5 U.S.C. § 612 : US Code - Section 612: Reports and intervention rights

Search 5 U.S.C. § 612 : US Code - Section 612: Reports and intervention rights

(a) The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration shall monitor agency compliance with this chapter
and shall report at least annually thereon to the President and to
the Committees on the Judiciary and Small Business of the Senate
and House of Representatives.
(b) The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration is authorized to appear as amicus curiae in any
action brought in a court of the United States to review a rule. In
any such action, the Chief Counsel is authorized to present his or
her views with respect to compliance with this chapter, the
adequacy of the rulemaking record with respect to small entities
and the effect of the rule on small entities.
(c) A court of the United States shall grant the application of
the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration
to appear in any such action for the purposes described in
subsection (b).