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The first edition of the United States Code (published as Statutes at Large Volume 44, Part 1) includes cross-reference tables between the USC and two of these unofficial codes, United States Compiled Statutes Annotated by West Publishing Co. and Federal Statutes Annotated by Edward Thompson Co.
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.
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
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 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.
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
Frederick E. Woodbridge was a major proponent of the Expatriation Act of 1868. The Expatriation Act of 1868 was an act of the 40th United States Congress that declared, as part of the United States nationality law, that the right of expatriation (i.e. a right to renounce one's citizenship) is "a natural and inherent right of all people" and "that any declaration, instruction, opinion, order ...
As codified in 18 U.S.C. chapter 44 of the United States Code from the US House of Representatives Gun Control Act of 1968 as enacted ( details ) in the US Statutes at Large H.R. 17735 on GovTrack