us/usc/t44/s3518/c/1","tail":", United States Code."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s601/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Recordkeeping requirement.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201crecordkeeping requirement\u201d means a requirement imposed by an agency on persons to maintain specified records.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}