---
kind: "section"
citation: "1 C.F.R. § 18.12"
title: "1"
number: "18.12"
heading: "Preamble requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/1/18.12"
---

# §18.12. Preamble requirements.

- (a) Each agency submitting a proposed or final rule document for publication shall prepare a preamble which will inform the reader, who is not an expert in the subject area, of the basis and purpose for the rule or proposal.
- (b) The preamble shall be in the following format and contain the following information:
- (c) The agency may include the following information in the preamble, as applicable:
  - (1) A discussion of the background and major issues involved;
  - (2) In the case of a final rule, any significant differences between it and the proposed rule;
  - (3) A response to substantive public comments received; and
  - (4) **Any other information the agency considers appropriate.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 56624, Dec. 29, 1976, as amended at 54 FR 9681, Mar. 7, 1989]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 37 FR 23609, Nov. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 56624, Dec. 29, 1976, as amended at 54 FR 9681, Mar. 7, 1989]