"Jeff" wrote in message
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" However, actual statute law trumps bureaucracy. The Federal Register
merely
records laws that have already been enacted. The Constitution was in
effect prior to the existence of a FR and nowhere is the FR mentioned in
today's constitution.

True, but is there some other piece of Statute Law that states that
legislation cannot come into force until it has been promulgated in the
Federal Register?

Yes, and as it was pointed out to me, it can (and probably is usually true)
that the effectivity can be conditional on the FR publication if this is
stated in the body of the law, as it was. I continue to be amazed at our
system of laws; legislators make laws without knowing when they will
actually become effective. The actual effectivity dates are delegated to
non-elected bureaucrats who publish a paper. I cannot imagine that some laws
whose effectivity dates can mean the accumulation (or loss) of wealth for
each day publication is delayed or speeded up could have not a corruptive
effect on these nameless people.

A war could be declared but not be put into effect until 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register.