U.S. Federal Government
Laws, Statutes and Regulations
Quick Guide
Federal Law
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United States Statutes at Large
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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/)
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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)
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United States Code (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/)
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Contains a consolidation and codification of the general and permanent
laws of the United States arranged according to subject matter under 50
title headings.
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Print call number: KF62 A2 Government Information reference
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See also: LexisNexis Congressional (http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/form/cong/s_legkeyword.html)
Federal Regulations
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U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/)
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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)
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Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/)
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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 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
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California Statutes (http://leginfo.ca.gov/statute.html)
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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)
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(Deerings) California Codes (http://leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html)
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Codified laws of California, supplemented by pocket parts.
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Print call number: KFC31, etc. Government Information Reference
California Regulations
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California Code of Regulations (http://www.calregs.com/)
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California executive agency regulations; looseleaf service.
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Location: Government Information reference Index Table.