---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 1.2"
title: "44"
number: "1.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/1.2"
---

# §1.2. Definitions.

- (a) **Rule—** or regulation have the same meaning as those terms are defined in the Administrative Procedure Act ([5 U.S.C. 551(4)](/usc/5/551.md?p=4)).
- (b) Rulemaking means the FEMA process for considering and formulating the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule.
- (c) Administrator means the Administrator, FEMA, or an official to whom the Administrator has expressly delegated authority to issue rules.
- (d) FEMA means Federal Emergency Management Agency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551, 553; 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Department of Homeland Security Delegation 9001.1.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 11977, Mar. 3, 2022, unless otherwise noted.