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By contrast, a non-positive law title is a title that has not been codified into federal law, and is instead merely an editorial compilation of individually enacted federal statutes. [ 15 ] By law, those titles of the United States Code that have not been enacted into positive law are " prima facie evidence" [ 16 ] of the law in effect.
The title was enacted into positive law by Pub. L. 95–473, § 1, October 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1337; Pub. L. 97–449, § 1, January 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2413; and Pub. L. 103–272, July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745 (subtitles II, III, and V-X) During the time between when the Title 49 positive law codification began in 1978 and when it was completed ...
Some portions of the United States Code have been enacted as positive law and other portions have not been so enacted. In case of a conflict between the text of the Statutes at Large and the text of a provision of the United States Code that has not been enacted as positive law, the text of the Statutes at Large takes precedence. [3]
The title also contains various federal employee and civil service laws of the United States, including authorization for the Office of Personnel Management and the General Salary Schedule and Executive Schedule classification systems. It also is the Title that specifies Federal holidays (5 U.S.C. § 6103). In addition, there is an appendix to ...
From the first edition of the United States Code in 1926 [2] to 1947, Title 6 was a non-positive law title. In 1947, Congress enacted Title 6 as a positive law title. [ 3 ] Title 6 had the title heading "Official and Penal Bonds" prior to its enactment as positive law and after its 1947 enactment as positive law until 1972 when it was given a ...
The long title (properly, the title in some jurisdictions) is the formal title appearing at the head of a statute (such as an act of Parliament or of Congress) or other legislative instrument. The long title is intended to provide a summarised description of the purpose or scope of the instrument.
Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government .
§ 112a – United States Treaties and Other International Agreements; contents; admissibility in evidence. § 112b – United States international agreements; transmission to the United States Congress. § 113 – "Little and Brown's" edition of laws and treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Act 1 Series; admissibility in evidence.