Publication is analogous to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code. C. Sources 1. Notices of Sunshine Act meetings. Each year constitutes a volume of the FR with continuous pagination throughout the year. Therefore it has permanent reference value.
Access is through several indexes, tables, and computer databases.
Subject arrangement of fifty titles somewhat analogous to the U.S. Code, though they do not always match. Within each title, regulations are arranged by agency, rather than subject. Chapters are divided into parts, each representing an agency's regs on a particular topic or agency function. Sections are simple presentations of single propositions. Currently the CFR consists of about 200 volumes, which are revised on a quarterly basis.