Rule2022-09563
Official Subscriptions to the Print Edition of the Federal Register
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Published
May 4, 2022
Effective
May 4, 2022
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The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register is updating its regulations for official requests for specific issues or subscriptions to the print edition of the Federal Register as required by the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26267-26268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09563]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 86 / Wednesday, May 4, 2022 / Rules
and Regulations
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER
1 CFR Part 12
Official Subscriptions to the Print Edition of the Federal
Register
AGENCY: Administrative Committee of the Federal Register.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register is
updating its regulations for official requests for specific issues or
subscriptions to the print edition of the Federal Register as required
by the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017.
DATES: Effective May 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Docket materials are available for review at the Office of
the Federal Register, 7 G Street NW, Suite A-734, Washington, DC 20401,
202-741-6030. Please contact the persons listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection of docket
materials. The Office of the Federal Register's official hours of
business are Monday through Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katerina Horska, Director of Legal
Affairs and Policy, or Miriam Vincent, Staff Attorney, Office of the
Federal Register, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b3d1e1f091e1c55171e1c1a173b151a091a551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3c1f1e081f1d54161f1d1b163a141b081b541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>, or 202-741-6030.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
Under the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 15), the
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (Administrative
Committee, Committee, ACFR, or we) is responsible for issuing
regulations governing Federal Register publications. This includes
establishing the number of official print copies of the Federal
Register that can be distributed to Members of Congress, officers and
employees of the United States, or Federal agencies (44 U.S.C. 1506).
The ACFR sets out the number of official copies that Members of
Congress and any other office of the United States are entitled to
receive without charge in 1 CFR 12.1. This section also establishes how
Federal offices of the United States request subscriptions to print
copies of the Federal Register.
In January of 2018, the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of
2017 (Pub. L. 115-120) (the Act) updated 44 U.S.C. 1506 by changing
subscription terms to yearly and placing other requirements on requests
for official print copies of the Federal Register. Specifically, the
Act prohibits the Government Publishing Office (GPO) from distributing
the Federal Register without charge to Members of Congress or any other
office of the United States unless they request a specific issue of the
Federal Register or a subscription to the print edition of the Federal
Register for that year. The Act also limits subscriptions to single-
year terms. In addition, the Act requires the ACFR to issue regulations
that notify Members of Congress and any other office of the United
States of these restrictions and provide information on requesting
official copies or subscriptions.
On December 30, 2020, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking
(85 FR 86514), proposing to revise 1 CFR 12.1 to meet the requirements
of the Act by setting out how Members of Congress and any other office
of the United States may request an official copy or a subscription to
the print edition of the Federal Register.
We received no comments.
Other Actions Taken To Implement the Act
Since the effective date of the Act, GPO has issued two Circular
Letters related to its implementation. The first, GPO Circular Letter
1001, announced to official subscribers that GPO was creating a
database to help implement the requirements of the Act (Gov't Publ'g
Office, Circular Letter No. 1001 (2018), <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/how-to-work-with-us/agency/circular-letters/federal-register-printing-savings-act-of-2017">www.gpo.gov/how-to-work-with-us/agency/circular-letters/federal-register-printing-savings-act-of-2017</a>). The second, GPO Circular Letter 1021, announced GPO's new online
subscription portal for official distribution of the print edition of
the Federal Register located at <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/frsubs">www.gpo.gov/frsubs</a> (Gov't Publ'g
Office, Circular Letter No. 1021 (2018), <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/how-to-work-with-us/agency/circular-letters/federal-register-printing-savings-act-of-2017">www.gpo.gov/how-to-work-with-us/agency/circular-letters/federal-register-printing-savings-act-of-2017</a>-2). On the portal's form, an office of the United States may sign
up for a yearly subscription to the print edition of the Federal
Register, with an option for the delivery of multiple copies to the
office. The subscription will be valid for one calendar year, but must
be renewed each January regardless of when initially requested. GPO
will send subscribers a reminder that they will need to sign up for the
next calendar year if they wish to continue to receive print copies of
the daily Federal Register. If official subscribers do not use the
portal to sign up, they will not receive print copies of the Federal
Register at the start of the new calendar year. Currently, the portal
also provides Members of Congress and other offices of the United
States an email address (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f190d2c2a3d2c1f382f3071383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6e0f4d5d3c4d5e6c1d6c988c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>) for requesting specific issues
of the daily Federal Register. However, future versions of the portal's
form will allow Members of Congress and other offices of the United
States to request specific issues of the daily Federal Register, in
addition to subscriptions, directly through the portal.
To highlight these developments, GPO placed a direct link to the
subscription portal on its homepage menu (Who We Are > Our Agency >
Official Federal Register Subscription Form). We will also provide
updates on any changes to the official distribution of print copies of
the Federal Register on <a href="http://www.federalregister.gov">www.federalregister.gov</a> and in the front matter
of Federal Register issues.
We did not propose any changes to the process for requesting
quantity overruns or extra copies. The paragraphs of Sec. 12.1
governing those processes are re-designated as paragraphs (d) through
(f) instead of paragraphs (b) through (d), but the processes themselves
will remain the same. We also did not propose to change the paid
subscription process in part 11. The Act did not affect the process for
paid subscriptions, so this rule applies only to requests for
distribution of the Federal Register without charge.
Regulatory Analysis
The Administrative Committee developed this rule after considering
numerous statutes and Executive orders
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related to rulemaking. Below is a summary of the Committee's
determinations after analysis of these statutes and Executive orders
with respect to this rulemaking.
Administrative Procedure Act
The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires a 30-day delay in
the effective date of a rule unless the promulgating agency finds
``good cause'' for dispensing with the delay or another exception
applies. 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). The Administrative Committee has
determined that the good-cause exception applies to this rule.
The ``primary purpose'' for deferring the effective date of a rule
is ``to afford persons affected a reasonable time to prepare for the
effective date of a rule or rules or to take other action which the
issuance may prompt.'' N. Arapahoe Tribe v. Hodel, 808 F.2d 741, 752
(10th Cir. 1987) (quotation marks omitted); Am. Fed'n of Gov't Emp.,
AFL-CIO v. Block, 655 F.2d 1153, 1156 (D.C. Cir. 1981) (noting that a
delay in the effective date ``serve[s] the laudable purpose of
informing affected parties and affording them a reasonable time to
adjust to the new regulation''). The regulatory changes at issue in
this rulemaking will not require any significant time for affected
parties to alter their behavior because Members of Congress or other
offices will immediately be able to use the online portal at
<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/frsubs">www.gpo.gov/frsubs</a> to request print subscriptions to the Federal
Register. In addition, this rule has no effect on paid subscriptions,
and it does not affect public access to the Federal Register, as the
publication will remain freely available online at <a href="http://www.GovInfo.gov">www.GovInfo.gov</a> and
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov">www.federalregister.gov</a>. Because the rule will have no significant
effect on either requesting offices or the public more generally,
regulated parties will not need time to come into compliance with the
rule, and the good-cause exception under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) applies.
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
This rule has been drafted in accordance with Executive Order
12866, section 1(b), ``The Principles of Regulation,'' and Executive
Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' The
Administrative Committee has determined that this rule is not a
significant regulatory action as defined under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866. Thus, this rule has not been reviewed by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule will not have a significant impact on small entities
because it imposes no requirements on the public. Members of the public
can access Federal Register publications for free through GPO's
website, <a href="http://www.govinfo.gov/">www.govinfo.gov/</a>.
Federalism
This rule has no federalism implications under Executive Order
13132. It does not impose compliance costs on State or local
governments or preempt State law.
Congressional Review
This rule is not a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The
Administrative Committee will submit a rule report, including a copy of
this final rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States as required under the congressional review
provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1986. 5 U.S.C. 801(a).
List of Subjects in 1 CFR Part 12
Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Government
publications, Public Papers of Presidents of U.S., U.S. Government
Manual, Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, under the authority at
44 U.S.C. 1506, the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
amends 1 CFR part 12 as follows:
PART 12--OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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1. The authority citation for part 12 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 1506; sec. 6, E.O. 10530, 19 FR 2709; 3
CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 189.
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2. Amend Sec. 12.1 by:
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a. Revising paragraph (a);
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b. Redesignating paragraphs (b) through (e) as (d) through (g); and
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c. Adding new paragraphs (b) and (c).
The revision and additions read as follows:
Sec. 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 <a href="http://www.federalregister.gov">www.federalregister.gov</a>; 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.
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David S. Ferriero,
Chairperson, Administrative Committee of the Federal Register.
Hugh N. Halpern,
Member, Administrative Committee of the Federal Register.
Rosemary Hart,
Member, Administrative Committee of the Federal Register.
Approved:
Merrick B. Garland,
Attorney General.
David S. Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2022-09563 Filed 5-3-22; 8:45 am]
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