§1506 Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; establishment and composition; powers and duties

Summary

Creates a small committee to run the Federal Register. The group includes the Archivist (or acting), a Justice Department officer picked by the Attorney General, and the Director (or acting) of the Government Publishing Office. The Director of the Federal Register is the committee’s secretary. With the President’s approval, the committee must write rules for the Federal Register. The rules must cover what documents can be published, how the Register looks and is printed, how agencies submit items, how copies are shared with Congress, government offices, and the public, what prices to charge, how the public can send comments, and how special editions work. Printed copies cannot be given free to Members of Congress or other federal offices in a year unless that Member or office asks for a specific issue or asked for a subscription for that year (either in that year or the year before). The rules must tell offices about these limits, explain how to ask for a single issue, and explain how to request a subscription, which can last no more than 1 year.