Editing Code of Federal Regulations (section)

== History ==
The [[Federal Register Act]] originally provided for a complete compilation of all existing regulations promulgated prior to the first publication of the ''Federal Register'', but was amended in 1937 to provide a codification of all regulations every five years.<ref name=llsdc/> The first edition of the CFR was published in 1938.<ref name=llsdc>{{Cite web|title=A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations|publisher=Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.|url=http://www.llsdc.org/fr-cfr-research-guide|access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Beginning in 1963 for some titles and for all titles in 1967, the Office of the Federal Register began publishing yearly revisions, and beginning in 1972 published revisions in staggered quarters.<ref name=llsdc/>

On March 11, 2014, Rep. [[Darrell Issa]] introduced the [[Federal Register Modernization Act (H.R. 4195; 113th Congress)]], a bill that would revise requirements for the filing of documents with the [[Office of the Federal Register]] for inclusion in the ''Federal Register'' and for the publication of the ''Code of Federal Regulations'' to reflect the changed publication requirement in which they would be available online but would not be required to be printed.<ref name=4195sum>{{cite web|title=H.R. 4195 – Summary|url=https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4195|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> The [[American Association of Law Libraries]] (AALL) strongly opposed the bill, arguing that the bill undermines citizens' right to be informed by making it more difficult for citizens to find their government's regulations.<ref name=AALLoppose>{{cite web|title=The Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations|url=http://aallnet.org/Documents/Government-Relations/Issue-Briefs-and-Reports/2014/FRonepager.pdf|publisher=American Association of Law Libraries|access-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715020300/http://aallnet.org/Documents/Government-Relations/Issue-Briefs-and-Reports/2014/FRonepager.pdf|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to AALL, a survey they conducted "revealed that members of the public, librarians, researchers, students, attorneys, and small business owners continue to rely on the print" version of the ''Federal Register''.<ref name="AALLoppose"/> AALL also argued that the lack of print versions of the ''Federal Register'' and ''CFR'' would mean the 15 percent of Americans who do not use the internet would lose their access to that material.<ref name="AALLoppose"/> The House voted on July 14, 2014, to pass the bill 386–0.<ref name=FTbillpassage>{{cite news|last1=Medici|first1=Andy|title=House passes bills to change TSP default fund, extend whistleblower protections|url=http://www.federaltimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014307150016|access-date=21 July 2014|publisher=Federal Times|date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140726053819/http://www.federaltimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014307150016|archive-date=26 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=4195allactions>{{cite web|title=H.R. 4195 – All Actions|url=https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4195/all-actions|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> However, the bill failed to come to a vote in the Senate, and died upon the start of the 114th Congress.