[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR1.2]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 1_RULEMAKING; POLICY AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 1.2  Definitions.

    (a) Rule or regulation means the whole or a part of any agency 
statement of general applicability and future effect designed to (1) 
implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy, or (2) describe 
procedures or practice requirements. It includes any rule of general 
applicability governing Federal grants to State and local governments 
for which the agency provides an opportunity for notice and public 
comment, except that the term rule does not include a rule of particular 
applicability relating to rates, wages, prices, facilities, appliances, 
services, or allowances therefor or to valuations, costs or accounting, 
or practices relating to such rates, wages, structures, prices, 
appliances, services, or allowances. For purposes of this part the term 
rule does not include regulations issued with respect to a military or 
foreign affairs function of the United States.

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    (b) Rulemaking means the FEMA process for considering and 
formulating the issuance, amendment or repeal of a rule.
    (c) Director means the Director, FEMA, or an official to whom the 
Director has expressly delegated authority to issue rules.
    (d) FEMA means Federal Emergency Management Agency.
    (e) Major rule means any regulation that is likely to result in:
    (1) An annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more;
    (2) A major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual 
industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic 
regions; or
    (3) Significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 
investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United 
States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in 
domestic or export markets.

[46 FR 32584, June 24, 1981, as amended at 49 FR 38118, Sept. 27, 1984]