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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 
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 at least two physical 
copies of each published Federal Register issue. Of those, 
not less than two copies shall be stored, each 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’’; 
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(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 
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 
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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 
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. 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(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. 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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