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The Federal Register is the official source used to notify the public of proposed, temporary, amended and final regulations having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by an act of Congress, federal agency documents of public interest, meeting notices, and Presidential proclamations and executive orders.
A bulletin that contains notices of proposed regulations, and other legal notices issued by federal administrative agencies. It also contains the schedule of hearings before Congressional and federal agency committees, with orders, proclamations, etc., released by the executive branch of the government. Full text coverage from 1936 to the present.
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification (subject arranged version) of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.