Federal Regulations Federal regulations are the third primary source of American law discussed. Proposed regulations and final regulations are published every business day in the Federal Register in print. This information is available in electronic format at fee based sites. Check out the FR database in Westlaw and the Federal Legal US Library in Lexis. Final regulations are published in print in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.). Again, the C.F.R. is also available electronically for a fee in the CFR database (Westlaw) and the Federal Legal US Library (Lexis.)

Federal Regulations The full text of both the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is also available via the Internet. GPO Access, available at is maintained by the Government Printing Office. It is in the process of being converted to a new site, FDsys. Presently FDsys provides access to the Federal Register while GPO Access provides access to the full text of Code of Federal Regulations. Eventually both resources will be available on FDsys. These sites provide access to the full text of the following:  Federal Register from 1994 onwards is available at this site and can be searched via date or keyword. The current day’s issue lists the Table of Contents and provides hyper text links to the applicable pages. With the National Archives, you can now have the Federal Register’s daily Table of Contents delivered to your address. The Federal Register publishes proposed regulations, provides the initial official publication of final regulations, publishes Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations as well as notices of agency meetings.

Federal Regulations This site also provides the full text of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) which can be searched by keyword, citation, or title. The CFR is archived from 1996 onwards. Archived sections can be searched by citation. Updating is also available with the List of Sections Affected, LSA, at this site.

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Executive Publications: Office of the President  Executive Orders  Presidential Proclamations  Presidential Briefings  Presidential Radio Addresses are available in full text at the White House Internet site, available at Searching is via date or keyword.

Executive: Presidential Publications The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is available at the GPO Access site. It provides access to the full text of:  addresses & remarks made by the President;  bill signings;  Executive Orders;  interviews with the media;  meetings with foreign leaders; and  Proclamations.

The site is published weekly and can be searched via:  keyword; or  by browsing the Table of Contents.

USAGov USAgov is available at as a gateway or portal. It provides links to federal government executive agencies, the U.S. Congress, and the U.S. Courts.