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thus: 45 CFR 101.1

Explanation

WHAT THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS IS

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Code is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divided into Chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each Chapter is further subdivided into Parts covering specific regulatory areas.

ISSUE DATES

Each volume of the Code is revised at least once each calendar year and issued on a quarterly basis approximately as follows:

Title 1 through Title 16--

Title 17 through Title 27.

Title 28 through Title 41

Title 42 through Title 50-

__as of January 1

__as of April 1

___as of July 1

___ as of October 1

Users of the Code should consult the cover of each volume to determine the revision date.

LEGAL STATUS

The contents of the Federal Register are required to be judicially noticed (44 U.S.C. 1507). The Code of Federal Regulations is prima facie evidence of the text of the original documents (44 U.S.C. 1510).

HOW TO USE THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

The Code of Federal Regulations is kept up to date by the individual issues of the Federal Register. These two publications must be used together to determine the latest version of any given rule.

To determine whether there have been any amendments since the revision date of the Code volume in which the user is interested (in this case, October 1, 1972) the following two lists must be consulted: the cumulative "List of CFR Sections Affected" issued monthly and the "Cumulative List of Parts Affected" which appears daily in the Federal Register. These two lists will refer the user to the Federal Register page where he may find the latest amendment of any given rule.

EFFECTIVE DATES

Each volume of the Code contains amendments published in the Federal Register since the last revision of that volume of the Code. Source citations for the regulations are referred to by volume number and page number of the Federal Register and date of publication. Publication dates and effective dates are usually not the same and care must be exercised by the user in determining the actual effective date. In instances where the effective date is beyond the cut-off date for the Code a note has been inserted to reflect the future effective date.

Provisions that become obsolete before the revision date stated on the cover of each volume are not carried. Code users may find the text of provisions in effect on a given date in the past by using the numerical list of sections affected. For the period before January 1, 1964, the user should consult the "List of Sections Affected, 19491963" published in a separate volume. For the period beginning January 1, 1964, a "List of CFR Sections Affected" is published at the end of each book.

ADDITIONAL FINDING AIDS

Other tables and guides that relate to the Code of Federal Regulations include the following:

Designation

Nature

Citation

Guide to Record Retention Index-digest of Federal laws and
Requirements.

1 CFR App. A

rules requiring the retention
of records.

List of Acts Requiring Pub

lication in the Federal Reg

Table of Acts with Statutory and
U.S.C. citations.

1 CFR App. В

ister.

Guide to Federal Register Table of Finding Aids and loca-
Finding Aids.

1 CFR App. С

tion in Federal Register Pub

lications.

Parallel Tables of Statutory
Authorities and Rules.

Table of U.S.C. citations with 2 CFR

related CFR citations.

Parallel Tables of Presidential
Documents.

Table of Proclamations and Ex- 3 CFR
ecutive orders included or
cited in CFR.

The subject index to the Code, which is revised annually, is contained in a separate volume entitled "General Index." This volume also contains a table of CFR titles, chapters, and parts, an alphabetical list of CFR subtitles and chapters, and lists of current and superseded CFR volumes. An index to the text of Presidential documents is found at the end of each compilation of Title 3, The President.

INQUIRIES AND SALES

Inquiries concerning technical or legal aspects of the Code should be addressed to the Director, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408. Sales are handled exclusively by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. FRED J. EMERY

October 2, 1972.

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