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JURIST - Revision of Regulations
Issued by Federal Register, Administrative Committee
on Tuesday 28 October 2014
Comments closed on 2014-12-29
Proposed Changes to Parts 1 and 2 Back to Top
Parts 1 and 2 would be combined to follow OFR guidance that parts should not contain only one section. In § 1.2, we would add a definition for the term “Director” to mean the Director of the Federal Register. Other proposed changes to part 1 include updating the OFR's mailing address and clarifying that materials appearing in the daily Federal Register or special editions of the Federal Register, with the exception of the National Archives and Records Administration's official seal and OFR logos, may be reproduced. See 36 CFR part 1200.
Proposed Changes to Parts 3, 5, 6 and 8 Back to Top
Many of the changes to these sections would be technical in nature, bringing the regulations in line with current technologies used at the OFR to carry out its mission. For example, §§ 3.1 and 3.2 include proposed language addressing where readers can access information online.
Sections 3.3 and 3.4 would be added to consolidate the regulations on ancillaries and indexes to the Federal Register (§ 3.3) and the Code of Federal Regulations (§ 3.4), currently set out in other parts. This consolidation would allow us to remove part 6, which currently deals with ancillaries and indexes to the daily Federal Register. It contains five regulations dealing specifically with a daily Federal Register Index (§ 6.1), a yearly cumulative Federal Register Index (§ 6.2), daily and monthly lists of parts and sections affected by rules published in the Federal Register (§§ 6.3 and 6.4), and a general section allowing the Director discretion to publish other indexes, digests, and guides, as needed (§ 6.5). The Administrative Committee believes that consolidating these sections into one general section allows the Director greater flexibility to publish user aids at a time when most users rely on the online version of the daily Federal Register.
This proposed consolidation would also allow us to remove §§ 8.4 and 8.5, which deal with ancillaries and indexes to the CFR. These proposed changes allow readers to quickly find information on user aids in one part entitled “SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC” (part 3) instead of searching the entire chapter to find this information.
The Committee proposes to revise § 5.9, entitled “Categories of documents.” The Committee created these categories to provide greater clarity under the FRA. These categories, which will correspond to sections in the daily Federal Register, are not intended as a determination as to a document's legal status.
The Committee proposes to revise § 5.9 to clarify what types of documents are published in which categories of the daily Federal Register. To do this, the Committee is proposing to add a new category to the daily Federal Register as set out in § 5.9(d) and revise the list of documents types that publish in the Rules and Regulations category of the daily Federal Register. Certain types of documents that are currently required to be published in the Rules and Regulations category would be published in this new category of the daily issue, which would be called “Regulatory Notices.” The Regulatory Notices category would include documents containing Regulation Identifier Numbers (RINs) that do not amend the CFR; Paperwork Reduction Act notices; statements of organization and function; and announcements of public meetings, Sunshine Act notices, other meeting notices that are related to specific agency regulations and rulemaking actions; and general policy statements concerning regulations.
The Committee also proposes to revise §§ 5.10 and 8.6, which discuss the official formats of the Federal Register and the CFR. Currently, both sections specifically identify the formats that are official formats of both the Federal Register and the CFR. Setting out the official formats within the CFR makes it difficult to keep pace with the rapidly changing technological developments in publishing. Therefore, the Committee is proposing to remove the list of official formats from the CFR in favor of regulations that describe in detail the factors the Committee uses to determine what is an official format of these publications. Once the Committee determines the formats of these publications that are official, based on the factors set out in the regulations, the Committee will publish a Notice in the Federal Register announcing those official formats.
The Committee has determined that it may announce official formats in a published Notice rather than codify them in the CFR, and that it may do so without seeking public comment. In 1996, through final rule with request for comments, the Committee chose to specify the official formats in the CFR. [1] The Committee noted in a later rule that “granting official status” of a format is a “procedural matter” and does “not . . . materially [affect] rights or obligations.” [2] Consistent with that determination, the Committee has concluded that it is unnecessary for future designations of official format to be subject to public comment or codified in the CFR because such designations are rules of agency procedure and practice. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). The Committee believes that the Administrative Procedure Act's general requirement for rulemaking requires that the Committee codify the procedural requirements for determining an official format but does not require that the actual format be included within the CFR.
Currently, § 8.3(c) requires that all rule documents amending the CFR be included in the annual soft-bound version of the CFR, even if the amendments to the CFR are not yet effective. In other words, a document amending the CFR that is published before July 1st (the publication date of the annual CFR volume) but is not effective until July 7th appears in the printed edition in a smaller font along with the currently effective regulation. While this practice was intended to alert readers to future changes in CFR text, displaying parallel codified text could sometimes be confusing.
Now that there is an unofficial Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) that displays the current text of the CFR and links readers to pending Federal Register amendments, users have less need for future-effective amendments in printed editions. The proposed change to § 8.3(c) would eliminate potential confusion by providing that only the regulation currently in effect as of the date of publication of the soft-bound volume will be published in that volume.
Proposed Changes to Parts 11 and 12 Back to Top
The Administrative Committee proposes changing the language of parts 11 and 12 to be more concise and clear and to meet the goals of the President's transparency memorandum. In addition to these technical edits, the Committee proposes substantive changes to part 12. To fulfill the requirements of the Act, this part, entitled “OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,” sets out the number of official copies of Federal Register publications that various Federal government entities are entitled to receive. Specifically, §§ 12.1 and 12.2 address the number of printed copies of the Federal Register and the CFR available to Federal entities without charge. The Administrative Committee believes that publishing both these publications in a free, electronic-only format to Federal officials for their official use constitutes the distribution of the Federal Register and the CFR for official use without charge. However, the OFR will continue to provide one soft-bound copy of the Federal Register and CFR to Federal officials upon a written request to the Director. The proposed changes to parts 11 and 12 will not change the page rate charged to agencies to publish documents in the Federal Register and CFR. The Administrative Committee intends that an official online version of both publications will remain available to both the public and Federal officials.
Additionally, the Administrative Committee proposes to remove § 12.4. Section 12.4 establishes the number of printed copies of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (Weekly Compilation) available to Federal entities without charge. The Administrative Committee would remove and reserve this section because the Committee discontinued the publication of the Weekly Compilation in January 2009 and has received no negative feedback from Federal entities that previously received a printed copy of this publication (See 74 FR 3950, January 21, 2009). The Committee also believes that providing the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (Daily Compilation) online meets the requirement of the FRA that publications such as the Daily Compilation be distributed for official use without charge.
Proposed Changes to Part 15 Back to Top
The Administrative Committee proposes to amend part 15 to remove § 15.1, concerning OFR assistance, because it duplicates the requirements in current §§ 15.3 and 15.10. In this document, the Committee proposes to redesignate current §§ 15.2, 15.3 and 15.10 as §§ 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3 respectively, and to make certain technical and clarifying changes to each redesignated section. Finally in part 15, the Committee proposes to remove § 15.4 because agencies no longer request reproduction and certification of copies of acts or documents from the OFR.
Proposed Changes to Part 16 Back to Top
In § 16.2, the Administrative Committee proposes to add a new paragraph (b) requiring agencies to provide the OFR and officials at their agencies specific information for continuity of operations (COOP) purposes. Over the past several years, Federal agencies have developed contingency plans to maintain operations in the case of a broad range of emergency circumstances. The FRA authorizes the President to activate the Emergency Federal Register (EFR) system in place of the daily Federal Register in certain limited circumstances. (See 44 U.S.C. 1505(c) and E.O. 12656, as amended (http://www.archives.gov/Federal-register/executive-orders/1988.html)). The purpose of the EFR is to support the preservation of the rule of law and a constitutional form of government, following National Security Presidential Directive-51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive-20 (https://www.hsdl.org/?view&amp;did=476323).
Under almost all types of emergencies, the OFR would continue to carry out its basic functions at alternate locations. Therefore, this proposed change to § 16.2 would require agencies to provide the Director of the Federal Register with the names of liaison officers who are agency officials authorized to act for the agency in the event of an emergency (COOP liaisons). It also would require liaison officers to provide these officials with information on drafting and submitting documents to the OFR in emergency situations. These COOP liaisons would be responsible for certifying to OFR staff that documents in their possession are official agency actions, signed and authorized for publication. These officers would maintain custody of original documents, unedited or otherwise unchanged in a safe location during an emergency, and submit original documents to the OFR as soon as practicable. This change would allow OFR and the agencies to facilitate information exchange in the event of an emergency that closes the OFR office in Washington, DC. The OFR has posted online a Federal Register Bulletin with information on submitting documents when its Washington, DC office location is closed in an emergency. The Bulletin can be found online at http://www.archives.gov/Federal-register/write/newsletter/. The Administrative Committee believes that this proposed change to its regulations would provide the mechanisms to allow the OFR to publish the Emergency Federal Register under emergency circumstances.
Proposed Changes to Part 17 Back to Top
Proposed Changes to Part 18 Back to Top
In §§ 18.1 and 18.4, the Administrative Committee proposes to remove footnotes requesting that agencies wishing to submit computer processed data contact the OFR staff. In the 20 years since this section was last amended, the submission of electronic files has become routine and these footnotes are no longer necessary.
In addition to removing footnotes from §§ 18.1 and 18.4, the Administrative Committee also proposes removing language related to the specific format of original documents submitted in hard copy from § 18.4 and § 18.10. Section 18.10 currently requires that illustrations, tabular materials, and forms be submitted for publication by a legible reproduction on 81/2by 11-inch paper. The OFR is now able to accept illustrations, tabular materials, and forms imbedded in electronically submitted files or as part of an original document. Therefore, the Administrative Committee is proposing to revise this section to require that the submitted form or illustration be legible when reproduced in an 81/2- by 11-inch format instead of requiring that agencies submit a legible reproduction themselves. Agencies with questions related to the submission of documents with forms, graphics, tables, or illustrations should contact the editorial staff of the OFR.
In § 18.2, the Committee proposes to clarify that the Director will not accept for publication a document if it seeks to combine material that must appear under separate categories in the Federal Register, as set forth in § 5.9. For example, documents may not serve as both rules and proposed rules nor may they serve as rules and notices. Agencies are not prohibited from discussing their commitments under specific statutes or Executive Orders, including periodic regulatory review.
Under this proposal, § 18.5 would be removed. This section merely states the explicit statutory requirement that agencies submit certified copies or duplicate originals when they submit an original document for publication in the Federal Register. That requirement is already addressed in § 18.1.
The Administrative Committee proposes to remove § 18.8. This section states that agencies may put their seal on original documents and certified copies submitted for publication. Since very few agencies put their seal on documents submitted for publication and because it is not a requirement for submission of documents to the OFR for publication, the Administrative Committee believes that this section is unnecessary and should be removed.
The Administrative Committee proposes to add new section § 18.11. By adding the requirement that all documents contain standard headings, and not just rules and proposed rules (as discussed in § 18.12), the content that had been in § 21.16(a) also applies to all documents, so appropriately belongs in part 18. The Administrative Committee proposes to add a paragraph to account for agency docket numbers and Regulation Identifier Numbers (RINs), as applicable. A RIN is a code assigned by the Regulatory Information Service Center. Documents that are related to such regulatory actions, including Regulatory Notice documents, can carry a RIN.
Currently, agencies are only required to submit rules and proposed rules using a standardized preamble format. The Administrative Committee proposes to revise § 18.12 to require that agencies submit all documents for publication using the standardized preamble format. Publishing unorganized notice documents without informative headings and guideposts can make vital information difficult to find. For example, advisory committee meeting notices, information collection requests, and grant announcements can be confusing if written in an unorganized manner, without the informative headings and distinct paragraphs that alert readers to comment opportunities, meeting dates, contact information, addresses, and document identification numbers. Requiring preambles for all notice documents will increase public understanding by clearly setting out essential elements of documents that alert readers to various agency actions. This provision will not affect the many agencies that already voluntarily use the standardized preamble format for notices.
The advent of the online public inspection desk greatly expanded public access to the documents filed for public inspection as required by 44 U.S.C. 1503 and 1504, but it also added technical complexities to the production process. When agencies withdraw or modify documents already placed on public inspection, they disrupt production and increase costs as the Federal Register is reassembled and repaginated. Therefore, the Administrative Committee is proposing to revise § 18.13 to more narrowly specify when agencies may withdraw and correct documents on public inspection.
Also, the proposed changes to § 18.13 would clarify that, even with a written request, the OFR will correct or withdraw documents on public inspection only when the request does not impose a burden on the production of the Federal Register. The proposed changes also provide that corrected documents and the request letters will remain on public inspection until the end of the business day on which the corrections were made to the document.
The Administrative Committee proposes to revise § 18.17 to add a new paragraph (e). This new paragraph explicitly states that in order to extend the effective period of a temporary rule, agencies must submit a document extending the effective date of that rule before the expiration of the original effective date. The Committee reminds agencies that once the effective date of a temporary rule expires, the provisions of § 18.16 apply, and they must then set out the full text of the temporary rule to reinstate it.
Proposed Changes to Part 19 Back to Top
Proposed Changes to Part 20 and Addition of New Part 24 Back to Top
As the OFR develops a new electronic format for both the submission of agency information and the publication format of the Manual, the Administrative Committee proposes to redesignate § 20.7 and revise the new § 24.7 to remove references to print-specific publication deadlines because the Manual will be a currently updated online publication. This will allow agencies to provide updated information through an electronic web-based submission process whenever information in the Manual needs to be updated. Submission of updated information through an OFR web-based submission portal will qualify as an official draft under § 24.2.
Proposed Changes to Part 21 Back to Top
While the Administrative Committee is proposing to remove undesignated center headings from our regulations, we understand that some agencies still use them. Therefore, the Administrative Committee proposes to add a new definitions section (§ 21.1) to define terms used within this part that are not common, namely, the terms “undesignated center headings,” and “words of issuance.”
In § 21.6, the Administrative Committee proposes to add the phrases “or by court order” and “a rule document” to clarify that if a court vacates an agency's regulations, the issuing agency must remove those vacated CFR sections by publishing a document in the rules section of the daily Federal Register, thus implementing the court order.
In § 21.9, the Administrative Committee proposes to codify the existing practice that agencies may use undesignated center headings.
The Administrative Committee proposes to revise § 21.11 to limit paragraph designations to four levels. Most agencies do not designate paragraphs below level four because it is difficult to read sections with material designated below this level. The Administrative Committee believes that codifying this practice in this section adds to the readability and clarity of the entire CFR. Agencies with existing CFR sections containing paragraph designations to six levels do not need to restructure a six-level section until the entire section is revised.
The Administrative Committee proposes to revise § 21.14 to clarify the procedures and timeframe for agencies to request deviations from the standard format of the CFR. Under 44 U.S.C. 1510, the Administrative Committee is charged with issuing regulations to maintain the orderly codification of regulations within the Federal Register publication system. To ensure the orderly development of the CFR, the Administrative Committee issued regulations in title 1 chapter I of the CFR. The Administrative Committee understands that sometimes it is not possible to maintain the single codification structure, so it issued a regulation that established the procedure for agencies to request that certain regulatory provisions be codified in a nonstandard manner into the CFR. See 1 CFR 21.14.
The Administrative Committee proposes to revise § 21.14 to add more time for the Director and OFR staff to review requests for a deviation from the standard CFR structure and also to remove language that suggests that an agency could only make a request at the final rule stage of the rulemaking process. The Administrative Committee believes that these slight changes will provide the OFR needed time to review requests and will allow greater communication between OFR and agencies during the initial phase of the rulemaking process so that codification issues can be discussed and settled before the final rule stage.
The Administrative Committee proposes to move the content of paragraph (a) to new § 18.11, as discussed in the summary for part 18.
The Administrative Committee is proposing to revise § 21.21 on cross references to make clear the distinction between cross references within an agency's own regulations (§ 21.21) and cross references to another agency's regulations (§ 21.23). The Administrative Committee considers these proposed changes structural in nature. They are intended to clarify current requirements. There is no intent to change substantively an agency's ability to cross-reference under these regulations. The Administrative Committee also proposes to remove regulatory language addressing parallel citation of the CFR and Federal Register. The Administrative Committee agrees with OFR policy that does not allow Federal Register citations in codified CFR text. Appropriate citation in CFR text is to CFR sections only. Federal Register citations are appropriate for preambles of rulemaking documents.
The Administrative Committee proposes to restructure the provisions found in subpart B of part 21. The proposed § 21.40 combines the provisions of the current §§ 21.40 and 21.51 without substantive changes and we are combining §§ 21.45 and 21.53 in the proposed § 21.44. Currently these two sets of provisions deal generally with authority citations and their form. The Administrative Committee believes that combining these two sets of general provisions will clarify basic authority citation requirements by placing all the general requirements together in two CFR sections, one for statutory and one for nonstatutory authorities. Additionally, this consolidation allows the Administrative Committee to make other usability changes, including redesignating, as § 21.45, the current § 21.42 regarding exceptions. The Administrative Committee believes that moving the exceptions provision to the end of the subpart allows the reader to understand the basic CFR requirements on authority citations before reading about exceptions.
Under this proposal, the current §§ 21.43 and 21.52 would be redesignated as §§ 21.42 and 21.43, respectively, to consolidate the numbering sequence of this subpart. When this subpart was initially developed there was a substantial gap in numbering to allow for additional sections. Over the past 30 years, no new sections have been added to this subpart so the Administrative Committee believes that renumbering the provisions to remove gaps is reasonable.
In addition to redesignating § 21.43 as § 21.42, the Administrative Committee proposes to revise this section so the broader requirements currently set out in paragraph (b) become paragraph (a) and the more specific requirements of this section become paragraph (b).
Proposed Changes to Part 22 and New Part 23 Back to Top
CHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER Back to Top
1.Revise part 1 to read as follows:
PART 1—GENERAL INFORMATION Back to Top
1.1 Scope and purpose.
1.3 Administrative Committee of the Federal Register.
1.4 Office of the Federal Register; location; office hours.
1.5 General authority of Director.
1.6 Authorized use.
44 U.S.C. 1506; sec. 6, E.O. 10530, 19 FR 2709; 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 189; 1 U.S.C. 112, 113.
§ 1.1 Scope and purpose.
Administrative Committee means the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, as set forth in § 1.3 of this chapter.
§ 1.3 Administrative Committee of the Federal Register.
§ 1.4 Office of the Federal Register; location; office hours.
§ 1.5 General authority of Director.
(b) The Director may return to the issuing agency any document submitted for publication in the Federal Register, or special editions of the Federal Register, if, in the Director's judgment, the document does not meet the minimum requirements of this chapter.
§ 1.6 Authorized use.
PART 2—[REMOVED] Back to Top
2.Remove part 2.
3.Revise part 3 to read as follows:
PART 3—SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC Back to Top
3.1 Information services.
3.2 Public inspection of documents.
3.3 Indexes and other ancillary guides to the Federal Register.
3.4 Indexes and other ancillary guides to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
44 U.S.C. 1506, 1510; sec. 6, E.O. 10530, 19 FR 2709; 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 189.
§ 3.1 Information services.
§ 3.2 Public inspection of documents.
(a) Documents filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication are available for public inspection at 800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20002 during the Office of the Federal Register office hours, unless the OFR has been relocated to the National Archives and Records Administration's continuity of operations facility, see§ 1.4 of this chapter.
§ 3.3 Indexes and other ancillary guides to the Federal Register.
§ 3.4 Indexes and other ancillary guides to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
SUBCHAPTER B—THE FEDERAL REGISTER Back to Top
4.Revise part 5 to read as follows:
PART 5—PUBLICATION AND DELIVERY Back to Top
5.1 Publication policy.
5.2 Documents required to be filed for public inspection and published.
5.3 Publication of other documents.
5.4 Publication not authorized.
5.5 Supplement to theCode of Federal Regulations.
5.6 Daily publication.
5.7 Distribution.
5.8 Form of citation.
5.9 Categories of documents.
5.10 Forms of publication.
§ 5.1 Publication policy.
(3) Documents accepted for publication under § 5.3 of this part.
§ 5.2 Documents required to be filed for public inspection and published.
§ 5.3 Publication of other documents.
Whenever the Director determines that it is in the public interest to publish a document not covered by § 5.2 of this part, the Director may allow that document to be filed for public inspection with the Office of the Federal Register and published in the Federal Register to the extent that such publication is consistent with the Federal Register Act or otherwise authorized by law.
§ 5.5 Supplement to the Code of Federal Regulations.
§ 5.6 Daily publication.
The daily Federal Register is published by the Office of the Federal Register each official Federal business day.
§ 5.7 Distribution.
§ 5.8 Form of citation.
§ 5.9 Categories of documents.
§ 5.10 Forms of publication.
PART 6—[REMOVED] Back to Top
5.Remove part 6.
SUBCHAPTER C—SPECIAL EDITIONS OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER Back to Top
6.Revise part 8 to read as follows:
PART 8—CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Back to Top
8.1 Policy.
8.2 Orderly development.
8.3 Periodic updating.
8.6 Forms of publication.
8.7 Agency cooperation.
8.9 Form of citation.
§ 8.1 Policy.
§ 8.2 Orderly development.
(2) The Director may provide for any unit of the CFR to be updated as frequently as necessary to maintain a current, complete, and readily usable codification, consistent with the intent and purpose of the Administrative Committee as stated in § 8.1 of this part.
§ 8.6 Forms of publication.
(b) The Director is authorized to regulate the style and layout of the Code of Federal Regulations according to the needs of users and compatibility with the facilities of the Government Printing Office. The Director:
§ 8.7 Agency cooperation.
SUBCHAPTER D—AVAILABILITY OF OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLICATIONS Back to Top
7.Revise part 11 to read as follows:
11.1 Subscription by the public.
11.2 Federal Register.
11.3 Code of Federal Regulations.
11.5 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
11.7 Federal Register Index.
11.8 LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected).
§ 11.1 Subscription by the public.
The Government Printing Office produces the paper edition of the publications described in § 2.5 of this chapter, and the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, sells them to the public. All fees are payable in advance to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office. They are not available for free distribution to the public.
§ 11.2 Federal Register.
§ 11.3 Code of Federal Regulations.
§ 11.5 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
§ 11.7 Federal Register Index.
§ 11.8 LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected).
PART 12—OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Back to Top
12.1 Federal Register.
12.2 Code of Federal Regulations.
12.5 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
§ 12.1 Federal Register.
(5 ) Executive agencies. Each Federal executive agency will be provided with one copy for official use in response to a written request from the agency Federal Register authorizing officer, or the alternate, designated under § 16.1 of this chapter, to the Director.
(3) Any agency may request an overrun of such a separate part by submitting an advance printing and binding requisition on Standard Form 1 directly to the Government Printing Office, to be received not later than 12 noon on the Federal business day before the publication date.
§ 12.2 Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) Executive agencies. Each Federal executive agency will be provided with one copy for official use in response to a written request to the Director from the agency Federal Register authorizing officer, or the alternate, designated under § 16.1 of this chapter.
§ 12.5 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
(3) Executive agencies. Each head of a Federal executive agency will be provided with one copy of each annual publication in response to a written request to the Director from the agency Federal Register authorizing officer, or the alternate, designated under § 16.1 of this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER E—PREPARATION, TRANSMITTAL, AND PROCESSING OF DOCUMENTS Back to Top
9.Revise part 15 to read to read as follows:
PART 15—SERVICES TO FEDERAL AGENCIES Back to Top
15.1 Information services.
15.2 Staff assistance.
15.3 Information on drafting and publication.
§ 15.1 Information services.
§ 15.2 Staff assistance.
The staff of the OFR provides informal assistance and advice to officials of the various agencies with respect to general or specific programs of regulatory drafting, procedures, and promulgation practices. Communications related to unpublished documents remain confidential under § 17.1 of this chapter.
§ 15.3 Information on drafting and publication.
10.Revise part 16 to read to read as follows:
PART 16—AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES Back to Top
16.1 Designation.
16.2 Liaisonand COOP liaisonduties.
16.3 Certifying duties.
16.4 Authorizing duties.
§ 16.1 Designation.
(b) In choosing its liaison officer, each agency should consider that this officer will be the main contact between that agency and the OFR and that the liaison officer will be charged with the duties set forth in § 16.2 of this part. The agency should choose a person who is directly involved in the agency's regulatory program.
§ 16.2 Liaison and COOP liaison duties.
(a) Each agency liaison officer and alternate must:
(3) Be responsible for the effective distribution and use within the agency of Federal Register information on document drafting and publication assistance authorized by § 15.3 of this chapter;
(4) Promote the agency's participation in the technical instruction authorized by § 15.3 of this chapter; and
§ 16.3 Certifying duties.
The agency certifying officer is responsible for attaching the required number of true copies of each original document submitted by the agency to the OFR and for making the certification required by § 18.6 of this chapter.
§ 16.4 Authorizing duties.
11.Revise part 17 to read as follows:
PART 17—FILING FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND PUBLICATION SCHEDULES Back to Top
17.1 Receipt and processing.
17.2 Procedure and timing for regular schedule.
17.3 Criteria for emergency publication.
17.4 Procedure and timing for emergency publication.
17.5 Criteria for emergency filing for public inspection.
17.6 Procedure and timing for emergency filing for public inspection.
17.7 Criteria for deferred schedule.
Subpart A—Receipt and Processing Back to Top
§ 17.1 Receipt and processing.
Subpart B—Regular Schedule Back to Top
§ 17.2 Procedure and timing for regular schedule.
(b)(1) Each document received by 2:00 p.m. that meets the requirements of this chapter will be assigned to the regular schedule. Unless the issuing agency makes special arrangements otherwise, or the OFR determines that the document requires a deferred schedule (see § 17.7 of this part), we consider receipt of a document by 2:00 p.m. to be a request for filing for public inspection and publication on the regular schedule.
Subpart C—Emergency Schedule Back to Top
§ 17.3 Criteria for emergency publication.
§ 17.4 Procedure and timing for emergency publication.
§ 17.5 Criteria for emergency filing for public inspection.
(a) An agency may request emergency filing for public inspection for documents to be published under the regular, emergency, or deferred publication schedules.
(b) Emergency filing for public inspection is considered a special arrangement under § 17.2 of this part that results in deviation from the regular schedule for filing for public inspection.
§ 17.6 Procedure and timing for emergency filing for public inspection.
Subpart D—Deferred Schedule Back to Top
§ 17.7 Criteria for deferred schedule.
12.Revise part 18 to read as follows:
PART 18—PREPARATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS GENERALLY Back to Top
18.1 Original and copies required.
18.2 Prohibition on combined category documents.
18.3 Submission of documents and letters of transmittal. Form of document. 18.5 [Reserved]
18.4 Form of document. 18.5 [Reserved]
18.6 Form of certification.
18.7 Signature.
18.9 Style.
18.10 Illustrations, tabular material, and forms.
18.11 Required document headings.
18.12 Preamble requirements.
18.13 Withdrawal or correction of filed documents.
18.15 Correction of errors in printing.
18.16 Reinstatement of expired regulations.
18.17 Effective dates and time periods.
18.20 Identification of subjects in agency regulations.
§ 18.1 Original and copies required.
(b) Two duplicate signed originals or two certified copies, unless submitted under the terms of § 18.4(b) of this part.
§ 18.2 Prohibition on combined category documents.
§ 18.3 Submission of documents and letters of transmittal.
§ 18.4 Form of document.
§ 18.5 [Reserved]
§ 18.6 Form of certification.
(a) Each paper copy of every document submitted for filing and publication under the terms of § 18.1(b) of this part, except a Presidential document or a duplicate original, must be certified as follows:
(b) The certification must be signed by a certifying officer designated under § 16.1 of this chapter.
§ 18.7 Signature.
(c) Documents submitted under § 18.4(b) of this part may be authenticated as original documents by digital signatures.
§ 18.8 [Reserved]
§ 18.9 Style.
§ 18.10 Illustrations, tabular material, and forms.
(b) A document that includes tabular material may be assigned to the deferred publication schedule. See§ 17.7 of this subchapter.
§ 18.11 Required document headings.
§ 18.12 Preamble requirements.
(a) All documents submitted for publication must include a preamble that will inform the reader, who is not an expert in the subject area, of the basis and purpose for the rule or proposal, or a basic explanation of the notice document.
§ 18.15 Correction of errors in printing.
§ 18.16 Reinstatement of expired regulations.
§ 18.17 Effective dates and time periods.
(b) Federal Register Thesaurus. To prepare its list of index terms, each agency must use terms contained in the Federal Register Thesaurus of Indexing Terms. Agencies may also include additional terms not contained in the Thesaurus as long as they are appropriate.
13.Revise part 19 to read as follows:
PART 19—EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS Back to Top
19.1 Form.
19.2 Routing and approval of drafts.
19.3 Routing and certification of originals and copies.
19.4 Proclamations calling for the observance of special days or events.
19.5 Proclamations of treaties excluded.
19.6 Definition.
Secs. 1 to 6 of E.O. 11030, 27 FR 5847, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 610; E.O. 11354, 32 FR 7695, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 652; and E.O. 12080, 43 FR 42235, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 224; E.O. 12608, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245; E.O. 13403, 71 FR 28543, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 228.
§ 19.1 Form.
(f) Proposed Executive orders and proclamations shall be prepared on paper approximately 81/2x 14 inches, shall have a left-hand margin of approximately 1 inch and a right-hand margin of approximately 1 inch, and shall be double-spaced except that quotations, tabulations, and descriptions of land may be single-spaced.
§ 19.2 Routing and approval of drafts.
§ 19.3 Routing and certification of originals and copies.
§ 19.4 Proclamations calling for the observance of special days or events.
Except as may be otherwise provided by law, responsibility for the preparation and presentation of proposed proclamations calling for the observance of special days, or other periods of time, or events, shall be assigned by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to such agencies as he may consider appropriate. Such proposed proclamations shall be submitted to the Director at least 60 days before the date of the specified observance. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 19.2, the Director shall transmit any approved commemorative proclamations to the President.
§ 19.5 Proclamations of treaties excluded.
§ 19.6 Definition.
PART 20—[REMOVED] Back to Top
14.Remove part 20.
15.Revise part 21 to read as follows:
PART 21—PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS FOR CODIFICATION Back to Top
21.1 Definitions.
21.2 Codification and amendatory language.
21.6 Notice of expiration of codified material.
21.7 Titles and subtitles.
21.8 Chapters and subchapters.
21.9 Parts, subparts, and undesignated center headings.
21.10 Sections and paragraphs.
21.11 Standard organization of the Code of Federal Regulations.
21.12 Reserving part or section numbers.
21.14 Deviations from standard organization of the Code of Federal Regulations.
21.16 Required document headings.
21.18 Tables of contents.
21.19 Composition of part headings.
21.20 Amendment drafting requirements.
21.21 Internal reference drafting requirements.
21.23 Cross-reference drafting requirements.
21.24 References to 1938 edition of Code of Federal Regulations.
21.30 Effective date statement.
21.35 OMB control numbers.
21.40 General authority citation requirements.
21.41 Agency responsibility.
21.42 Placing and amending authority citations.
21.43 Citation to statutory material.
21.44 Citation to nonstatutory materials.
21.45 Exceptions to placement and form.
§ 21.1 Definitions.
§ 21.2 Codification and amendatory language.
§ 21.6 Notice of expiration of codified material.
§ 21.7 Titles and subtitles.
§ 21.8 Chapters and subchapters.
§ 21.9 Parts, subparts, and undesignated center headings.
§ 21.10 Sections and paragraphs.
(b) A section may be divided into paragraphs. Paragraphs may be further subdivided using the system provided in § 21.11 of this part.
§ 21.11 Standard organization of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) A section number includes the number of the part followed by a period and the number of the section. For example, the section number for section 15 of part 21 is “§ 21.15”; and
§ 21.12 Reserving part or section numbers.
§ 21.14 Deviations from standard organization of the Code of Federal Regulations.
§ 21.16 Required document headings.
§ 21.18 Tables of contents.
§ 21.19 Composition of part headings.
§ 21.20 Amendment drafting requirements.
§ 21.21 Internal reference drafting requirements.
§ 21.23 Cross-reference drafting requirements.
(a) Each agency publishes its own regulations in full text in the Code of Federal Regulations.
§ 21.24 References to 1938 edition of Code of Federal Regulations.
§ 21.30 Effective date statement.
Each document subject to codification must include a clear statement as to the date or dates upon which its contents become effective following the procedures found in § 18.17 of this subchapter.
§ 21.35 OMB control numbers.
Subpart B—Citations of Authority Back to Top
§ 21.40 General authority citation requirements.
§ 21.41 Agency responsibility.
§ 21.42 Placing and amending authority citations.
§ 21.43 Citation to statutory material.
10 U.S.C. 501.
Sec. 5, 89, 80 Stat. 935 (49 U.S.C. 1654); sec. 313, 85, 72 Stat. 752 (49 U.S.C. 1354).
§ 21.44 Citation to nonstatutory materials.
Special Civil Air Reg. SR-422A, 28 FR 6703, 14 CFR part 4b; E.O. 11130, 28 FR 12789; 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp.
(b) Placement. Citation to a nonstatutory document as authority must be placed after the statutory citations. For example:
Sec. 9, 89, 80 Stat. 944 (49 U.S.C. 1657). E.O. 11222, 30 FR 6469, 3 CFR, 1965 Comp., p. 10.
§ 21.45 Exceptions to placement and form.
16.Revise part 22 to read as follows:
PART 22—PREPARATION OF PROPOSED RULES Back to Top
22.2 Code designation.
22.3 Proposed codification.
§ 22.1 General requirements.
§ 22.2 Code designation.
§ 22.3 Proposed codification.
Any part of a proposed rule document that contains the full text of a proposed regulation must conform to part 21 of this subchapter, except for § 21.30.
17.Add part 23 to read as follows:
PART 23—PREPARATION OF NOTICES AND REGULATORY NOTICES Back to Top
23.1 Exception to required document headings.
23.2 Authority citation.
§ 23.1 Exception to required document headings.
§ 23.2 Authority citation.
18.Add part 24 to read as follows:
PART 24—HANDLING OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MANUAL STATEMENTS Back to Top
24.1 Liaison officers.
24.2 Preparation of agency statements.
24.3 Information about an organization.
24.4 Description of program activities.
24.5 Sources of information.
24.6 Form, style, arrangement and apportionment of space.
24.7 Deadline dates.
§ 24.1 Liaison officers.
(2) Executive agencies that do not have a liaison officer designated under § 16.1 of this chapter or who wish to appoint a liaison officer for Manual matters other than the one designated under such § 16.1.
§ 24.2 Preparation of agency statements.
In accordance with schedules established under § 24.7 of this part, each agency must submit an official draft of the information required by § 9.2 of this chapter and this part.
§ 24.3 Information about an organization.
§ 24.4 Description of program activities.
§ 24.5 Sources of information.
§ 24.6 Form, style, arrangement, and apportionment of space.
§ 24.7 Deadline dates.
Citation: 79 FR 64133
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