This seems hyperbolic. It sounds like the ABA was debating a measure that would encourage Congress to allow private companies to get copies of and resell access

This seems hyperbolic. It sounds like the ABA was debating a measure that would encourage Congress to allow private companies to get copies of and resell access to the highly-specialized sections of the Federal Register. So, from the start, this is a good thing, because right now these are only accessible by making an appointment with the Federal Register Reading Room and paying them a sum of money. The "DRM and EULA" part just means that the ABA seems OK with allowing private companies to be the distributors of this based on their own terms, instead of advocating a government-run open access site that would allow anyone to look up the relevant safety regulations. So, no, the ABA did not vote to obscure the law, or invoke DRM or EULAs. They voted to make the Federal Register more accessible than it currently is. BoingBoing is simply unhappy that the resolution didn't go as far as they would've liked.