Exam 17: The Regulatory Process

Substantive (legislative) rules issued by agencies are:

Administrative agencies engage in rulemaking to:

Congress requires all regulatory agencies to compute cost-benefit and risk analysis to justify major new regulations prior to their being issued.

A(n) ____ is a statute delegating to an agency the powers to formulate, implement, and enforce policy relevant to its area of authority.

Interpretative rules guide the staff of an agency as to how substantive rules or statutes should be viewed in practice.

If Congress is not satisfied with the way an administrative agency is performing it:

The courts generally will not find that an agency's decisions are arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion if:

Which classification of administrative rules are usually the most important:

An enabling statute is a(n):

An adjudicatory hearing by an agency is subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.

When agencies write substantive (legislative) rules they must receive approval of Congress before becoming effective.

The procedural requirement of ____ requires that a party seeking judicial review must demonstrate that it incurred an injury recognized by law as a result of the agency's action.

If a statute requires that administrative rule making must be "on the record" then the agency:

In a hearing at an administrative agency, to determine if the law has been violated:

In Japan, as compared to the U.S., administrative agencies exert:

A(n) ____ is a formal agency process under APA rules, which are similar to those followed in a trial.

Only civil penalties may be imposed on violators of regulations imposed by administrative agencies.

An administrative agency's final budget must be agreed on by:

All administrative rules are formally called procedural rules.

Congress has authority to create regulatory agencies and give them powers to enact rules under which clause(s) of the Constitution: