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(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATION.—In a continuity 
of operations event in which the Government Publishing 
Office does not fulfill the publication requirements of this 
chapter, the Office of the Federal Register may establish 
a website to publish the Federal Register until such time 
that the Government Publishing Office resumes publica-
tion.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, in the 
matter following paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘telecommunications, the 
Internet,’’ after ‘‘the press, the radio,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and two duplicate origi-
nals or two certified copies’’ and inserting ‘‘doc-
ument’’. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL 
REGISTER AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 1506 
of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.—The Administrative 
Committee of the Federal Register shall consist of the Ar-
chivist of the United States or Acting Archivist, who shall 
chair the committee, an officer of the Department of Jus-
tice designated by the Attorney General, and the Director 
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of the Government Publishing Office or Acting Director 
of the Government Publishing Office. The Director of the 
Federal Register shall act as secretary of the committee. 
The committee shall prescribe, with the approval of the 
President, regulations for carrying out this chapter. The 
regulations shall provide for, among other things— 
‘‘(1) the documents which shall be authorized 
under section 1505(b) to be published in the Federal 
Register; 
‘‘(2) the manner and form in which the Federal 
Register shall be published; 
‘‘(3) the manner and form in which agencies 
submit documents for publication in the Federal 
Register and special editions of the Federal Reg-
ister; 
‘‘(4) subject to subsection (b), the manner of 
distribution to Members of Congress, officers and 
employees of the United States, or Federal agency, 
for official use, and the number which shall be avail-
able for distribution to the public; 
‘‘(5) the prices to be charged for individual cop-
ies of, and subscriptions to, the Federal Register 
and any reprints and bound volumes of it; 
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‘‘(6) the manner and form by which the Federal 
Register may receive information and comments 
from the public, if practicable and efficient; and 
‘‘(7) special editions of the Federal Register.’’. 
(g) CODE
OF
FEDERAL
REGULATIONS
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 1510 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1510. Code of Federal Regulations 
‘‘(a) SPECIAL EDITION FOR CODIFICATION OF AGEN-
CY DOCUMENTS.—The Administrative Committee of the 
Federal Register, with the approval of the President, may 
require, from time to time as it considers necessary, the 
preparation and publication in a special edition of the Fed-
eral Register a complete codification of the documents of 
each agency of the Government having general applica-
bility and legal effect, issued or promulgated by the agency 
by publication in the Federal Register or by filing with 
the Administrative Committee, and which are relied upon 
by the agency as authority for, or are invoked or used by 
it in the discharge of, its activities or functions, and are 
in effect as to facts arising on or after dates specified by 
the Administrative Committee. 
‘‘(b) CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.—A codifica-
tion prepared under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
published and shall be designated as the ‘Code of Federal 
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Regulations’. The Administrative Committee shall regu-
late the manner and forms of publishing this codification. 
‘‘(c) SUPPLEMENTATION, COLLATION, AND REPUBLI-
CATION.—The Administrative Committee shall regulate 
the supplementation and the collation and republication 
of the codification with a view to keeping the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations as current as practicable. Each unit of 
codification shall be supplemented and republished at least 
once each calendar year. The Office of the Federal Reg-
ister may create updates of each unit of codification from 
time to time and make the same available electronically 
or may provide public access using an electronic edition 
that allows a user to select a specific date and retrieve 
the version of the codification in effect as of that date. 
‘‘(d) PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION BY THE FED-
ERAL REGISTER.—The Office of the Federal Register 
shall prepare and publish the codifications, supplements, 
collations, indices, and user aids authorized by this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.—The codified docu-
ments of the several agencies published in the Code of 
Federal Regulations under this section, as amended by 
documents subsequently filed with the Office and pub-
lished in the daily issues of the Federal Register, shall 
be prima facie evidence of the text of the documents and 
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of the fact that they are in effect on and after the date 
of publication. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Administrative Committee, 
with approval of the President, shall issue regulations for 
carrying out this section. 
‘‘(g) EXCEPTION.—This section does not require 
codification of the text of Presidential documents pub-
lished and periodically compiled in supplements to title 3 
of the Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
The table of sections for chapter 15 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the items related to 
sections 1502, 1503, and 1504 and inserting the following: 
‘‘1502. Custody and publishing of Federal documents; appointment of Director. 
‘‘1503. Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection; trans-
mission for publishing. 
‘‘1504. ‘Federal Register’; publishing; contents; distribution; price.’’. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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