Federal Statutes
U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat) |
U.S. Code (USC) |
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| The text of each federal law, in the exact language enacted by Congress, in chronological order. | A codification of federal statutes, rearranged by: 1. integrating each original law with its amendments 2. presenting all subdivisions of existing federal statutes in topical order 3. eliminating all repealed, superceded, or expired laws. |
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| United States Statutes at Large (Stat) Call number: KF50.A3 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library |
United States Code (USC) Call number: KF62.A1 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library United States Code Annotated (USCA) United States Code Service (USCS) |
On the Web |
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| LexisNexis Congressional --Search U.S. Statutes at Large by keyword or by citation: These forms search the Statutes At Large from 1789 to the present. The full text of the law is in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Keyword searching is limited to words in the name, synopsis, and popular name of the law. Numerical references include:
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United States Code on the Web (Cornell University Law School) This is one of the easiest-to-use sources of the Code on the Web. Browse by Code title and section, search by keyword, or search a table of acts by popular name, such as the "Library Services and Construction Act". GPO Access: U.S.Code LexisNexis Congressional |

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