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Federal Register Regulations

Regulations of the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) are located in Title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Chapter I. Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (Parts 1-49)

  • Subchapter A - General Rules
    This subchapter describes the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations system.

  • Subchapter B - The Federal Register
    This subchapter contains regulations about publishing documents in the Federal Register and about its indexes.

  • Subchapter C - Special Editions of the Federal Register
    This subchapter contains regulations governing the publication of the Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Government Manual, and Presidential Papers.

  • Subchapter D - Availability of Office of the Federal Register Publications
    This subchapter contains regulations about the distribution of Federal Register publications.

  • Subchapter E - Preparation, Transmittal, and Processing of Documents
    This subchapter contains regulations governing the receiving and handling of material published by the Office of the Federal Register.

Chapter II. Office of the Federal Register, Incorporation By Reference (Parts 50-299)

This chapter contains regulations implementing and interpreting the Director of the Federal Register's authority to approve the incorporation material by reference within the Code of Federal Regulations.


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