Administrative Law: Finding Federal Regs

If you have a statute and want to locate regulations promulgated under that statute, there are a couple of ways that you can do this.

• You can look to the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules in the CFR Index and Finding Aids. This table provides citations for statutes that have been interpreted by a regulation. It is updated once a year and is freely available online through GovInfo.gov.
• You can also look at an annotated version of the United States Code (USCA or USCS) and check the annotations for references to CFR sections.

If you have a citation for a particular regulation you can locate it by:

• Entering the citation into the search box on Westlaw, Lexis, or Bloomberg Law. 
• Locating the print version of the CFR in the Law Library and using the citation information to locate the appropriate volume and section. 

If you have a topic and want to locate federal regulations related to that topic:

• You can do a keyword search of the CFR in Westlaw, Lexis, or Bloomberg Law.
• You can also use the index to the CFR.

Westlaw: On the home screen choose the "Federal Materials" tab. From this tab you can select the CFR or FR to search. 

Lexis: Under "Explore Content" select "Administrative Codes & Regulations" and enter your key terms. After searching you can limit your results to the CFR  or FR on the left side of the screen under "Source."

Bloomberg Law: Under "Getting Started" choose "Federal Law" and then "Federal Regulatory & Administrative." From this screen you can search the CFR and FR together or select one to search.