5 USC § 808 - Effective date of certain rules

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s808"
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title: "5 USC § 808 - Effective date of certain rules"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "808"
section_name: "Effective date of certain rules"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "THE AGENCIES GENERALLY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–121, title II, § 251, Mar. 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 874.)"
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# § 808. Effective date of certain rules

Notwithstanding section 801—

**(1)** any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a commercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related to hunting, fishing, or camping, or

**(2)** any rule which an agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in the rule issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest,

shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency promulgating the rule determines.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–121, title II, § 251, Mar. 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 874.)