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44 U.S.C. § 1502 — Custody and publishing of Federal documents; appointment of Director
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The Archivist of the United States, acting through the Office of the Federal Register, is charged with the custody and, together with the Director of the Government Publishing Office, with the prompt and uniform publishing of the documents required or authorized to be published by [section 1505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section1505&num=0&edition=prelim). There shall be at the head of the Office a director, appointed by, and who shall act under the general direction of, the Archivist of the United States in carrying out this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it.
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The Archivist of the United States, acting through the Office of the Federal Register, is charged with the custody and, together with the Director of the Government Publishing Office, with the prompt and uniform publishing of the documents required or authorized to be published by [section 1505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section1505&num=0&edition=prelim). There shall be at the head of the Office a director, appointed by, and who shall act under the general direction of, the Archivist of the United States in carrying out this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it.
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There shall be an independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government to be known as the National Archives and Records Administration. The Administration shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Archivist.
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**(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; News Commentary 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 news commentary or news items of any character may not be published in the Federal Register.
**(c) Alternative Publication.—** In a continuity of operations event in which the Government Publishing Office does not fulfill the publication requirements of this chapter, the Office of the Federal Register may establish an alternative method to publish the Federal Register until such time that the Government Publishing Office resumes publication.
**(d) 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 conti
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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 1501
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
FEDERAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS WITHOUT
EFFECT ON CHAPTER
Authority and responsibilities under chapter not lim-
ited or repealed by Federal Records Management
Amendments of 1976, see section 5(b) of Pub. L. 94–575,
set out as a note under section 2901 of this title.
§ 1501. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context
otherwise requires—
‘‘document’’ means a Presidential proclama-
tion or Executive order and an order, regula-
tion, rule, certificate, code of fair competi-
tion, license, notice, or similar instrument,
issued, prescribed, or promulgated by a Fed-
eral agency;
‘‘Federal agency’’ or ‘‘agency’’ means the
President of the United States, or an execu-
tive department, independent board, establish-
ment, bureau, agency, institution, commis-
sion, or separate office of the administrative
branch of the Government of the United
States but not the legislative or judicial
branches of the Government;
‘‘person’’ means an individual, partnership,
association, or corporation;
‘‘publish’’ means to circulate for sale or dis-
tribution to the public, as determined by the
Administrative Committee of the Federal Reg-
ister; and
‘‘National Archives of the United States’’
has the same meaning as in section 2901(11) of
this title.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1273; Pub.
L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat.
2286; Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat.
2983.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 304 (July 26, 1935, ch.
417, § 4, 49 Stat. 501).
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2025—Pub. L. 118–267 inserted definition of ‘‘publish’’.
1984—Pub. L. 98–497 inserted definition of ‘‘N
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