5 U.S.C. § 601 : US Code - Section 601: Definitions

Search 5 U.S.C. § 601 : US Code - Section 601: Definitions

For purposes of this chapter - 
(1) the term "agency" means an agency as defined in section
551(1) of this title;
(2) the term "rule" means any rule for which the agency
publishes a general notice of proposed rulemaking pursuant to
section 553(b) of this title, 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
"rule" 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;
(3) the term "small business" has the same meaning as the term
"small business concern" 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;
(4) the term "small organization" 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;
(5) the term "small governmental jurisdiction" 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;
(6) the term "small entity" shall have the same meaning as the
terms "small business", "small organization" and "small
governmental jurisdiction" defined in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5)
of this section; and
(7) the term "collection of information" - 
(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 - 
(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
(ii) answers to questions posed to agencies,
instrumentalities, or employees of the United States which
are to be used for general statistical purposes; and
(B) shall not include a collection of information described
under section 3518(c)(1) of title 44, United States Code.
(8) Recordkeeping requirement. - The term "recordkeeping
requirement" means a requirement imposed by an agency on persons
to maintain specified records.