(c) FILING DOCUMENTS WITH OFFICE AMEND-
MENT.—Section 1503 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1503. Filing documents with Office; notation of 
time; public inspection; transmission for 
publishing 
‘‘The original document required or authorized to be 
published by section 1505 shall be filed with the Office 
of the Federal Register for publication at times estab-
lished by the Administrative Committee of the Federal 
Register by regulation. The Archivist of the United States 
shall cause to be noted on the original of each document 
the day and hour of filing. Upon filing, the document shall 
be immediately available for public inspection in the Of-
fice. The original shall be retained by the National Ar-
chives and Records Administration and shall be available 
for inspection under regulations prescribed by the Archi-
vist, unless such original is disposed of in accordance with 
disposal schedules submitted by the Administrative Com-
mittee and authorized by the Archivist pursuant to regula-
tions issued under chapter 33; however, originals of proc-
lamations of the President and Executive orders shall be 
permanently retained by the Administration as part of the 
National Archives of the United States. The Office shall 
transmit to the Government Publishing Office, as provided 
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by this chapter, each document required or authorized to 
be published by section 1505. Every Federal agency shall 
cause to be transmitted for filing the original of all such 
documents issued, prescribed, or promulgated by the agen-
cy.’’. 
(d) FEDERAL
REGISTER
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1504 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 1504. ‘Federal Register’; publishing; contents; dis-
tribution; price 
‘‘Documents required or authorized to be published 
by section 1505 shall be published immediately by the 
Government Publishing Office in a serial publication des-
ignated the ‘Federal Register’. The Director of the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office shall make available the facili-
ties of the Government Publishing Office for the prompt 
publication of the Federal Register in the manner and at 
the times required by this chapter and the regulations pre-
scribed under it. The contents of the daily issues shall be 
indexed and constitute all documents, required or author-
ized to be published, filed with the Office of the Federal 
Register up to the time of the day immediately preceding 
the day of publication fixed by regulations under this 
chapter. There shall be published with each document a 
copy of the notation, required to be made by section 1503, 
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of the day and hour when, upon filing with the Office, 
the document was made available for public inspection. 
Distribution shall be made at a time in the morning of 
the day of distribution fixed by regulations prescribed 
under this chapter. The prices to be charged for the Fed-
eral Register may be fixed by the Administrative Com-
mittee of the Federal Register established by section 1506 
without reference to the restrictions placed upon and fixed 
for the sale of Government publications by sections 1705 
and 1708.’’. 
(e) DOCUMENTS TO BE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL 
REGISTER.—Section 1505 of title 44, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COM-
MENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘NEWS COMMENTARY’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘comments’’ and inserting 
‘‘news commentary’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); 
(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 
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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 
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 
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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; 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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(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 
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 
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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 
of the fact that they are in effect on and after the date 
of publication. 
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‘‘(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-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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Calendar No. 149 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1654 
[Report No. 116–57] 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to mod-
ernize the Federal Register, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 15, 2019 
Reported without amendment 
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