How to . . .
find the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations
You can read the full text of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) on the Web, find them in libraries, or purchase them from the Government Printing Office.
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Web Access
The full text of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are on the Government Printing Office Web site. For the Federal Register, you can perform fielded searches from 1995 to the present, and browse entire issues since 1998. Editions of CFR titles are online for 1997 to the present; some 1996 titles are also available.
Libraries
The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are generally available in federal depository libraries. The federal depository library program is made up of over 1,300 libraries that collect government documents and make them available to the public for borrowing or reading. A list of depository libraries is available on GPO's Web site. Most depository libraries are within a university or state library, so sometimes borrowing privileges are restricted.
Larger public libraries may also collect the Federal Register and CFR. You can find your public library by looking it up in the phone book; libraries are often listed in the local government section of the blue pages or they may be listed in the yellow pages under "libraries." Or you can look at a list of libraries that have Web sites or a list of state libraries.
Purchasing from GPO
The Government Printing Office (GPO) sells single issues of and subscriptions to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations. More information is available from GPO by calling 202-512-1800 or writing to the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.
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