### Question
What does rule mean?


### Answer
**Rule** has the following meaning in *5 U.S.C. § 601*:

> any rule for which the agency publishes a general notice of proposed rulemaking pursuant to section 553(b) of this title, or any other law, including any rule of general applicability governing Federal grants to State and local governments for which the agency provides an opportunity for notice and public comment, except that the term "rule" does not include a rule of particular applicability relating to rates, wages, corporate or financial structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services, or allowances therefor or to valuations, costs or accounting, or practices relating to such rates, wages, structures, prices, appliances, services, or allowances

#### Citation:
  - *5 U.S.C. § 601*
  - Heading: **PART I-THE AGENCIES GENERALLY > CHAPTER 6-THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS**

