Table of Contents Explanation Title 38: Chapter I-Department of Veterans Affairs.... Finding Aids: Material Approved for Incorporation by Reference. Table of CFR Titles and Chapters.... Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR... List of CFR Sections Affected Explanation The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and nent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departmen agencies of the Federal Government. The Code is divided into 50 titles represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divide chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each cha further subdivided into parts covering specific regulatory areas. ISSUE DATES Each volume of the Code is revised at least once each calendar yea issued on a quarterly basis approximately as follows: Title 1 through Title 16.......... Title 42 through Title 50.......... as of Jan ............ as of as of as of Oct The appropriate revision date is printed on the cover of each volume. LEGAL STATUS The contents of the Federal Register are required to be judicially notic U.S.C. 1507). The Code of Federal Regulations is prima facie evidence 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 date by the individual iss the Federal Register. These two publications must be used together to mine the latest version of any given rule. To determine whether a Code volume has been amended since its re date (in this case, July 1, 1990), consult the "List of CFR Sections Af (LSA)," which is issued monthly, and the "Cumulative List of Parts Affe which appears in the Reader Aids section of the daily Federal Register. two lists will identify the Federal Register page number of the latest a ment of any given rule. EFFECTIVE AND EXPIRATION DATES Each volume of the Code contains amendments published in the Federa ister since the last revision of that volume of the Code. Source citations f regulations are referred to by volume number and page number of the F Register and date of publication. Publication dates and effective dates are ly not the same and care must be exercised by the user in determini actual effective date. In instances where the effective date is beyond the date for the Code a note has been inserted to reflect the future effectiv In those instances where a regulation published in the Federal Register s text. OMB CONTROL NUMBERS The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-511) requires Federal agen- OBSOLETE PROVISIONS Provisions that become obsolete before the revision date stated on the cover INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE What is incorporation by reference? Incorporation by reference was estab- What is a proper incorporation by reference? The Director of the Federal (b) The matter incorporated is in fact available to the extent necessary to (c) The incorporating document is drafted and submitted for publication in Properly approved incorporations by reference in this volume are listed in the What if the material incorporated by reference cannot be found? If you have CFR INDEXES AND TABULAR GUIDES A subject index to the Code of Federal Regulations is contained in a separate III). A list of CFR Titles, Chapters, and Parts and an alphabetical list of agen- cies publishing in the CFR are also included in this volume. An index to the text of "Title 3-The President" is carried within that The Federal Register Index is issued monthly in cumulative form. This index is based on a consolidation of the "Contents" entries in the daily Federal Regis- A List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA) is published monthly, keyed to the revision dates of the 50 CFR titles. REPUBLICATION OF MATERIAL There are no restrictions on the republication of material appearing in the INQUIRIES AND SALES For a summary, legal interpretation, or other explanation of any regulation in |