44 U.S.C. § 1505 : US Code - Section 1505: Documents to be published in Federal Register

Search 44 U.S.C. § 1505 : US Code - Section 1505: Documents to be published in Federal Register

(a) Proclamations and Executive Orders; Documents Having General
Applicability and Legal Effect; Documents Required To Be Published
by Congress. There shall be published in the Federal Register -
(1) Presidential proclamations and Executive orders, except
those not having general applicability and legal effect or
effective only against Federal agencies or persons in their
capacity as officers, agents, or employees thereof;
(2) documents or classes of documents that the President may
determine from time to time have general applicability and legal
effect; and
(3) documents or classes of documents that may be required so
to be published by Act of Congress.
For the purposes of this chapter every document or order which
prescribes a penalty has general applicability and legal effect.
(b) Documents Authorized To Be Published by Regulations; Comments
and News Items Excluded. In addition to the foregoing there shall
also be published in the Federal Register other documents or
classes of documents authorized to be published by regulations
prescribed under this chapter with the approval of the President,
but comments or news items of any character may not be published in
the Federal Register.
(c) Suspension of Requirements for Filing of Documents; Alternate
Systems for Promulgating, Filing, or Publishing Documents;
Preservation of Originals. In the event of an attack or threatened
attack upon the continental United States and a determination by
the President that as a result of an attack or threatened attack -
(1) publication of the Federal Register or filing of documents
with the Office of the Federal Register is impracticable, or
(2) under existing conditions publication in the Federal
Register would not serve to give appropriate notice to the public
of the contents of documents, the President may, without regard
to any other provision of law, suspend all or part of the
requirements of law or regulation for filing with the Office or
publication in the Federal Register of documents or classes of
documents.
The suspensions shall remain in effect until revoked by the
President, or by concurrent resolution of the Congress. The
President shall establish alternate systems for promulgating,
filing, or publishing documents or classes of documents affected by
such suspensions, including requirements relating to their
effectiveness or validity, that may be considered under the then
existing circumstances practicable to provide public notice of the
issuance and of the contents of the documents. The alternate
systems may, without limitation, provide for the use of regional or
specialized publications or depositories for documents, or of the
press, the radio, or similar mediums of general communication.
Compliance with alternate systems of filing or publication shall
have the same effect as filing with the Office or publication in
the Federal Register under this chapter or other law or regulation.
With respect to documents promulgated under alternate systems, each
agency shall preserve the original and two duplicate originals or
two certified copies for filing with the Office when the President
determines that it is practicable.