Public Law 75–369

That section 11 of the Federal Register Act, approved July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 500), is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 11.

(a)(a)

On July 1, 1938, and on the same date of every fifth year thereafter, each agency of the Government shall have prepared and shall file with the Administrative Committee a complete codification of all documents which, in the opinion of the agency, have general applicability and legal effect and which have been issued or promulgated by such agency and are in force and effect and relied upon by the agency as authority for, or invoked or used by it in the discharge of, any of its functions or activities on June 1, 1938. The

Report of Committee; publication of codification.

Committee shall, within ninety days thereafter, report thereon to the President, who may authorize and direct the publication of such codification in special or supplemental editions of the Federal Register.

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“(b)“(b)

There is hereby established a Codification Board, which

Codification Board; establishment, composition, etc.

shall consist of six members: The Director of the Division of the Federal Register, chairman ex officio; three attorneys of the Department of Justice, designated by the Attorney General; and two attorneys of the Division of the Federal Register, designated by the Archivist. The Board shall supervise and coordinate the form, style, arrangement, and indexing of the codifications of the various agencies.

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“(c)“(c)

The codified documents of the several agencies published in

Codification to be prima-facie evidence of text, etc.

the supplemental edition of the Federal Register pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, as amended by documents subsequently filed with the Division, and published in the daily issues of the Federal Register, shall be prima-facie evidence of the text of such documents and of the fact that they are in full force and effect on and after the date of publication thereof.

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“(d)“(d)

The Administrative Committee shall prescribe, with the

Administrative regulations.

approval of the President, regulations for carrying out the provisions of this section.”

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