; and (B) allow interested persons an additional opportunity of not less than 30 days to comment on— (i) the rule; and (ii) the change of the classification of the rule. (6) Prohibition on certain communications (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), after an agency publishes a notice of proposed rulemaking required under paragraph (1), or after an agency publishes a notice of initiation of rulemaking under subsection (d)(1)(B), the agency, and any individual acting in an official capacity on behalf of the agency, may not communicate, and a person who receives Federal funds from the agency may not use those funds to communicate, through written, oral, electronic, or other means, to the public with respect to the proposed rule in a manner that— (i) directly advocates, in support of or against the proposed rule, for the submission of information that will form part of the record for the proposed rule; (ii) appeals to the public, or solicits a third party, to undertake advocacy in support of or against the proposed rule; or (iii) is directly or indirectly for the purpose of publicity or propaganda within the United States in a manner that Congress has not authorized. (B) Exception The prohibition under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a communication that requests comments on, or provides information regarding, a proposed rule in an impartial manner. (d) Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking for major rules (1) Notice for major rules When an agency determines to initiate a rulemaking that may result in a major rule, the agency shall— (A) establish an electronic docket for that rulemaking, which may have a physical counterpart; and (B) publish an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, which shall, at a minimum— (i) briefly describe the nature and significance of the problem the agency may address with the rule, including any data or categories of data that the agency has identified as relevant or that the agency intends to consult for the rule