Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Contents
6 See also
7 Sources
8 References
Public laws
Since 1957, Acts of Congress related to the general public have been designated in the form:
Public Law X-Y where X is the number of the ordinal Congress and Y is the number of the
chronological order of the public Act in that Congress. This numbering is continuous across
sessions of Congress and does not include acts relating to individuals, which are analogously
given Private Law X-Y designations. (From 1901 to 1957, the Statutes at Large listed both a
chapter and a Public/Private number for each act[2]) See examples below.
Examples
The Militia Act of 1862 of July 17, 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 201, was the 201st Act of the
second session of the 37th Congress.
The National Banking Act of February 25, 1863, Sess. 3, ch. 58, was the 58th Act of the
third session of the 37th Congress.
The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 of October 16, 2004, Pub.L. 108332,
118 Stat. 1282, was the 332nd Act of Congress (statute) passed in the 108th Congress. It
can be found in volume 118 of the U.S. Statutes at Large, starting at page 1282.
The Help America Vote Act of October 29, 2002, Pub.L. 107252, 116 Stat. 1666, was
the 252nd Act of the 107th Congress. It can be found in volume 116 of the U.S. Statutes
at Large, starting at page 1666.
July 13, 1787: Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Territorial Government ("Northwest
Ordinance")
See also
Lists by subject
o Agriculture: United States Department of Agriculture#Related legislation
o Civil Rights: Civil Rights Act (disambiguation)
o Defense: United States Department of Defense#Related legislation
o Drugs: Office of National Drug Control Policy#Legislation and executive orders
Sources
Statutes at Large
o Volumes 1 through 18, 17891875, via Library of Congress
Public laws
o Current Congress only, via the U.S. Government Printing Office
o 104th Congress through current Congress, via the U.S. Government Printing
Office
U.S. Code
o U.S. Code, via Cornell University
o U.S. Code, via the U.S. Government Printing Office
References
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