Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2016-title5/html/USCODE-2016-title5-partI-chap6-sec609.htm
Timestamp: 2018-02-19 19:32:15
Document Index: 419000559

Matched Legal Cases: ['§609', '§3', '§244', '§1100', '§244', '§244', '§244', '§244']

Sec. 609 - Procedures for gathering comments
§609. Procedures for gathering comments
(d) For purposes of this section, the term "covered agency" means—
(Added Pub. L. 96–354, §3(a), Sept. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 1168; amended Pub. L. 104–121, title II, §244(a), Mar. 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, §1100G(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2112.)
2010—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–203 substituted "means—" for "means the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor." and added pars. (1) to (3).
1996—Pub. L. 104–121, §244(a)(2), (3), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted "including soliciting and receiving comments over computer networks" after "entities" in par. (4).
Pub. L. 104–121, §244(a)(1), which directed insertion of "the reasonable use of" before "techniques," in introductory provisions, was executed by making the insertion in text which did not contain a comma after the word "techniques" to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 104–121, §244(a)(4), added subsecs. (b) to (e).
Pub. L. 104–121, title II, §244(b), Mar. 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 868, provided that: "Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 29, 1996], the head of each covered agency that has conducted a final regulatory flexibility analysis shall designate a small business advocacy chairperson using existing personnel to the extent possible, to be responsible for implementing this section and to act as permanent chair of the agency's review panels established pursuant to this section."