§1506 Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; Establishment and Composition; Powers and Duties

Summary

Creates an Administrative Committee of the Federal Register and says who is on it. The committee is led by the Archivist of the United States (or the Acting Archivist). It also includes a Justice Department officer chosen by the Attorney General and the Director (or Acting Director) of the Government Publishing Office. The Director of the Federal Register will be the committee’s secretary. With the President’s approval, the committee must write rules about how the Federal Register works. Those rules must cover what kinds of documents can be published, how the Register is printed and formatted, how agencies send items for publication (including special editions), how copies are distributed to Members of Congress, federal officers, employees, and agencies and how many copies are for the public, the prices for single copies and subscriptions and bound volumes, how the public can send information or comments, and rules for special editions. The Director of the Government Publishing Office may not give free printed copies to any Member of Congress or other U.S. office during a year unless that Member or office asks for a specific issue or ordered a printed subscription 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 paid subscription. Any subscription made under these rules cannot last more than 1 year.