Explanation WHAT THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS IS 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. The individual volumes of the Code are revised as of January 1 of each year. 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 immediate 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. By consulting the "List of CFR Sections Affected," which is issued monthly and is cumulative and the "Cumulative List of Parts Affected" in the Federal Register, the user of the Code can quickly determine whether there have been any amendments since the preceding January 1 to the provisions of the Code in which he is interested. These lists will refer the user to the Federal Register in which he may find the latest amendment of any given rule. EFFECTIVE DATES Each volume of the Code contains amendments published during the preceding calendar year. 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 January 1 are not carried. Code users may find the text of provisions in effect on a given date in the past by using the 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 Sections Affected" is published at the end of each book. Other tables and guides that relate to the Code of Federal Regulations include the following: The subject index to the Code, which is revised annually, is contained in a separate volume entitled "General Index." This volume also contains a table of CFR titles, chapters, and parts, an alphabetical list of CFR subtitles and chapters, and lists of current and superseded CFR volumes. An index to the text of Presidential documents is found at the end of each compilation of Title 3, The President. THIS BOOK This title was added to the Code in 1950 primarily to accommodate rules issued pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950 and related Executive orders. Other emergency rules issued in connection with the mobilization programs have been added. Because of the special needs of the mobilization program, the rules in this title do not follow in all respects the numbering system used in other titles of the Code. A list of citations to acts of Congress related to the promulgation of emergency control orders and regulations, and a table of Executive orders directly related to the regulations in this title appear immediately preceding Chapter I. 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. Sales are handled exclusively by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. January 4, 1971. FRED J. EMERY Title 32A-National Defense Appendix CHAPTER I-Office of Emergency Preparedness Page 7 CHAPTER VI-Bureau of Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce 53 CHAPTER VII—Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic and International Business 129 CHAPTER VIII-Transport Mobilization Staff, Interstate Commerce Commission CHAPTER IX-Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Transportation 135 137 CHAPTER X-Oil Import Administration, Department of the Interior . 139 CHAPTER XVIII-National Shipping Authority, Maritime Administration, 167 171 175 CHAPTER XIX- -Office of the Maritime Administrator, Department of Com |