SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Register Mod-
ernization Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL REGISTER MODERNIZATION. 
(a) REFERENCES TO PRINTING.—Chapter 15 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 1502— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘print-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘publishing’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘printing and distribution’’ 
and inserting ‘‘publishing’’; 
(2) in section 1507— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the duplicate originals or 
certified copies of the document have’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the document has’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘print-
ed’’ and inserting ‘‘published’’; and 
(3) in section 1509, by striking ‘‘printing, re-
printing, wrapping, binding, and distributing’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘publishing’’. 
(b) PUBLISH DEFINED.—Section 1501 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of the defini-
tion for ‘‘person’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 
(2) by inserting after the definition for ‘‘per-
son’’ the following:
‘‘ ‘publish’ means to circulate for sale or dis-
tribution to the public, as determined by the Admin-
istrative Committee of the Federal Register; and’’. 
(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. 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.’’. 
(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 
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’’;
(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