This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov.
The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status. For complete information about, and access to, our official publications and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.
The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for legal research should verify their results against an official edition of the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.
Agency-included links
When an agency has included links as part of the document text, we activate those links using the text in the document. The link may not work if the link in the published document contained an error or if the target website is no longer at that location.
Automated legal links
When possible, this website automatically links the references in Federal Register material with the other primary legal information resources that appear on GPO’s Federal Digital System and other official sites, for example, to other documents on FederalRegister.gov, to the CFR, and to the U.S. Code.
Federal Register page numbers within the body of documents are accessible by hovering over the small “page” icons that appear at the beginning of each page (page breaks correspond with the printed/PDF edition). For access to footnotes, you can hover over it with your mouse or pointing device, keeping the item in context. Clicking on the footnote reference will jump you down the page to the text of the footnote.
The complete content of Federal Register documents appears on the website, including illustrations and camera copy of manuscript text. However, we currently have difficulty presenting some equations. Images are displayed as inline graphics. If an image or equation cannot be adequately displayed within the HTML page we recommend that you use the printed/PDF editions to obtain the image or equation.