1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Modernization Act . 2. Federal Register modernization (a) References to printing Chapter 15 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1502— (A) in the heading, by striking printing and inserting publishing ; and (B) by striking printing and distribution and inserting publishing ; (2) in section 1507— (A) by striking the duplicate originals or certified copies of the document have and inserting the document has ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking printed and inserting published ; and (3) in section 1509, in subsections (a) and (b), by striking printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distributing and inserting publishing , each place it appears. (b) Publish defined Section 1501 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ; and at the end of the definition for person and inserting a semicolon; and (2) by inserting after the definition for person the following: publish means to circulate for sale or distribution to the public; and . (c) Filing documents with Office amendment Section 1503 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 1503. Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection