‘‘§ 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. The origi-
nal shall be retained by the National Archives and Records 
Administration and shall be available for inspection under 
regulations prescribed by the Archivist, unless such origi-
nal is disposed of in accordance with disposal schedules 
submitted by the Administrative Committee and author-
ized by the Archivist pursuant to regulations issued under 
chapter 33; however, originals of proclamations of the 
President and Executive orders shall be permanently re-
tained by the Administration as part of the National Ar-
chives of the United States. The Office shall transmit to 
the Government Publishing Office, as provided by this 
chapter, each document required or authorized to be pub-
lished by section 1505. Every Federal agency shall cause 
to be transmitted for filing the original of all such docu-
ments issued, prescribed, or promulgated by the agency.’’. 
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(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; physical copies 
‘‘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 con-
stitute all documents, required or authorized to be pub-
lished, filed with the Office of the Federal Register up to 
the time of the day immediately preceding the day of pub-
lication fixed by regulations under this chapter. There 
shall be published with each document a copy of the nota-
tion, required to be made by section 1503, 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 Federal Register may be fixed 
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by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register 
established by section 1506 without reference to the re-
strictions placed upon and fixed for the sale of Govern-
ment publications by sections 1705 and 1708. The Gov-
ernment Publishing Office shall print two physical copies 
of each published Federal Register issue. Each copy shall 
be stored in a separate facility to ensure the preservation 
of the Federal Register for the purposes of continuity of 
government.’’. 
(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 
Office does not fulfill the publication requirements of this 
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chapter, the Office of the Federal Register may establish 
an alternative method to publish the Federal Register 
until such time that the Government Publishing Office re-
sumes publication.’’; 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 
President or their designee, regulations for carrying out 
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this chapter. The regulations shall provide for, among 
other things, the following: 
‘‘(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 Fed-
eral 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 
copies of, and subscriptions to, the Federal Register 
and any reprints and bound volumes of it. 
‘‘(6) The manner and form by which the Fed-
eral Register may receive information and comments 
from the public, if practicable and efficient. 
‘‘(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 or 
their designee, may require, from time to time as it con-
siders necessary, the preparation and publication in a spe-
cial edition of the Federal Register a complete codification 
of the documents of each agency of the Government hav-
ing general applicability and legal effect, issued or promul-
gated 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 in-
voked 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 or their designee, 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.’’. 
Æ 
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