Definitions applicable to this part.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the term (b) The term (1) Rules promulgated under 5 U.S.C. 553 (or similar statutory provisions); (2) Rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice that are not anticipated to have substantial future effect on the behavior of regulated parties or the public; (3) Decisions of agency adjudications; (4) Internal executive branch legal advice or legal opinions addressed to executive branch officials; (5) Agency statements of specific applicability, including advisory or legal opinions directed to particular parties about circumstance-specific questions ( (6) Legal briefs, other filings with a court or administrative tribunal, records or communications produced in a legal proceeding, or positions taken in litigation or enforcement actions; (7) Agency statements that do not set forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue or an interpretation of a statute or regulation, including speeches and individual presentations, editorials, media interviews, press materials, or congressional testimony that do not set forth a new regulatory policy; (8) Guidance pertaining to military or foreign affairs functions, or to a national security or homeland security function of the United States (other than guidance documents involving procurement or the import or export of non-defense articles and services), and any other guidance when application of this order, or any part of this order, would, in the judgment of the D

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§  120.2