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Laws, codes, regulations
Laws
Public and private laws are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal
Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The
bound volumes represent the laws passed by the particular congress but may
have been revised, amended, cancelled by later laws. Each volume includes
an index.
United States statutes at large, 1789 to date.
KF50.U5 IC
1973/74 (93rd Congress) to date
1995/96 (104th Congress) to date
1989/90 (101st Congress) to date
1789 (1st Congress) 1875 (43rd Congress)
United States Code (USC)
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel http://uscode.house.gov/ prepares and
publishes the United States Code which is a consolidation and codification
by subject matter (50 topics) of the general and permanent laws of the United
States. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years.
In between editions, annual cumulative supplements are published in order
to present the most current legislation.
United States code (USC), 1926 to date.
KF61.U55/lstest ed. IC earlier editions in the Law Library
1994 to date
1981 to date
Regulations
The daily Federal register is published by the Office of the Federal Register,
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and is the official publication
for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations,
as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. This daily publication
also updates the Code of federal regulations (CFR) which is annually revised
and includes the approved final regulations. These two publications work in
tandem.
Federal register, 1938 to date (issued daily)
Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication
for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations,
as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
AE 2.106:latest 5 years Government Documents Stacks; earlier issues
Law Library
1981 to date
1994 to date
Code of federal regulations, 1938 to date
Publication includes codification of the general and permanent rules published
in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the
Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas
subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each
calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis. Title 3 of the regulations
includes presidential executive orders, proclamations, etc. and all editions
are maintained in the Information Center.
KF70.A3/latest ed IC earlier editions Law Library
1981 to date
1996 to date
The Unified agenda
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
602) require that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas describing
regulatory actions they are developing or have recently completed. Agencies
of the United States Congress are not included. The agendas are published
in the Federal Register, usually during April and October each year, as part
of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The
Unified Agenda has appeared in the Federal Register twice each year since
1983 and is available electronically on GPO Access from 1994 forward.
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June 17, 2008
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