Well, the USC is the stuff passed by Congress and the CFR is the regulations created by the agency. But I bet some of our legal librarians will have a better answer.
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Stephanie - Oct 11, 2007 6:02:57 am PDT #6094 of 10001
Trust my rage
Nilly - Oct 11, 2007 6:03:06 am PDT #6095 of 10001
Swouncing
Why am I crazy? I blame the internets.
Psst, Jesse - everything is my fault.
may even try to trick you into neglecting God's Word.
Um, how does one do that? "Hey, kid, wanna neglect some words? all the cool kids are doing that!" sort of thing? Now I'm reminded of that (green? blue?) dude in the trenchcoat in "Sesame Street" who tried to sell bottles of air to, um, maybe it was Ernie? He was all "hey, wanna buy some air?".
Sparky1 - Oct 11, 2007 6:06:30 am PDT #6096 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
the USC is the stuff passed by Congress and the CFR is the regulations created by the agency. But I bet some of our legal librarians will have a better answer.
Stephanie gets it in one. The USC is the compilation of current law on the books arranged by subject. The CFR are the regulations of the federal agencies.
Dana - Oct 11, 2007 6:09:31 am PDT #6097 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, but the USC and the CFR seem to cover the same subjects. Title 33 is "Navigation and Navigable Waters" in both of them. So...I don't understand the difference.
Is it that the Code covers the specific laws that have been passed by Congress, and that the CFR takes that as a basis and then creates federal regulations?
They shouldn't conflict, should they?
Trudy Booth - Oct 11, 2007 6:10:01 am PDT #6098 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Ok, imagining little Nilly cracking up at Ernie and dying of teh cute.
Sue - Oct 11, 2007 6:12:45 am PDT #6099 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I don't know if the US is the same, but here, the laws deal with the thou shalts and shalt nots and the regulations deal with the administrative requirements that fufill the shalls and shan'ts.
Sparky1 - Oct 11, 2007 6:14:40 am PDT #6100 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Is it that the Code covers the specific laws that have been passed by Congress, and that the CFR takes that as a basis and then creates federal regulations?
Yes. In the index to the CFR there's a table that tells you where the authority is (in the USC) that gave the agency the right to make regulations on a certain subject.
They shouldn't conflict, should they?
They shouldn't. I wouldn't necessarily be surprised if there was an instance where the agency's interpretation seemed wrong.
Strega - Oct 11, 2007 6:17:29 am PDT #6101 of 10001
Um, how does one do that? "Hey, kid, wanna neglect some words? all the cool kids are doing that!" sort of thing?
Well, give us a little credit; that's not much of a trick.
Penn & Teller have done a mind-reading act with the Bible, though. Maybe it's like that. Or, I dunno, pulling Leviticus out of a hat.
Dana - Oct 11, 2007 6:17:44 am PDT #6102 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, got it. Thanks, everyone whose name starts with S. (Sparky, Stephanie, Sue.)
Lee - Oct 11, 2007 6:19:08 am PDT #6103 of 10001
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Dana, Stephanie, Sue and Sparky1 are of course correct. The US Code stuff passed by Congress establishes what the law is, and among other things gives the agencies power to pass regulations to help enforce/promote the law, while the CFR regulations fill in the details on how the law is implemented.
If there is a conflict (and it happens a fair bit), the US Code wins. That usually takes a court case though.
eta: Too late. Never mind.