Complete Federal Register available online for free

The Law Library of Congress has acquired HeinOnline’s Federal register collection. This collection includes 14,586 issues covering March 14^th, 1936 (1 Fed Reg. 1) to December 30^th, 1993 (58 Fed Reg. 69169). Combined with the GPO’s collection the entire Federal Register is available for free online.

• Law Library of Congress-  March 14^th, 1936 to December 30^th, 1993
• Federalregister.gov – February 1, 1994 to Current
• GPO’s FDSys – January 2, 1994 to Current

In addition to the new Law Library of Congress collection the GPO’s own scanning project continues apace.
The Federal Register is a daily publication that is the official source of legal information from the Executive Branch of the United States Government. The Federal Register contains:

• Federal Agency Regulations
• Proposed Rules and Public Notices
• Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations and other Presidential Documents

If you are interested in researching the history of a federal regulation this blog post on the Law Library of Congress blog In Custodia Legis is an excellent guide.