Federal Register Act

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The Federal Register Act is a United States law that established the Federal Register system for officially publishing government rules, regulations, and notices.

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Federal Register Act canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
administrative law statute
administeredBy National Archives and Records Administration
Office of the Federal Register
amendedBy Administrative Committee of the Federal Register regulations
appliesTo executive departments
federal executive branch
independent agencies
category administrative procedure law
surface form: United States federal administrative law

United States federal law
surface form: United States federal government publications law
citationStyle 44 U.S.C. ch. 15
codifiedIn 44 U.S.C. Chapter 15
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
dateSigned 1935-07-26
defines documents required to be published in the Federal Register
effectiveDate 1936-03-14
enactedBy United States Congress
ensures public access to federal rules and regulations
establishes Federal Register
historicalContext New Deal era legislation
influenced development of the Code of Federal Regulations
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
language English
legalArea administrative law
government transparency
longTitle An Act to provide for the custody of Federal proclamations, orders, regulations, notices, and other documents, and for the prompt and uniform printing and distribution thereof
objective to prevent secret law by requiring publication of rules and regulations
provides official source for federal agency regulations
official source for presidential proclamations and executive orders
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 74–220
purpose to create a uniform system for publishing federal rules, regulations, and notices
to provide public notice of federal administrative actions
regulates publication of executive agency rules
publication of federal regulations and notices
publication of presidential documents
relatedTo Administrative Procedure Act
Code of Federal Regulations
requires daily publication of the Federal Register on federal working days
filing of documents with the Office of the Federal Register
permanent public record of published documents
publication of certain documents in the Federal Register as a condition of effectiveness
shortTitle Federal Register Act self-link
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
status in force
statutesAtLargeCitation 49 Stat. 500

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Federal Register legalBasis Federal Register Act
Federal Register Act shortTitle Federal Register Act self-link
Office of the Federal Register legalBasis Federal Register Act