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Not all documents created by U.S. federal agencies are published in the Federal Register. The government has the power to classify documents so that they are not published.
The agencies required to publish in the Federal Register are those who are required to promulgate regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations ("CFR").
Each agency is required to list the sections of the CFR that will be affected by the proposals or rulings in the day's Federal Register. The List of CFR Sections Affected is published monthly, and is used to update CFR sections changed by new rules published in the Federal Register.
A unified agenda is published semi-annually (April and October of each year), listing regulatory efforts that federal agencies expect to undertake in the coming months. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act and other laws and Executive Orders, this agenda includes indices showing segments of the public and levels of government that are expected to be affected by each of these coming regulations.
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