(a) The agency shall deliver a final-form
regulation to the committees and the Commission on the same date.
(b) On the same date that the agency submits
the regulation to the committees and the Commission, the agency shall send, by
first class mail or e-mail, a notice of submission and a copy of the text of
the final-form regulation or a copy of all changes to the proposed regulation
which are incorporated into the final-form regulation, to those commentators
who requested information on the final-form regulation.
(c) The agency shall include the following
documents with the regulation:
(1) A
completed regulatory analysis form relating to the final-form regulation
updated and revised to correspond with changes made to the proposed
regulation.
(2) A face sheet signed
by the agency head and the Office of General Counsel or chief counsel of an
independent agency.
(3) A
transmittal sheet signed by the committees.
(4) The agency's response to the comments
received. This response may be included in the preamble or in a separate
document submitted with the regulation.
(5) The preamble, which must include a
summary of the changes made to the proposed regulation and the information in
the definition of "preamble" in §
301.1 (relating to
definitions).
(6) The names and
addresses of commentators who requested additional information on the
final-form regulation or a statement that no commentator requested additional
information.
(7) The text of the
final-form regulation.
(d) Until the date the Commission takes final
action on the regulation, the agency shall deliver to the Commission and
committees copies of comments within 5 business days of receipt. If a comment
indicates that a copy has been sent to the Commission and the agency verifies
that the comment was delivered to the Commission, the agency is not required to
deliver an additional copy of that comment. The agency may deliver one copy of
form letters received and indicate the number of copies of that form letter it
has received as of the date of delivery.
