Agencies may then include other relevant terms in the List of Subjects that are not from the Thesaurus. They are also encouraged to use terms of greater specificity such as "apples" or "apricots"™ instead of "˜commodities"™, and specific chemicals, minerals or foreign nations where regulations are narrowly focused. Federal agencies use the Thesaurus to prepare the "List of Subjects" which appears in rule and proposed rule documents published in the Federal Register.Īgencies must use at least one official thesaurus term. The Office of the Federal Register uses the Thesaurus as the basis for the subject entries in the CFR Index, revised and published annually as of January 1. Where appropriate, it also contains suggested cross-references to specific foods, chemicals, commodities and geopolitical entities.
The Thesaurus is structured as an alphabetic list of all indexing terms with additional cross-references leading the user to preferred or related terms. Variations on official terms (not included in the Subject Index) appear in red italicized text preceded by an asterisk, with the official terms under the subheading " See".
Official indexing terms (included in the CFR Subject Index) appear in boldface black type, with all related terms under the subheading See also". These indexing terms are broad enough for use by all agencies while still helping users find specific information. Agencies must use the terms provided in the Thesaurus of Indexing Terms (1 CFR 18.20). The Thesaurus of Indexing Terms is a basic indexing vocabulary for Federal regulations that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.Īny document published in the Rules and Regulations or the Proposed Rules sections of the daily Federal Register must include a list of subjects for each CFR part affected by the regulatory text.
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