U.S. Federal Government
Laws, Statutes and Regulations
Quick Guide
Federal Law
- United States Statutes at Large
- Permanent collection of the laws passed in each session of Congress in
bound volumes.
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Print call number: KF50 .U55 Government Information Reference
Holdings: 1939 to current; older volumes in microfiche collection under
the same call number.
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Online: GPO Access,
104th Congress to present
(http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html)
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See also: Statutes
at Large 1789-1875 via American Memory
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html)
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See also: Public
laws back to 93rd Congress, 1973 on Thomas
(http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109/d109laws.html)
- United States
Code
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
- Contains a consolidation and codification of the general and permanent
laws of the United States arranged according to subject matter under 50
title headings.
- Print call number: KF62 .A2 Government Information reference
- See also:
LexisNexis Congressional
(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/form/cong/s_legkeyword.html)
Federal Regulations
- U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
- All Federal regulations from ececutive agencies, arranged or codified,
by subject; updated annually.
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Print call number: KF62 .A6 Government Information Reference
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See also:
LexisNexis Congressional
(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/form/cong/s_regkeyword.html)
- Federal Register
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
- Daily register of new and proposed Federal regulations and notices.
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Print call number: J1 .A2 Government Information reference, current year,
previous years in microform:
- 1983-current microfiche
- 1960-182 microprint
- 1936-1959 microfilm
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See also: Regulations.gov
(http://www.regulations.gov/) -
read, review and comment on new or proposed Federal regulations online.
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See also:
LexisNexis Congressional
(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/form/cong/s_regkeyword.html)
Federal
Register, 1980 - current
(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/form/cong/s_regkeyword.html)
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See also: HeinOnline
(http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=fedreg)
California Law
- California Statutes
- http://leginfo.ca.gov/statute.html
- Laws passed by the California legislature in each year since 1851.
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Print call number: JK8765 .A51 Government Information
Reference (volume 1, 1849, is in Special collections)
- (Deerings) California Codes
- http://leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
- Codified laws of California, supplemented by pocket parts.
- Print call number: KFC31, etc. Government Information
Reference
California Regulations
- California Code of Regulations
- http://www.calregs.com/
- California executive agency regulations; looseleaf service.
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Location: Government Information reference Index Table.