Exemptions to Rulemaking
Learn about the various exemptions to the APA's rulemaking requirements, such as non-legislative rules, and good-cause exemptions.
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The Administrative Procedure Act, or APA, exempts certain rules from the rulemaking requirements of section 553. Some rules are exempt from section 553 entirely, while others are exempt only from section 553’s notice-and-comment requirements.
I. Rules Completely Exempt from Section 553
The APA exempts two types of rules from the rulemaking requirements of section 553 entirely: first, rules involving the military...