Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR)
13,031Words in 19 parts
13.3Restriction density (per 1,000 words)
16.6Reading grade
85.7%Unchanged since 2017
0Flagged parts
2022-12-29Last change
Section changes per year
From the eCFR versioner, for the parts that the agency owns now. Before 2017 is the baseline load.
Text and size
- Sentences
- 27.7 words on average; 20.6% over 40 words; 35.7% passive; 18.6 cross-references per 1,000 words
- Sentence types
- definition 0.6% · prohibition 1.9% · paperwork 7.2% · obligation 23.8% · permission 11.5% · other 54.9%
- Checksum
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Review candidates in this agency
| Rank | Part | Words | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,112 | 1 CFR 18
PREPARATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS GENERALLY
High signals: Paperwork share
+1.7 SD · Directive share
+1.0 SD |
1,709 | 0.52 |
| 3,270 | 1 CFR 21
PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO CODIFICATION
High signals: Restriction density
+1.2 SD |
2,231 | -0.02 |
| 6,006 | 1 CFR 12
OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score |
1,120 | -0.83 |
Score: the mean of six signals, in standard deviations (SD). Across the CFR, the top 641 of 6,402 ranked parts (10%) get a flag for review; this list shows 3. A flag is not a finding.
Statutes behind the most text
- 44 U.S.C. 1506: 12,058 words in 17 parts (92.5% of this agency's text)
- 49 U.S.C. 1354: 2,231 words in 1 parts (17.1% of this agency's text)
- 49 U.S.C. 1654: 2,231 words in 1 parts (17.1% of this agency's text)
- 49 U.S.C. 1657: 2,231 words in 1 parts (17.1% of this agency's text)
- 1 U.S.C. 112: 644 words in 1 parts (4.9% of this agency's text)
- 5 U.S.C. 552: 184 words in 1 parts (1.4% of this agency's text)
From the authority notes. A citation is not proof that the statute requires the rule.
Largest parts
- 1 CFR 21: PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO CODIFICATION (2,231 words)
- 1 CFR 18: PREPARATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS GENERALLY (1,709 words)
- 1 CFR 12: OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (1,120 words)
- 1 CFR 8: CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (972 words)
- 1 CFR 19: EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS (969 words)
- 1 CFR 5: GENERAL (894 words)
- 1 CFR 17: FILING FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND PUBLICATION SCHEDULES (859 words)
- 1 CFR 2: GENERAL INFORMATION (644 words)
- 1 CFR 20: HANDLING OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MANUAL STATEMENTS (599 words)
- 1 CFR 11: SUBSCRIPTIONS (589 words)
Reading grade and sentence types are approximate. Simple rules label each sentence; the first match wins.