1 CFR § 5.4 - Publication not authorized.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t1/s5.4"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "1 CFR § 5.4 - Publication not authorized."
title_number: 1
title_name: "General Provisions"
section_number: "5.4"
section_name: "Publication not authorized."
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "THE FEDERAL REGISTER"
part_number: "5"
part_name: "GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "44 U.S.C. 1506, 4101; sec. 6, E.O. 10530, 19 FR 2709; 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 189."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 23604, Nov. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "5"
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# 5.4 Publication not authorized.
(a) Chapter 15 of title 44, United States Code, does not apply to treaties, conventions, protocols, or other international agreements, or proclamations thereof by the President.
(b) Chapter 15 of title 44, United States Code, prohibits the publication in the *Federal Register* of comments or news items.
(c) The Director of the Federal Register may not accept any document for filing and publication unless it is the official action of the agency concerned. Chapter 15 of title 44, United States Code, does not authorize or require the filing and publication of other papers from an agency.