FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 1: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Subpart 1.1
FAR 1.105-1 Publication and code arrangement.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section explains where and how the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is published and organized. It tells contractors that the FAR appears in the daily Federal Register, in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and in a separate online edition, and that it is Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the CFR. It also describes how agency acquisition regulations are numbered in the CFR.
Applies to: The FAR and agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement it
Key terms: Federal Register · Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) · Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR · agency acquisition regulations · chapter number
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) The FAR is published in—
(1) The daily issue of the Federal Register;
(2) Cumulated form in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); and
(3) A separate edition available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.
(b) The FAR is issued as Chapter 1 of Title 48, CFR. Subsequent chapters are reserved for agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR (see subpart 1.3). The CFR Staff will assign chapter numbers to requesting agencies.
(c) Each numbered unit or segment (e.g., part, subpart, section, etc.) of an agency acquisition regulation that is codified in the CFR shall begin with the chapter number. However, the chapter number assigned to the FAR will not be included in the numbered units or segments of the FAR.
← 1.105 Issuance. · 1.105-2 Arrangement of regulations. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 1
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services ↗ · proposed 2026-02-17 · comments due 2026-04-20
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-06-12
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2025-05-12 · effective 2025-06-11
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.