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Federal Statutes

U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat)

U.S. Code (USC)

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 eliminating all repealed, superceded, or expired laws.

Print Versions

United States Statutes at Large (Stat)
Call number: KF50.A3
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United States Code (USC)
Call number: KF62.A1
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United States Code Annotated (USCA)
Call number: KF62.A35
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United States Code Service (USCS)
Call number: KF62.U5
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On the Web

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:
  • U.S. Statutes at Large volume and page numbers
  • public law number
  • chapter number, congress, and date
  • public resolution number, congress, and date
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
Search by U.S. Code citation (title & section numbers), Public Law number, keyword or phrase, by U.S. Statutes at Large citation, or by "popular name".

LexisNexis Congressional
--Search U.S. Code by keyword, popular name, or by reference (title and section numbers).
Although this service offers great power and flexibility for keyword searching, browsing from section to section to establish a context for understanding search results is not possible.

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