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The United States Code ("Code") contains the general and permanent laws of the United States, arranged into 54 broad titles according to subject matter. The organization of the Code was originally established by Congress in 1926 with the enactment of the act of June 30, 1926, chapter 712.
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel (“OLRC”) reviews every provision of every public law to determine whether it should go into the Code, and if so, where. This process is known as U.S. Code classification.
“Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Crimes and Criminal Procedure’, is hereby revised, codified and enacted into positive law, and may be cited as ‘Title 18, U.S.C., § —.’ Legislative Construction
The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) [1] is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States. [2] It contains 53 titles, which are organized into numbered sections.
View tables that show where recently enacted laws will appear in the United States Code and which sections of the Code have been amended by those laws. Tables are prepared by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. How Our Laws Are Made (PDF) View House Document 110-49 that details how U.S. laws are made.
Dec 20, 2017 · The Library has made available the main editions and supplements of the United States Code from 1925 through the 1988 edition. The U.S. Code is a compilation of federal laws arranged by subject by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.
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The United States Code, Prima Facie Evidence, and Positive Law* mary Whisner** Ms. Whisner examines the history of the U.S. Code, explaining why it is only “prima facie evidence of the law,” and discusses the efforts of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel to enact Code titles into positive law. [W]e no longer read the statutes.
