§ 1506. — Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; establishment and composition; powers and duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC1506]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 15--FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Sec. 1506. Administrative Committee of the Federal Register;
establishment and composition; powers and duties
The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register shall consist
of the Archivist of the United States or Acting Archivist, who shall be
chairman, an officer of the Department of Justice designated by the
Attorney General, and the Public Printer or Acting Public Printer. The
Director of the Federal Register shall act as secretary of the
committee. The committee shall prescribe, with the approval of the
President, regulations for carrying out this chapter. The regulations
shall provide, among other things--
(1) the manner of certification of copies required to be
certified under section 1503 of this title, which certification may
be permitted to be based upon confirmed communications from outside
the District of Columbia;
(2) the documents which shall be authorized under section
1505(b) of this title to be published in the Federal Register;
(3) the manner and form in which the Federal Register shall be
printed, reprinted, and compiled, indexed, bound, and distributed;
(4) the number of copies of the Federal Register, which shall be
printed, reprinted, and compiled, the number which shall be
distributed without charge to Members of Congress, officers and
employees of the United States, or Federal agency, for official use,
and the number which shall be available for distribution to the
public; and
(5) the prices to be charged for individual copies of, and
subscriptions to, the Federal Register and reprints and bound
volumes of it.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1275; Pub. L. 98-497, title I,
Sec. 107(b)(5), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2287.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Secs. 306, 391 (part) (July 26,
1935, ch. 417, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 501; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I,
Sec. 104, 63 Stat. 381).
This section incorporates only the last sentence from former section
391(b). The remainder of that section will be found in sections 2102,
2301, 2501, and 2902 of the revision.
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-497 struck out ``The authority of the Administrator
of General Services, under section 754 of title 40, to regroup,
transfer, and distribute functions within the General Services
Administration, does not extend to the Committee or its functions.''
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.
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
11, 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1504 of this title.
