---
kind: "section"
citation: "1 C.F.R. § 12.1"
title: "1"
number: "12.1"
heading: "Federal Register."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/1/12.1"
---

# §12.1. Federal Register.

- (a) The Federal Register, issued under the authority of the Administrative Committee, is officially maintained online and is available on at least one Government Publishing Office website.
- (b) Requests for subscriptions to the Federal Register may be made as follows:
  - (1) Requests from a Member of Congress or any other office of the United States for a specific issue or a subscription may be submitted via a Government Publishing Office website or by email to an email address provided on that website.
  - (2) **Official subscription requests—**
    - (i) May be made in the current year for that year or for the upcoming year;
    - (ii) Will expire at the end of each calendar year; and
    - (iii) **Will not automatically continue into a new calendar year.**
- (c) Notifications regarding procedures for requesting official copies of specific issues or print subscriptions are available:
  - (1) On a Government Publishing Office website dedicated to official subscriptions;
  - (2) On www.federalregister.gov; and
  - (3) In the front matter of the Federal Register, which is the text that precedes the main text of the daily issue of the Federal Register.
- (d) Requisitions for quantity overruns of specific issues to be paid for by the agency are available as follows:
  - (1) To meet its needs for special distribution of the Federal Register in substantial quantity, any agency may request an overrun of a specific issue.
  - (2) An advance printing and binding requisition on Standard Form 1 must be submitted by the agency directly to the Government Printing Office, to be received not later than 12 noon on the working day before publication.
- (e) Requisitions for quantity overruns of separate part issues to be paid for by the agency are available as follows:
  - (1) Whenever it is determined by the Director of the Federal Register to be in the public interest, one or more documents may be published as a separate part (e.g., part II, part III) of the Federal Register.
  - (2) Advance arrangements for this service must be made with the Office of the Federal Register.
  - (3) Any agency may request an overrun of such a separate part by submitting an advance printing and binding requisition on Standard Form 1 directly to the Government Printing Office, to be received not later than 12 noon on the working day before the publication date.
- (f) An agency may order limited quantities of extra copies of a specific issue of the Federal Register for official use, from the Superintendent of Documents, to be paid for by that agency.
- (g) Copies of the Federal Register Index and LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected) are included with each Federal Register official distribution.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 9678, Mar. 7, 1989, as amended at 87 FR 26268, May 4, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 1506, 1510, 4101; sec. 6, E.O. 10530, 19 FR 2709; 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 189.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 9678, Mar. 7, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 9678, Mar. 7, 1989, as amended at 87 FR 26268, May 4, 2022]