Law -- Federal Statutory Law

Federal laws are published in two forms:

• The United States Statutes at Large (STAT)
  The text of each federal law, in the exact language enacted by Congress, in chronological order.

• The United States Code (USC)
  A codification of federal statutes, rearranged by:

  • integrating each original law with its amendments
  • presenting all subdivisions of existing federal statutes in topical order
  • eliminating all repealed, superceded, or expired laws

Online

• LexisNexis Congressional
  1789 to the present. Search by keyword or by citation. Laws are in PDF format

• HeinOnline
  1789 to the present. Generally not as up-to-date as LexisNexis. Search by keyword. Laws are in PDF format

• GPO Access : Public and Private Laws
  While this is not the Statutes at Large, this database contains the individual laws as passed by Congress and also provides the Statutes at Large citation.

Print

• United States Statutes at Large
  Call number: KF50.A3
  Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection
  2nd Floor Paterno Library

Online

• Westlaw Campus
  USC Annotated with notes to court cases. Easy to browse.

• LexisNexis Congressional
  Search by keyword, popular name, or by reference (title and section numbers). Not browsable.

• GPO Access : U.S. Code
  An official government version. Free to all users.

Print

• United States Code (USC)
  Call number: KF62.A1
  Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection
  2nd Floor Paterno Library

• United States Code Annotated (USCA)
  Call number: KF62.A35
  Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection
  2nd Floor Paterno Library