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  1. Apr 12, 2024 · statutory text. enactment dates (check headings and margins) information about codification. information on legislative history materials, such as Senate or House reports. Public Laws at Congress.gov. Federal slip laws, 82d congress (1951) - present. State Legislative Sites (LII)

  2. Apr 11, 2024 · The Public Law Number (e.g., Pub.L. No. 112-25) consists of two parts: The first number represents the number of the Congress that passed the law, while the second number represents the chronological order in which the law was passed. In the above example, Pub.L. No. 112-25 is the 25th law passed by the 112th Congress.

  3. Apr 9, 2024 · Every public and private law passed by Congress is published in the Statutes at Large in order of the date it was enacted into law. The laws are arranged by Public Law number and are cited by volume and page number.

  4. Apr 16, 2024 · Public laws are assigned a number, the first part being the session of Congress, the second part indicating it was the nth law passed that session (e.g., Pub. L. 107-110). The second printing of a law comes as one of the session laws printed in the Statutes at Large.

  5. Apr 18, 2024 · Legislative Numbers & Names. Public laws are numbered sequentially in the order that they are passed, beginning with the number one. In order to distinguish it from laws passed in other years, the law number is preceded by the number of the Congress in which it was passed.

  6. Apr 17, 2024 · By Public Law Cite: Parallel Reference Tables, located in the Tables volumes of U.S.C., U.S.C.A. and U.S.C.S. can be used to convert Public Law numbers and Statutes at Large cites to U.S.C. cites. There are also tables in Statutes at Large and USCCAN to convert bill numbers to Public Law numbers.

  7. Apr 18, 2024 · How do you trace the history of a law? Follow these basic steps. Locate & read your law . Note key information: Use the history and notes in an annotated U.S. Code to find dates of passage, amendments and identifying public law numbers (P.L.) or Statutes at Large (Stat) citations. Save time & use compiled legislative histories!

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