Explanation The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Code is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divided into chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further subdivided into parts covering specific regulatory areas. ISSUE DATES Each volume of the Code is revised at least once each calendar on a quarterly basis approximately as follows: Title 1 through Title 16___ Title 17 through Title 27. Title 28 through Title 41. year and issued as of January 1 as of April 1 Las of July 1 Title 42 through Title 50---- as of October 1 The appropriate revision date is printed on the cover of each volume. LEGAL STATUS The contents of the Federal Register are required to be judicially noticed (44 U.S.C. 1507). The Code of Federal Regulations is prima facie evidence of the text of the original documents (44 U.S.C. 1510). HOW TO USE THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS The Code of Federal Regulations is kept up to date by the individual issues of the Federal Register. These two publications must be used together to determine the latest version of any given rule. To determine whether there have been any amendments since the revision date of the Code volume in which the user is interested (in this case, May 1, 1977) the following two lists must be consulted: the "Cumulative List of CFR Sections Affected" issued monthly and the "Cumulative List of Parts Affected" which appears daily in the Federal Register. These two lists will refer the user to the Federal Register page where he may find the latest amendment of any given rule. EFFECTIVE DATES Each volume of the Code contains amendments published in the Federal Register since the last revision of that volume of the Code. Source citations for the regulations are referred to by volume number and page number of the Federal Register and date of publication. Publication dates and effective dates are usually not the same and care must be exercised by the user in determining the actual effective date. In instances where the effective date is beyond the cut-off date for the Code a note has been inserted to reflect the future effective date. OBSOLETE PROVISIONS Provisions that become obsolete before the revision date stated on the cover of each volume are not carried. Code users may find the text of provisions in effect on a given date in the past by using the appropriate numerical list of sections affected. For the period before January 1, 1964, the user should consult the "List of Sections Affected, 1949-1963" published in a separate volume. For the period beginning January 1, 1964, a "List of CFR Sections Affected" is published at the end of each CFR volume. CFR INDEXES AND TABULAR GUIDES A subject index to the Code of Federal Regulations which is revised annually as of July 1, is contained in a separate volume entitled CFR INDEX. This volume contains the Parallel Table of Statutory Authorities and Agency Rules (Table I), and Acts Requiring Publication in the Federal Register (Table II). A list of CFR Titles, Chapters, and Parts, an alphabetical list of CFR subtitles and chapters, and lists of current and superseded CFR volumes are also included in this volume. An index to the text of Presidential documents appears at the end of each compilation of Title 3, The President. The Federal Register Index is issued monthly, quarterly, and annually. This index is based on a consolidation of the "Contents" entries in the daily Federal Register. A Cumulative List of CFR Sections Affected is published monthly, keyed to the revision dates of the 50 CFR titles. INQUIRIES AND SALES Inquiries concerning technical or legal aspects of the Code should be addressed to the Director, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408 (telephone 202-523-5240). Sales are handled exclusively by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. FRED J. EMERY, Office of the Federal Register. May 1, 1977. THIS TITLE Title II-FEDERAL ELECTIONS is composed of one volume. The contents of this volume represent all current regulations issued by the Federal Election Commission codified under this title of the CFR as of May 1, 1977. Other regulations implementing section 401 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 are contained in Supplement A of this volume as follows: Civil Aeronautics Board, 14 CFR Part 374a; Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Part 64 (Subpart H), Parts 73 and 76; and Interstate Commerce Commission, 49 CFR Part 1325. An index to regulations for Parts 100-115 and an appendix to the List of CFR Sections Affected containing changes to Title 11 prior to the reconstitution of the Federal Election Commission by the Federal Election Campaign Act amendments of 1976 also appear in this volume. The Code of Federal Regulations is published under the editorial direction of Robert E. Lewis, assisted by Pearl Einhorn. For this volume, Kathryn M. English was Chief Editor and Michael T. Lesar, Associate Editor. |