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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

1997 North American Industry

Classification System—1987 Standard

Industrial Classification Replacement

AGENCY: Office of Management and

Budget, Executive Office of the

President.

ACTION: Notice of update to the North

American Industry Classification

System (NAICS).

SUMMARY: This notice updates the

structure and the concordance tables of

the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) that were

published by the Office of Management

and Budget in an April 9, 1997, Federal

Register notice and announces the

availability of the official U.S. reference

manual for implementing NAICS United

States in both printed and electronic

versions from the National Technical

Information Service. This update is the

result of numerous meetings among

Canada, Mexico, and the United States

that were held to complete the written

descriptions for NAICS and assign a list

of 35,000 activity items to the correct

NAICS industry. The assignment of the

activity items resulted in some changes

to the NAICS tables as published in the

April 9, 1997, Federal Register notice.

These changes are highlighted in the

Supplementary Information section of

the notice.

NAICS is a new economic

classification system that replaces the

1987 Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) for statistical purposes. NAICS is

a system for classifying establishments

by type of economic activity. Its

purposes are: (1) to facilitate the

collection, tabulation, presentation, and

analysis of data relating to

establishments, and (2) to promote

uniformity and comparability in the

presentation and analysis of statistical

data describing the economy. NAICS

will be used by Federal statistical

agencies that collect or publish data by

industry. It is also expected to be widely

used by State agencies, trade

associations, private businesses, and

other organizations.

The Instituto Nacional de Estadı ́stica,

Geografı ́a e Informatı ́ca (INEGI) of

Mexico, Statistics Canada, and the

United States Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), through its Economic

Classification Policy Committee (ECPC),

have collaborated on NAICS to make the

industrial statistics produced in the

three countries comparable. NAICS is

the first industry classification system

developed in accordance with a single

principle of aggregation, the principle

that producing units that use similar

production processes should be grouped

together in the classification. The fresh

view of establishment data that this

restructuring will provide should

engender insights into the increasingly

interrelated evolution of our economies.

NAICS also reflects in a much more

explicit way the enormous changes in

technology and in the growth and

diversification of services that have

marked recent decades. Industry

statistics presented using NAICS will

also be comparable with statistics

compiled according to the latest

revision of the United Nations’

International Standard Industrial

Classification (ISIC, Revision 3) for

some sixty high-level groupings.

For the three countries, NAICS will

provide a consistent framework for the

collection, tabulation, presentation, and

analysis of industrial statistics used by

government policy analysts, by

academics and researchers, by the

business community, and by the public.

However, because of differing national

economic and institutional structures as

well as limited resources and time for

constructing NAICS, the NAICS

structure has not been made entirely

comparable at the individual industry

level across all three countries. For

some sectors and subsectors, the

statistical agencies of the three countries

have agreed to harmonize NAICS based

on sectoral boundaries rather than on a

detailed industry structure. The sectors

that are not comparable at the detailed

industry level are: utilities;

construction; wholesale trade; retail

trade; finance and insurance; and public

administration. The subsectors that are

not comparable at the detailed industry

level are: real estate; waste management

and remediation services; as well as

other services including personal and

laundry services, and religious,

grantmaking, civic, and professional and

similar organizations. Separate

agreements providing for detailed

industry comparability between Canada

and the United States were reached for

the utilities; retail trade; and finance

and insurance sectors. To distinguish

the three countries’ versions of NAICS,

they are called NAICS Canada, NAICS

Mexico (SCIAN Mexico, in Spanish),

and NAICS United States.

In developing NAICS United States,

OMB has published a total of eight

previous Federal Register notices

advising the public of the work of the

ECPC and seeking comment on that

work. The March 31, 1993, Federal

Register notice (58 FR 16990–17004)

announced OMB’s intention to revise

the SIC for 1997, the establishment of

the Economic Classification Policy

Committee, and the process for revising

the SIC. The July 26, 1994, Federal

Register notice (59 FR 38092–38096) set

forth the concepts for the new system

and the decision to develop NAICS in

cooperation with Statistics Canada and

INEGI. That notice also included a

request for the public to submit

recommendations for the industries to

be included in the new system. The

deadline for submitting proposals for

new or revised industries was

November 7, 1994.

After considering all proposals from

the public, consulting with a large

number of U.S. data users and industry

groups, and undertaking extensive

discussions with INEGI and Statistics

Canada, an industrial structure that

would apply to all three North

American countries was developed as

NAICS. A series of five Federal Register

notices sought comment on the

structure of the system. These notices

are described in more detail in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section

below. The last Federal Register notice,

published on April 9, 1997, announced

OMB’s decision to adopt NAICS and

presented the final structure. This

notice adjusts that final structure as

presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Federal statistical data

published for reference years beginning

on or after January 1, 1997, will be

published using the new NAICS United

States codes as modified by this notice.

NAICS is scheduled to go into effect for

Federal statistical purposes for reference

year 1997 in Canada and the United

States, and 1998 in Mexico. Publication

of the 1997 NAICS United States

Manual is planned for June 1998. Use of

NAICS for nonstatistical purposes (e.g.,

administrative, regulatory, or taxation)

will be determined by the agency or

agencies that have chosen to use the SIC

for nonstatistical purposes. Readers

interested in the effective dates for the

use of NAICS for nonstatistical purposes

should contact the relevant agency to

determine its plans, if any, for a

transition from use of the SIC to NAICS.

ADDRESSES: Please send correspondence

about these updates to: Katherine K.

Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of

Management and Budget, 10201 New

Executive Office Building, 725 17th

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503,

telephone number: (202) 395–3093, FAX

number: (202) 395–7245.

Electronic Availability and

Correspondence: This document is

available on the Internet from the

Census Bureau Internet site via WWW

browser, ftp, and E-mail. To obtain this

document via WWW browser, connect
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to ‘‘http://www.census.gov’’ then select

‘‘Subjects A to Z,’’ then select ‘‘N,’’ then

select ‘‘NAICS (North American

Industry Classification System).’’ This

WWW page contains previous NAICS

United States Federal Register notices

and related documents as well.

To obtain this document via ftp, log

into ftp.census.gov as anonymous, and

retrieve the files ‘‘naicsfr9.pdf,’’

‘‘naicsfr9tbl1.pdf,’’ and

‘‘naicsfr9tbl2.pdf’’ from the ‘‘/pub/epcd/

naics’’ directory. (That directory also

contains previous NAICS United States

Federal Register notices and related

documents.) To obtain this document

via Internet E-mail, send a message to

majordomo@census.gov with the body

text as follows: ‘‘get gatekeeper

naics.txt’’. Instructions for obtaining this

and other NAICS United States

documents will be delivered as a

message attachment.

Correspondence may be sent via

Internet E-mail to OMB at

naics@a1.eop.gov (do not include any

capital letters in the address).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Bugg, 10201 New Executive Office

Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20503, E-mail

address: pbugg@omb.eop.gov, telephone

number: (202) 395–3093, FAX number:

(202) 395–7245. Inquiries about the

content of industries or requests for

electronic copies of the tables should be

made to Carole Ambler, Chair,

Economic Classification Policy

Committee, Bureau of the Census, Room

2633–3, Washington, D.C. 20233, E-mail

address: cambler@ccmail.census.gov,

telephone number: (301) 457–2668, FAX

number: (301) 457–1343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NAICS Update

The structure of NAICS was

developed in a series of meetings among

the three countries. Public proposals for

individual industries from all three

countries were considered for

acceptance if the proposed industry was

based on the production-oriented

concept of NAICS.

As groups of subsectors of NAICS

were completed and agreed upon by the

three countries, the ECPC published the

proposed industries for those subsectors

for public comment in the Federal

Register. Five successive Federal

Register notices were published asking

for comment. A first notice published in

the Federal Register, July 26, 1995 (60

FR 38436–38452), requested comment

on proposed industry structures for

petroleum and coal product

manufacturing, chemical

manufacturing, and rubber and plastics

manufacturing; for broadcasting and

telecommunications; and for food

services and drinking places and

accommodations. A second Federal

Register notice published on February

6, 1996 (61 FR 4524–4578), requested

comment on proposed industry

structures for crop production, animal

production, forestry and logging; textile

mills, textile product mills, apparel

manufacturing, and leather and allied

product manufacturing; food

manufacturing and beverage and

tobacco product manufacturing;

fabricated metal product manufacturing;

machinery manufacturing; electrical

equipment, appliance and component

manufacturing; and transportation

equipment manufacturing. A third

Federal Register notice published on

May 28, 1996 (61 FR 26558–26668),

requested comment on proposed

industry structures for health and social

assistance; educational services;

computers and electronics product

manufacturing; furniture manufacturing;

printing and related support activities;

professional, technical and scientific

services; performing arts, spectator

sports and related industries; museums,

historical sites and similar institutions;

recreation, amusement and gambling;

information; wood product

manufacturing, except furniture; rental

and leasing; repair and maintenance;

management and support;

transportation; mining; paper

manufacturing; nonmetallic minerals

manufacturing; primary metal

manufacturing; miscellaneous

manufacturing; and postal service and

couriers. A fourth Federal Register

notice published on July 5, 1996 (61 FR

35384–35515), requested comment on

proposed industry structures for finance

and insurance; wholesale trade; retail

trade; construction; utilities; waste

management and remediation services;

real estate; lessors of other nonfinancial

assets; personal and laundry services;

and religious, grant making, civic, and

other membership organizations. That

notice also requested comments on the

proposed hierarchy and coding system

for NAICS. Finally, a fifth Federal

Register notice published on November

5, 1996 (61 FR 57006–57183),

announced the ECPC’s final

recommendations to OMB for the

complete structure of NAICS United

States, including the hierarchy and

coding system, and asked for public

comments. Final comments were due on

December 20, 1996. Changes

incorporated into the new system based

on comments in response to the

November 5, 1996, notice were

presented in a sixth Federal Register

notice containing OMB’s final decisions,

published on April 9, 1997 (62 FR

17288–17478).

Based on continuing meetings with

Canada and Mexico, some changes have

been made to the NAICS structure that

was published in the April 9, 1997,

Federal Register notice. Most of these

changes are the result of an intensive

review of 35,000 activity items

compiled by the statistical agencies of

the three countries. As a result of that

review, both the structure of NAICS and

some subsector and industry titles have

been changed to better describe the

activity or to ensure that the titles

among the three countries are

comparable. In a few cases, activity

items have been moved from one NAICS

code (as published in the April 9, 1997,

Federal Register notice) to another. The

title changes and structural changes are

shown below. Complete links between

the 1997 NAICS and the 1987 SIC

incorporating these changes are now

shown in tables that are available on the

Census Bureau NAICS web site at

<http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/

naicstab.htm>.

Title Changes

NAICS code Original title New title

2123 .............. Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying ............................... Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying.

21239 ............ Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying ..................... Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying.

212399 .......... All Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining ........................................ All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining.

213115 .......... Support Activities for Non-Metallic Minerals (except Fuels) ...... Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels).

311813 .......... Frozen Bakery Product Manufacturing ....................................... Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing.

311823 .......... Pasta Manufacturing ................................................................... Dry Pasta Manufacturing.

315212 .......... Women’s and Girls’ Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors ............. Women’s, Girls’’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors.

32513 ............ Dye and Pigment Manufacturing ................................................ Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing.
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NAICS code Original title New title

325132 .......... Organic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing .................................. Synthetic Organic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing.

3255 .............. Paint, Coating, Adhesive and Sealant Manufacturing ................ Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing.

32599 ............ All Other Chemical Product Manufacturing ................................ All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.

325998 .......... All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing ........ All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation

Manufacturing.

327111 .......... Vitreous China Plumbing Fixture and China Earthenware Fittings and Bathroom Accessories Manufacturing.Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and China and Earthenware

Bathroom Accessories Manufacturing.

3274 .............. Lime, Gypsum and Gypsum Product Manufacturing ................. Lime and Gypsum Product Manufacturing.

32742 ............ Gypsum and Gypsum Product Manufacturing ........................... Gypsum Product Manufacturing.

33149 ............ Nonferrous Metals (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling,

Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying.

Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling,

Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying.

331521 .......... Aluminum Die-Castings .............................................................. Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries.

331522 .......... Nonferrous (except Aluminum) Die-Casting ............................... Nonferrous (except Aluminum) Die-Castings Foundries.

331524 .......... Aluminum Foundries ................................................................... Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting).

331525 .......... Copper Foundries ....................................................................... Copper Foundries (except Die-Casting).

331528 .......... Other Nonferrous Foundries ....................................................... Other Nonferrous Foundries (except Die-Casting).

33210 ............ Iron and Steel Pipes and Tubes Manufacturing from Purchased Steel.Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased

Steel.

332611 .......... Steel Spring (except Wire) Manufacturing ................................. Spring (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing.

332612 .......... Wire Spring Manufacturing ......................................................... Spring (Light Gauge) Manufacturing.

33322 ............ Rubber and Plastics Industry Machinery Manufacturing ............ Plastics and Rubber Industry Machinery Manufacturing.

333414 .......... Heating Equipment (except Electric and Warm Air Furnaces)

Manufacturing.

Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing.

333999 .......... All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing ............... All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing.

334412 .......... Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing .......................................... Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing.

334418 .......... Printed Circuit/Electronics Assembly Manufacturing .................. Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing.

335912 .......... Dry and Wet Primary Battery Manufacturing ............................. Primary Battery Manufacturing.

33636 ............ Motor Vehicle Fabric Accessories and Seat Manufacturing ...... Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing.

337214 .......... Nonwood Office Furniture Manufacturing ................................... Office Furniture (except Wood) Manufacturing.

4222 .............. Drug, Drug Proprietaries and Druggists’ Sundries Wholesalers Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries Wholesalers.

42221 ............ Drug, Drug Proprietaries and Druggists’ Sundries Wholesalers Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries Wholesalers.

42233 ............ Women’s, Children’s, and Infants’ and Accessories Wholesalers.Women’s, Children’s, and Infants’ Clothing and Accessories

Wholesalers.

42272 ............ Petroleum and Petroleum Products (except Bulk Stations and

Terminals) Wholesalers.

Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers (except Bulk

Stations and Terminals).

493 ................ Warehousing and Storage Facilities ........................................... Warehousing and Storage.

4931 .............. Warehousing and Storage Facilities ........................................... Warehousing and Storage.

49311 ............ General Warehousing and Storage Facilities ............................. General Warehousing and Storage.

49312 ............ Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage Facilities ...................... Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage.

49313 ............ Farm Product Warehousing and Storage Facilities ................... Farm Product Warehousing and Storage.

49319 ............ Other Warehousing and Storage Facilities ................................ Other Warehousing and Storage.

512131 .......... Motion Picture Theaters, Except Drive-Ins ................................. Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins).

52231 ............ Mortgage and Other Loan Brokers ............................................. Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers.

523 ................ Securities, Commodity Contracts and Other Intermediation and

Related Activities.

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities.

52314 ............ Commodity Brokerage ................................................................ Commodity Contracts Brokerage.

524291 .......... Claims Adjustors ......................................................................... Claims Adjusting.

524292 .......... Third Party Administration for Insurance and Pension Funds ... Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds.

525 ................ Funds, Trusts and Other Financial Vehicles (U.S. only) ............ Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles.

533 ................ Owners and Lessors of Other Non-Financial Assets ................. Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted

Works).

5331 .............. Owners and Lessors of Other Non-Financial Assets ................. Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted

Works).

53311 ............ Owners and Lessors of Other Non-Financial Assets ................. Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted

Works).

541614 .......... Process, Physical, Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services.Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services.

54171 ............ Research and Development in the Physical Sciences and Engineering Sciences.Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and

Life Sciences.

721214 .......... Recreational and Vacation Camps ............................................. Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds).

81221 ............ Funeral Homes ........................................................................... Funeral Homes and Funeral Services.

8123 .............. Laundry Services ........................................................................ Drycleaning and Laundry Services.

813 ................ Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, and Professional, and Similar

Organizations.

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations.

8139 .............. Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Other Organizations.Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations.

81399 ............ Other Similar Organizations ....................................................... Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional,

Labor, and Political Organizations).

921 ................ Executive, Legislative, Public Finance, and General Government.Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support.

9211 .............. Executive, Legislative, Public Finance, and General Government.Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support.

92113 ............ Public Finance ............................................................................ Public Finance Activities.
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NAICS code Original title New title

92119 ............ All Other General Government ................................................... Other General Government Support.

922 ................ Justice, Public Order, and Safety ............................................... Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.

9221 .............. Justice, Public Order, and Safety ............................................... Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.

92219 ............ All Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety ............................... All other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.

92313 ............ Administration of Social, Human Resource and Income Maintenance Programs.Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veteran’s Affairs Programs).

92411 ............ Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management ........... Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste

Management Programs.

92412 ............ Land, Mineral, Wildlife, and Forest Conservation ...................... Administration of Conservation Programs .

Structure Changes

Manufacturing—NAICS U.S. Industry

315238, Women’s and Girls’ Cut and

Sew Other Outerwear Manufacturing,

has been renumbered to 315239. NAICS

U.S. industry 322292, Surface-Coated

Paper Board Manufacturing, has been

moved and renumbered to NAICS U.S.

industry 322226, Surface-Coated

Paperboard Manufacturing. NAICS U.S.

industry 322298, All Other Converted

Paper Product Manufacturing, has been

renumbered 322299; the title remains

the same.

Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services—NAICS industry

54172, Research and Development in

the Life Sciences, has been combined

with 54171, Research and Development

in the Physical Sciences and

Engineering Sciences, and renamed

Research and Development in the

Physical, Engineering, and Life

Sciences. NAICS industry 54173,

Research and Development in the Social

Sciences and Humanities, has been

renumbered 54172.

Other Services—NAICS industry

81239, Other Laundry Services, has

been combined with NAICS industry

81232, Drycleaning and Laundry

Services (except Coin-Operated). The

following NAICS U.S. industries are

now included in NAICS industry 81232

and no longer shown separately:

812321, Laundries, Family and

Commercial; 812322, Drycleaning

Plants; 812391, Garment Pressing, and

Agents for Laundries; and 812399, All

Other Laundry Services.

Availability of NAICS United States

Manual

The official U.S. reference manual for

implementing the new North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS)

is now available in both printed and

electronic versions from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS).

The NAICS-United States Manual

includes:

• Definitions for each industry;

• Tables showing correspondence

between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC

codes; and

• An alphabetical index of types of

business activities and their NAICS

codes.

A CD–ROM version of the Manual

includes features not available in print

versions:

• An easy-to-use yet powerful search

option, including access to more

comprehensive index entries; and

• NAICS–SIC and SIC–NAICS code

comparison files that can be imported

into databases and spreadsheets.

NTIS is now accepting orders at 1–

800–553–6847 or (703) 605–6000. The

NAICS-United States Manual is

available in hardcover (PB98–127293,

$32.50), in softcover (PB98–136187,

$28.50), and on CD–ROM (PB98–

502024, $45). A $5 handling fee is

added to each total order. For more

information or to order online, visit the

NTIS NAICS web site at <http://

www.ntis.gov/naics>.

More information about the new

system can be found at the Census

Bureau’s NAICS World Wide Web site,

<http://www.census.gov/naics>. The

Census Bureau has also established a

toll-free telephone line (1–888–

75NAICS) to help businesses and other

users with the new system.

NAICS United States Implementation

The NAICS United States replacement

of the SIC is effective January 1, 1997,

for Federal statistical purposes. The first

data to be available on a NAICS United

States basis will be from the 1997

Economic Census and the 1997 Foreign

Direct Investment Benchmark Survey

that will be published in 1999. For most

programs, data will be introduced over

several years. Data series may not

always be revised for years before the

respective program’s implementation of

NAICS United States.

INEGI, OMB, and Statistics Canada

have put in place a process for ensuring

that the implementation of NAICS is

comparable across all three countries.

Regularly scheduled meetings among

the three countries will ensure that

there is a smooth transition to NAICS in

all three countries. In addition, the three

countries plan to continually review

and update NAICS to ensure that new

activities are promptly recognized and

to extend NAICS to the 5-digit industry

level in those sectors where agreement

is now at only the sector, subsector, or

industry group level.

Time Series Continuity

The standard approach to preserving

time series continuity after classification

revisions is to create linkages where the

series break. This is accomplished by

producing the data series using both the

old and new classifications for a given

period of transition. With the dual

classifications of data, the full impact of

the revision can be assessed. Data

producers then may measure the

reallocation of the data at aggregate

industry levels and develop a

concordance between the new and old

series for that point in time. The

concordance creates a crosswalk

between the old and new classification

systems. This link between the 1987

U.S. SIC and the 1997 NAICS United

States will be developed by the

statistical agencies in the U.S.

Nonstatistical Use of NAICS

NAICS was designed, as was the SIC

before it, solely for statistical purposes.

Although it is likely that NAICS, like

the SIC, will also be used for various

nonstatistical purposes (e.g.,

administrative, regulatory, or taxation),

the requirements of government

agencies that choose to use NAICS for

nonstatistical purposes have played no

role in its development.

Consequently, as has been the case

with the SIC (Statistical Policy Directive

No. 8, Standard Industrial Classification

of Establishments), NAICS shall not be

used in any administrative, regulatory,

or tax program unless the head of the

agency administering that program has

first determined that the use of such

industry definitions is appropriate to

the implementation of the program’s

objectives. If the terms, ‘‘North

American Industry Classification

System,’’ ‘‘NAICS,’’ or ‘‘NAICS United

States’’ are to be used in the operative

text of any law or regulation to define

industry (or trade or commerce),

language similar to the following should
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be used to assure sufficient flexibility:

‘‘An industry or grouping of industries

shall mean a North American Industry

Classification System industry or

grouping of industries as defined by the

Office of Management and Budget

subject to such modifications with

respect to individual industries or

groupings of industries as the Secretary

(Administrator) may determine to be

appropriate for the purpose of this Act

(regulation).’’

Donald R. Arbuckle,

Deputy Administrator and Acting

Administrator, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs.

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