Congressional Publications
Federal Laws & Acts of Congress -- Arranged by Subject
Major Acts of CongressCall Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- KF 154.M35 2004"examines landmark pieces of legislation, explaining the historical factors that led to the proposal of each act, looking at the adoption process and assessing each act's impact on American life."
Landmark Legislation 1774-2012: Major U.S. Acts & TreatiesCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- JK1021.S733 2014
U.S. Code Annotated (USCA) -- Reference KF 62 .U6
- U.S. Code Service (USCS)Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 62 1972 .L38"the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles."
- United States Code (1994+)Call Number: UCF Main Library U.S. Documents - 1st Floor -- Y 1.2/5:UCF Library retains latest two print editions only
"the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles."
- Shepard's Federal Statute CitationsCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- KF78.S56provides a list of references to legal authorities for the U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, Statutes at Large, U.S. treaties, and other federal documents
Federal Laws & Acts of Congress -- Arranged by Year
Legislative Histories provides step-by-step instructions for researching the history of a public law.
Slip Laws -- current uncompiled laws
- U.S. Documents AE 2.110:
- Public Laws are initially published chronologically in pamphlet form.
- Later compiled as U.S. Statutes at Large
Statutes at Large (Stat.) and Public Laws (P.L.) - "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. Also included in the United States Statutes at Large are concurrent resolutions, proclamations by the President, proposed and ratified amendments to the Constitution, and reorganization plans. Until 1948, treaties and international agreements approved by the Senate were also published in the Statutes at Large."
- Online version (vol.1, 1789+)
- 1973+ Public Laws (vol. 87, 93rd Congress, 1973+)
- 1995+ Public & Private Laws (vol. 109, 104th Congress, 1995+)
- 1951-2009 digitized Statutes at Large (vol. 65, 82nd Congress, 1951+)
- 1789-1875 Online
- U.S. Documents AE 2.111: (vol. 98, 1984+)
- U.S. Documents GS 4.111: (vol. 35-97, 1907-1983)
- U.S. Documents Microfiche AE 2.111: (vol. 1-79, 1789-1965)
U.S. Code Congressional & Administrative News (USCCAN)
- Reference KF 62 .A2 W4 (1966+)
- The full text of each Public Law is provided, arranged sequentially by number.
- UCF holdings begin with P.L. 89-350 (1966).
- The first volumes in each year contain the actual text of the Public Laws. The subsequent volumes in each year often contain the full text of one or two of the significant committee reports about each Public Law and sometimes include the text of the Signing Statement from the President.