Federal Register Act
- UNITED STATES CODE
- TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
- CHAPTER 15 - FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
- TITLE 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 1505. Documents to be published in Federal Register
(a) Proclamations and Executive Orders; Documents Having General Applicability and Legal Effect; Documents Required To Be Published by Congress. There shall be published in the Federal Register -
(1) Presidential proclamations and Executive orders, except those not
having general applicability and legal effect or effective only against
Federal agencies or persons in their capacity as officers, agents, or employees
thereof;
(2) documents or classes of documents that the President may determine
from time to time have general applicability and legal effect; and
(3) documents or classes of documents that may be required so to be
published by Act of Congress. For the purposes of this chapter every document
or order which prescribes a penalty has general applicability and legal
effect.
(b) Documents Authorized To Be Published by Regulations; Comments and
News Items Excluded. In addition to the foregoing there shall also be published
in the Federal Register other documents or classes of documents authorized
to be published by regulations prescribed under this chapter with the approval
of the President, but comments or news items of any character may not be
published in the Federal Register.
(c) Suspension of Requirements for Filing of Documents; Alternate Systems
for Promulgating, Filing, or Publishing Documents; Preservation of Originals.
In the event of an attack or threatened attack upon the continental United
States and a determination by the President that as a result of an attack
or threatened attack -
(1) publication of the Federal Register or filing of documents with
the Office of the Federal Register is impracticable, or
(2) under existing conditions publication in the Federal Register would
not serve to give appropriate notice to the public of the contents of documents,
the President may, without regard to any other provision of law, suspend
all or part of the requirements of law or regulation for filing with the
Office or publication in the Federal Register of documents or classes of
documents. The suspensions shall remain in effect until revoked by the
President, or by concurrent resolution of the Congress. The President shall
establish alternate systems for promulgating, filing, or publishing documents
or classes of documents affected by such suspensions, including requirements
relating to their effectiveness or validity, that may be considered under
the then existing circumstances practicable to provide public notice of
the issuance and of the contents of the documents. The alternate systems
may, without limitation, provide for the use of regional or specialized
publications or depositories for documents, or of the press, the radio,
or similar mediums of general communication. Compliance with alternate
systems of filing or publication shall have the same effect as filing with
the Office or publication in the Federal Register under this chapter or
other law or regulation. With respect to documents promulgated under alternate
systems, each agency shall preserve the original and two duplicate originals
or two certified copies for filing with the Office when the President determines
that it is practicable.
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