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The United States Statutes at Large is the name of the session law publication for U.S. Federal statutes. [1] The public laws and private laws are numbered and organized in chronological order. [2] U.S. Federal statutes are published in a three-part process, consisting of slip laws, session laws (Statutes at Large), and codification (United ...
Volumes 1 through 18, which have all the statutes passed from 1789 to 1875, are available on-line at the Library of Congress, here. In the list below, statutes are listed by X Stat. Y, where X is the volume of the Statutes at Large and Y is the page number, as well as either the chapter or Public Law number. See examples below.
The Statutes at Large, however, is not a convenient tool for legal research. It is arranged strictly in chronological order; statutes addressing related topics may be scattered across many volumes, and are not consolidated with later amendments. [12] Statutes often repeal or amend earlier laws, and extensive cross-referencing is required to ...
The Statutes at Large: . Edition by Owen Ruffhead, from "Magna Charta" down to the Acts of 4 Geo. 3: 9 volumes, London. "Printed for Mark Basket, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and by the Assigns of Robert Basket; And by Henry Woodfall and William Strahan, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1763–1765.
The Revised Statutes of the United States (in citations, Rev. Stat.) was the first official codification of the Acts of Congress. It was enacted into law in 1874. The purpose of the Revised Statutes was to make it easier to research federal law without needing to consult the individual Acts of Congress published in the United States Statutes at Large.
United States Statutes at Large. Volumes 1 through 18, 1789–1875, via Library of Congress; Public Laws (PL) Current Congress only, via the U.S. Government Printing Office; 104th Congress through current Congress, via the U.S. Government Printing Office; United States Code (USC) U.S. Code, via Cornell University
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 as enacted in the US Statutes at Large; S.2590 on Congress.gov; WashingtonWatch.com – P.L. 109–282, The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine information on the bill, including estimated cost per person
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 as enacted in the US Statutes at Large; Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (PDF/details) as amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection; S. 994 on Congress.gov; S. 994 on GovTrack; WashingtonWatch.com S. 994; Congressional Budget Office's report on S. 994