Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 15 — Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations
§ 1504. “Federal Register”; publishing; contents; distribution; price; physical copies
Statutory text
Documents required or authorized to be published by section 1505 shall be published immediately by the Government Publishing Office in a serial publication designated the “Federal Register”. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall make available the facilities of the Government Publishing Office for the prompt publication of the Federal Register in the manner and at the times required by this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it. The contents of the daily issues shall constitute all documents, required or authorized to be published, filed with the Office of the Federal Register up to the time of the day immediately preceding the day of publication fixed by regulations under this chapter. There shall be published with each document a copy of the notation, required to be made by section 1503, of the day and hour when, upon filing with the Office, the document was made available for public inspection. Distribution shall be made at a time in the morning of the day of distribution fixed by regulations prescribed under this chapter. The prices to be charged for the Federal Register may be fixed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register established by section 1506 without reference to the restrictions placed upon and fixed for the sale of Government publications by sections 1705 and 1708. The Government Publishing Office shall print at least two physical copies of each published Federal Register issue. Of those, not less than two copies shall be stored, each in a separate facility, to ensure the preservation of the Federal Register for the purposes of continuity of government.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1504
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1274
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1274Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Pub. L. 113–235 § 1301(c)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1504
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by striking “Public Printer” each place that term appears and inserting “Director of the Government Publishing Office”; andPub. L. 118–267 § 2(d) · 138 Stat. 2984
Amended · 44 U.S.C. § 1504
Pub. L. 118–267 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required that the Government Publishing Office immediately print and distribute documents required or authorized to be published by section 1505 in a serial publication designated the “Federal Register”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–267 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 118–267 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required that the Government Publishing Office immediately print and distribute documents required or authorized to be published by section 1505 in a serial publication designated the “Federal Register”.
1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964, ed., § 303 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 3, 49 Stat. 500).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014–2025 · 2 rounds
2025
Pub. L. 118–267 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required that the Government Publishing Office immediately print and distribute documents required or authorized to be published by section 1505 in a serial publication designated the “Federal Register”.
2014
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
Credits
1968–2025 · 3 acts
- 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1274
- 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537
- 2025Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(d), , 138 Stat. 2984.
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(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1274; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(d), , 138 Stat. 2984.)