44 U.S.C. § 1510 (PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS)
§ 1510. Code of Federal Regulations
(a) Special Edition for Codification of Agency 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 considers necessary, the preparation and publication in a special edition of the Federal Register a complete codification of the documents of each agency of the Government having general applicability 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 codification prepared under subsection (a) of this section shall be published and shall be designated as the “Code of Federal Regulations”. The Administrative Committee shall regulate the manner and forms of publishing this codification.
(c) Supplementation, Collation, and Republication.—
The Administrative Committee shall regulate the supplementation and the collation and republication of the codification with a view to keeping the Code of Federal 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 Register 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 Federal Register.—
The Office of the Federal Register shall prepare and publish the codifications, supplements, collations, indices, and user aids authorized by this section.
(e) Prima Facie Evidence.—
The codified documents of the several agencies published in the Code of Federal Regulations under this section, as amended by documents subsequently filed with the Office and published 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.
(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 published and periodically compiled in supplements to title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1277; Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(g), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2985.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 311 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 11, 49 Stat. 503; June 19, 1937, ch. 369, 50 Stat. 304; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 202, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2732, 53 Stat. 1435; Dec. 10, 1942, ch. 717, § 2, 56 Stat. 1045; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 104(b), 63 Stat. 381; Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 333, 67 Stat. 388; Dec. 2, 1963, Pub. L. 88–190, § 1, 77 Stat. 343).
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2025—Pub. L. 118–267 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section provided that the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, with the approval of the President, could require the preparation and publication in special or supplemental editions of the Federal Register of complete codifications of the documents of each agency to be published in the Code of Federal Regulations.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Retroactive and Prospective Application
text: Pub. L. 88–190, § 2, Dec. 2, 1963, 77 Stat. 344, provided that: “Section 11 of the Federal Register Act [section 311 of former Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, now this section], as amended by the first section of this Act [amending subsecs. (b) to (d) and (g) of such section 311, now subsecs. (b) to (d) and (g) of this section], shall apply to the Code of Federal Regulations previously authorized and published as well as to future publications made pursuant to that section as so amended.”
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Delegation of Functions
text: For delegation of functions vested in President by section 11(a), (f) of Federal Register Act [now subsecs. (a) and (f) of this section], to Attorney General and Archivist of United States, see section 6(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 10530, May 10, 1954, 19 F.R. 2709, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President. See, also, section 103(b)(1) of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.
heading: Codification of Executive and Administrative Documents
text: Under authority of section 11(d) of the Federal Register Act [now subsec. (d) of this section] the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register issued regulations for the codification of executive and administrative documents, approved by the President Nov. 10, 1937, and set out in F.R. 2849 D.I., 2450 B.V.