Agency Models

Guidance versus Rule

Structured labels can distinguish rule, guidance, and enforcement records without deciding legal effect. Honesty note: simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

Structured Visual

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated structural model, not the law itself.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Simplified federal agency action labelsSimplified federal agency action labelsscope: US-FED | Agency action label model | as of 2026-06-24Simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; not legaladvice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.Agency actionLabelEnforcementGuidanceRuleLegal reviewedge=action->label label=classifyedge=label->rule label=ruleedge=label->guidance label=guidanceedge=label->enforcement label=enforcementedge=rule->review label=reviewedge=guidance->review label=reviewedge=enforcement->review label=reviewSCC: scc5:action; scc4:label; scc1:enforcement; scc2:guidance; scc3:rule; scc0:review
highlighted = computed this step

Regulatory data honesty note

Honesty note: simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.

regulatory model as of June24,2026\text{regulatory model as of }June 24, 2026

Agency action labels are review data

The stated process labels agency action records as rule, guidance, or enforcement. Legal effect can be contested.

action→label→review\text{action}\to\text{label}\to\text{review}

Example label set

This model keeps 3 labels separate: rule, guidance, and enforcement.

labels=3\text{labels}=3

The branch leads to review

The flow has 6 nodes, 1 label decision, and no legal-effect result.

decisions=1\text{decisions}=1

Diagram note

The diagram is a classification handoff. It does not decide whether guidance binds anyone or whether an enforcement action is proper.

label is not legal effect\text{label is not legal effect}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated structural model, not the law itself.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Simplified federal agency action labelsSimplified federal agency action labelsscope: US-FED | Agency action label model | as of 2026-06-24Simplified federal agency and regulatory model; jurisdictions and programs vary; not legaladvice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.Agency actionLabelEnforcementGuidanceRuleLegal reviewedge=action->label label=classifyedge=label->rule label=ruleedge=label->guidance label=guidanceedge=label->enforcement label=enforcementedge=rule->review label=reviewedge=guidance->review label=reviewedge=enforcement->review label=reviewSCC: scc5:action; scc4:label; scc1:enforcement; scc2:guidance; scc3:rule; scc0:review

Summary

Agency-action labels help route records to review, but the legal-effect question remains outside the toy model.

label then review\text{label then review}