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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 390 Judicial review.

18 USC 57a.

Regulatory agenda. Publication dates in Federal Register.

PUBLIC LAW 96-252—MAY 28, 1980 "(c)(1) The contents and adequacy of any regulatory analysis prepared or issued by the Commission under this section, including the adequacy of any procedure involved in such preparation or issuance, shall not be subject to any judicial review in any court, except that a court, upon review of a rule pursuant to section 18(e), may set aside such rule if the Commission has failed entirely to prepare a regulatory analysis. "(2) Except as specified in paragraph (1), no Commission action may be invalidated, remanded, or otherwise affected by any court on account of any failure to comply with the requirements of this section. "(3) The provisions of this subsection do not alter the substantive or procedural standards otherwise applicable to judicial review of any action by the Commission. "(d)(1) The Commission shall publish at least semiannually a regulatory agenda. Each regulatory agenda shall contain a list of rules which the Commission intends to propose or promulgate during the 12-month period following the publication of the agenda. On the first Monday in October of each year, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register a schedule showing the dates during the current fiscal year on which the semiannual regulatory agenda of the Commission will be published. "(2) For each rule listed in a regulatory agenda, the Commission shall"(A) describe the rule; "(B) state the objectives of and the legal basis for the rule; and "(C) specify any dates established or anticipated by the Commission for taking action, including dates for advance notice of proposed rulemaking, notices of proposed rulemaking, and final action by the Commission. "(3) Each regulatory agenda shall state the name, office address, and office telephone number of the Commission officer or employee responsible for responding to any inquiry relating to each rule listed. "(4) The Commission shall not propose or promulgate a rule which was not listed on a regulatory agenda unless the Commission publishes with the rule an explanation of the reasons the rule was omitted from such agenda.". GOOD FAITH RELIANCE UPON ACTIONS OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

"Board of Governors." 15 USC 57b-4.

SEC. 16. The Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), as amended in section 13, section 14, and section 15, is further amended by inserting after section 22 the following new section: "SEC. 23. (a) For purposes of this section, the term 'Board of Governors' means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if^ "(1) any person, partnership, or corporation engages in any conduct or practice which allegedly constitutes a violation of any Federal law with respect to which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has rulemaking authority; and "(2) such person, partnership, or corporation engaged in such conduct or practice in good faith reliance upon, and in conformity with, any rule, regulation, statement of interpretation, or statement of approval prescribed or issued by the Board of Governors under such Federal law;