44 U.S.C. § 1507 — Filing document as constructive notice;

Page 58 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 1507 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 115–120, div. A, § 2(b), Jan. 22, 2018, 132 Stat. 29, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect January 1, 2018.’’ EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegations of functions vested in President by section 6 of Federal Register Act [now this section], to Attorney General and Archivist of United States, see section 6(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 10530, May 10, 1954, 19 F.R. 2709, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President. See, also, section 103(b)(1) of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title. § 1507. Filing document as constructive notice; publication in Federal Register as presump- tion of validity; judicial notice; citation A document required by section 1505(a) of this title to be published in the Federal Register is not valid as against a person who has not had actual knowledge of it until the document has been filed with the Office of the Federal Register and a copy made available for public inspection as provided by section 1503 of this title. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, filing of a document, required or authorized to be pub- lished by section 1505 of this title, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, is sufficient to give notice of the con- tents of the document to a person subject to or affected by it. The publication in the Federal Register of a document creates a rebuttable pre- sumption— (1) that it was duly issued, prescribed, or promulgated; (2) that it was filed with the Office of the Federal Register and made available for public inspection at the day and hour stated in the published notation; (3) that the copy contained in the Federal Register is a true copy of the original; and (4) that all requirements of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it relative to the document have been complied with. The contents of the Federal Register shall be judicially noticed and without prejudice to any other mode of citation, may be cited by volume and page number. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1276; Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2983.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 307 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 7, 49 Stat. 502). Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2025—Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(A), substituted ‘‘the document has been filed’’ for ‘‘the duplicate originals or certified copies of the document have been filed’’ in introductory provisions. Par. (2). Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(2)(B), substituted ‘‘pub- lished’’ for ‘‘printed’’. § 1508. Publication in Federal Register as notice of hearing A notice of hearing or of opportunity to be heard, required or authorized to be given by an Act of Congress, or which may otherwise prop- erly be given, shall be deemed to have been given to all persons residing within the States of the Union and the District of Columbia, except in cases where notice by publication is insuffi- cient in law, when the notice is published in the Federal Register at such a time that the period between the publication and the date fixed in the notice for the hearing or for the termination of the opportunity to be heard is— (1) not less than the time specifically pre- scribed for the publication of the notice by the appropriate Act of Congress; or (2) not less than fifteen days when time for publication is not specifically prescribed by the Act, without prejudice, however, to the ef- fectiveness of a notice of less than fifteen days where the shorter period is reasonable. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1276.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 308 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 8, 49 Stat. 502; June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86–70, § 34, 73 Stat. 149; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–624, § 33, 74 Stat. 421). § 1509. Costs of publication, etc. (a) The cost of publishing the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, and, except as provided in subsection (b), other expenses in- curred by the Government Publishing Office in carrying out the duties placed upon it by this chapter shall be charged to the revolving fund provided in section 309. Reimbursements for such costs and expenses shall be made by the Federal agencies and credited, together with all receipts, as provided in section 309(b). (b) The cost of publishing all other publica- tions of the Federal Register program, and other expenses incurred by the Government Pub- lishing Office in connection with such publica- tions, shall be borne by the appropriations to the Government Publishing Office and the ap- propriations are made available, and are author- ized to be increased by additional sums nec- essary for the purposes, the increases to be based upon estimates submitted by the Director of the Government Publishing Office. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1277; Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 408(a)(1), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 118–267, § 2(a)(3), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2983.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 309 (July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 9, 49 Stat. 502). A reference to section 10 of Act June 19, 1934 is de- leted because of the repeal of that section by Act June 30, 1949. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2025—Pub. L. 118–267 substituted ‘‘publishing’’ for ‘‘printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distrib- uting’’ in two places.