How to cite a federal register notice

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B14 / R14.2(a).

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a federal register notice, governed by B14 / R14.2(a). Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Importation of Fruits and Vegetables, 60 Fed. Reg. 50379, 50381 (Sep. 29, 1995) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. pts. 300, 319).

Governing rules

B14 / R14.2(a)

• 14.2 — federal regulations (C.F.R.).
• 14.2(a) — final rules & regulations (C.F.R.; Federal Register).

Required elements

• Rule or notice name
• Volume
• First page
• Date

Optional elements

• Issuing agency
• Status
• Pincite
• Codification parenthetical
• Explanatory parenthetical
• Database citation

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