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Chapter 7: Regulations and Administrative Research
Tracing a regulation from its enabling statute to the CFR and the Federal Register — and confirming it is still in force.
Orientation
Explore the concepts from this chapterHow to Find a Regulation
Follow a rule from the Federal Register into the CFR and back — the pipeline every regulatory researcher runs.
What this module will let you do
- Follow a rule from the Federal Register into the CFR
- Navigate the eCFR by title, chapter, part, and section
- Pull the preamble through the source note
- Check currency with the List of CFR Sections Affected
How to Read a Regulation
A DOJ rule on removing barriers in existing facilities, read from the authority note down — definitions, the operative verb, the Part's structure — and the question the codified text cannot answer.