5 U.S.C. § 592 : US Code - Section 592: Definitions

Search 5 U.S.C. § 592 : US Code - Section 592: Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter - 
(1) "administrative program" 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;
(2) "administrative agency" means an authority as defined by
section 551(1) of this title; and
(3) "administrative procedure" 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.