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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 45 - Public Welfare |
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Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Public Welfare |
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Chapter XI - National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities |
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SubChapter D - National Endowment for the Humanities |
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Part 1173 - Processes and Procedures for Issuing Guidance Documents |
§ 1173.8 - Definition of significant guidance document.
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§ 1173.8 Definition of significant guidance document.
(a) The term significant guidance document means a guidance document that will be disseminated to regulated entities or the general public and that may reasonably be anticipated:
(1) To lead to an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the United States economy, a sector of the United States economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities;
(2) To create serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action that another federal agency has taken or planned;
(3) To alter materially the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or
(4) To raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in E.O. 12866, as further amended.
(b) The term significant guidance document does not include the categories of documents excluded by this part or any other category of guidance documents that NEH's OGC, in consultation with OIRA, has exempted in writing.