What is the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Well, generally, this is a compilation and assembly of all the federal regulations put out by the executive branch and administrative departments of the U.S. government all into a single body collectively for use
Now, so what are regulations in themselves? Okay, regulations are promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act by executive or administrative agencies
And the purpose of federal regulations is to further or effectuate the federal statutes to which they are related
So when Congress passes statutes, they will oftentimes include an enablement statute in the act that they sign off on that allows a particular administrative agency authority to pass regulations that further or seek to aid the implementation of these federal statutes that were passed by Congress
So in summary, the federal regulations are passed by administrative and executive agencies with the purpose of furthering, effectuating, or carrying out the statutes passed by Congress
And the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations is a compilation of all of these federal regulations together
And generally, they are tracked in titles or sections that correspond with the location of the federal statutes to which it relates in the U.S. Code of Laws
So statutes in the U.S. Code of Laws, regulations are supported in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, and they're numbered consistently to make ease of connection between the two when searching