US Code

The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States.

The official text of an Act of Congress is the text of the (printed) "enrolled bill" presented to the President for his signature or disapproval. Upon enactment of a law, the original bill is delivered to the Archivist of the United States, and duplicate copies are issued in pamphlet form as "slip laws" by the Government Printing Office. The Archivist assembles annual volumes of the enacted laws and publishes them as the United States Statutes at Large. By law, the text of the Statutes at Large is "legal evidence" of the laws enacted by Congress.

The Statutes at Large, however, is not a convenient tool for legal research. It is arranged strictly in chronological order, so that statutes addressing related topics may be scattered across many volumes. Statutes often repeal or amend earlier laws, so that extensive cross-referencing is required to determine what laws are in effect at any given time.

The Code is an effort to make it simpler to find relevant and effective statutes by reorganizing them by subject matter, and eliminating expired and amended sections

Title 1 General Provisions [Search]
Title 2 The Congress [Search]
Title 3 The President [Search]
Title 4 Flag and Seal, Seat Of Government, and the States [Search]
Title 5 Government Organization and Employees [Search]
Title 6 Domestic Security [Search]
Title 7 Agriculture [Search]
Title 8 Aliens and Nationality [Search]
Title 9 Arbitration [Search]
Title 10 Armed Forces [Search]
Title 11 Bankruptcy [Search]
Title 12 Banks and Banking [Search]
Title 13 Census [Search]
Title 14 Coast Guard [Search]
Title 15 Commerce and Trade [Search]
Title 16 Conservation [Search]
Title 17 Copyrights [Search]
Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure [Search]
Title 19 Customs Duties [Search]
Title 20 Education [Search]
Title 21 Food and Drugs [Search]
Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse [Search]
Title 23 Highways [Search]
Title 24 Hospitals and Asylums [Search]
Title 25 Indians [Search]
Title 26 Internal Revenue Code [Search]
Title 27 Intoxicating Liquors [Search]
Title 28 Judiciary and Judicial Procedure [Search]
Title 29 Labor [Search]
Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining [Search]
Title 31 Money and Finance [Search]
Title 32 National Guard [Search]
Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters [Search]
Title 34 Navy (repealed) [Search]
Title 35 Patents [Search]
Title 36 Patriotic Societies and Observances [Search]
Title 37 Pay and Allowances Of the Uniformed Services [Search]
Title 38 Veterans' Benefits [Search]
Title 39 Postal Service [Search]
Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works [Search]
Title 41 Public Contracts [Search]
Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare [Search]
Title 43 Public Lands [Search]
Title 44 Public Printing and Documents [Search]
Title 45 Railroads [Search]
Title 46 Shipping [Search]
Title 47 Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs [Search]
Title 48 Territories and Insular Possessions [Search]
Title 49 Transportation [Search]
Title 50 War and National Defense [Search]

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