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Volumes 1 to 64 (1789–1951) of the Statutes at Large at the Library of Congress; Volume 65 et seq. (1951–present) of the Statutes at Large at Govinfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office) Volumes 1 to 18 (1789–1875) of the Statutes at Large made available by the Library of Congress American Memory collections
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.
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.
By law, the text of the Statutes at Large is "legal evidence" of the laws enacted by Congress. [10] Slip laws are also competent evidence. [11] 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 ...
Session laws are the collection of statutes enacted by a legislature during a single session of that legislature, often published following the end of the session as a bound volume. The United States Statutes at Large is an example of session laws which are published biennially, because the United States Congress meets for two years per session ...
The Statutes at Large. Vol. 13: From the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne to the Fifth Year of King George I. Cambridge: Joseph Bentham. pp. 137– 323 – via Internet Archive. Journals of the House of Commons. Vol. 18. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1803. pp. 16– 471 – via Google Books. Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes ...
In the United States, a slip law is an individual Act of Congress which is either a public law (Pub.L.) or a private law (Pvt.L.). Slip laws are published as softcover unbound pamphlets, each with its own individual pagination. [1]
[10] [11] As a result, on April 9, 2019, soon after the start of the 116th Congress, the House passed the Taxpayer First Act once again. [12] That bill was expected to pass the Senate, however on April 22, 2019 ProPublica published an exposé heavily criticizing the implementation of the Free File Program, which the bill would codify. [ 13 ]