"The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents." It is published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). (FDsys)
| Years | Format | Location |
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| 03/14/1936-present | online | Federal Register Library via HeinOnline Best Bet |
| 03/14/1936-present | online | search or browse in govinfo |
| 03/14/1936-present | online | Westlaw. Choose Federal Materials > Federal Register. |
| 03/14/1936-present | online | Nexis Uni. Choose: Menu > All Sources > Search Within Sources > Federal Register > Drop down menu next to Federal Register: Add source as a search filter; or, Choose: Advanced Search > Legal > Administrative Codes and Regulations > Registers > search, then limit to Sources > Federal Register. |
| 1936-1993 * | online | Federal Register, Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and U.S. Government Publishing Office. * By FR citation only. |
| 1936-1993, vol. 1-58 |
online | Federal Register, via Library of Congress and HeinOnline. (Browseable but not searchable. Researchers can download PDF files of up to 20 pages per download. Instructions.) |
| 1980-present | online | ProQuest Congressional > Regulations |
| 1994-present | online | Federal Register, Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and U.S. Government Publishing Office. "Documents older than 1994 are not searchable but can be found by FR citation." |
Public Inspection. "Offers a preview of documents scheduled to appear in the next day’s Federal Register issue. The Public Inspection page may also include documents scheduled for later issues, at the request of the issuing agency."
| Laws (statutes enacted by Congress, the legislative branch) |
Rules/regulations (administrative law from the Executive branch) |
Court decisions (case law from the Judicial branch) |
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| Organized in chronological order | United States Statutes at Large, etc. | Federal Register (FR), etc. | United States Reports, etc. |
| In force at a given time, organized by subject matter | United States Code (USC), etc. | Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) |
"The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) [...] is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. The 50 subject matter titles contain one or more individual volumes, which are updated once each calendar year, on a staggered basis. The annual update cycle is as follows: titles 1-16 are revised as of January 1; titles 17-27 are revised as of April 1; titles 28-41 are revised as of July 1, and titles 42-50 are revised as of October 1." (FDsys)
| Years | Format | Location |
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| 1936- (with gaps) | Govt Ref AE 2.106 (Title 3 only) | |
| 1938-present | online | Code of Federal Regulations via HeinOnline Best Bet |
| 1938-1995 | online | Code of Federal Regulations via Library of Congress Best Bet |
| 1981-present | online | ProQuest Congressional > Regulations |
| 1996- | online | search or browse in govinfo |
| various years | online | HathiTrust |
| current only | online | Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR). National Archives and Records Administration. A "continuously updated online version of the CFR. It is not an official legal edition of the CFR." |
| current only | online | Westlaw. Choose Federal Materials > Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). |
| current only | online | Nexis Uni. Choose: Menu > All Sources > Search Within Sources > CFR - Code of Federal Regulations > Drop down menu next to "CFR - Code of Federal Regulations": "Add source as a search filter"; or, Choose: Advanced Search > Legal > Administrative Codes and Regulations > Administrative Codes > search, then limit to Sources > CFR - Code of Federal Regulations. |
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Title 1 General Provisions Title 2 Grants and Agreements Title 3 The President Title 4 Accounts Title 5 Administrative Personnel Title 6 Domestic Security Title 7 Agriculture Title 8 Aliens and Nationality Title 9 Animals and Animal Products Title 10 Energy Title 11 Federal Elections Title 12 Banks and Banking Title 13 Business Credit and Assistance Title 14 Aeronautics and Space Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade Title 16 Commercial Practices Title 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges Title 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources Title 19 Customs Duties Title 20 Employees' Benefits Title 21 Food and Drugs Title 22 Foreign Relations Title 23 Highways Title 24 Housing and Urban Development Title 25 Indians Title 26 Internal Revenue Title 27 Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms |
Title 28 Judicial Administration Title 29 Labor Title 30 Mineral Resources Title 31 Money and Finance: Treasury Title 32 National Defense Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters Title 34 Education Title 35 Panama Canal [Reserved] Title 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief Title 39 Postal Service Title 40 Protection of Environment Title 41 Public Contracts and Property Management Title 42 Public Health Title 43 Public Lands: Interior Title 44 Emergency Management and Assistance Title 45 Public Welfare Title 46 Shipping Title 47 Telecommunication Title 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System Title 49 Transportation Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries |
A Title, in this context, is a "subdivision of a statute or code". (Black's Law Dictionary)
