Exam 19: Powers and Functions of Administrative Agencies

The Regulatory Flexibility Act has helped reduce record-keeping bur-dens for Hometown Gas Company and other small business firms in the area of

An administrative adjudicatory hearing does not have to meet the constitutional standards of due process.

With some exceptions, every portion of every meeting of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors and other federal administrative agencies must be open to public observation under

Under the exhaustion doctrine, a party must feel "exhausted" about an administrative action or regulation to challenge it in court.

Pure Water Company is subject to a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency.Pure Water appeals the decision, arguing that it is arbitrary and capricious.This could mean that the decision

The period for persons to comment on a proposed administrative rule must be at least thirty days.

There is a precise definition of what makes an administrative rule arbitrary and capricious.

The functions of the Social Security Administration, like those of other adminis-trative agencies, include

State regulation, when not preempted, may cover many of the same activities as federal regulation.

All federal government agencies must make their records available electronically on the Internet.

Federal administrative agencies can regulate beyond the powers granted by enabling legislation.

By delegating some of its authority to make and implement laws, Congress violates the U.S.Constitution.

The U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service utilizes notice-and-comment rulemak-ing.This involves a period during which

The U.S.Mine Safety Administration conducts searches of certain businesses.This agency and other administrative agencies can conduct warrantless searches in

An agency must conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis whenever a new regulation will have an impact on a "small number of substantial entities."

In reviewing the actions of the U.S.Office of Nuclear Energy and other agencies, the courts

Independent regulatory agencies include the cabinet departments of the executive branch.

Executive control over the Federal Communications Commission, and other agencies, may be exercised through a pres-iden-tial veto of

If a business firm refuses to comply with an agency's request to inspect facilities or business records, the agency must defer to the refusal.

To notify the public of a proposed rule, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, like other federal agencies, publishes the proposal in