The Statutes at Large sources include United States Statutes at Large and USCS Statutes at Large Table.
The United States Statutes at Large includes public laws, treaties, Presidential Proclamation, private laws, resolutions, and reorganization plans published by the United States Congress. The United States Statutes at Large citation uses the volume and page number. For example, 85 Stat. 334 indicates that section is on page 334 of volume 85 of the Statutes at Large.
Search this source by cite, title, popular names, and/or synopsis of the law.
Coverage of the Statutes at Large begins in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence (1 Stat. 1). Documents in this source are available as PDFs of the original source format.
Run the following search to find the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
Category: Statutes and Legislation
Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal
Category: Public Laws/ALS
Source: USCS Statutes at Large
The USCS Statutes at Large Table lists the location of the public laws sections in the United States Code Service. The table cross-references the public law sections, with the Statutes at Large citation, and the USCS code section.
The process of codifying a section of a public law is often referred to as classification, but not all the sections in a public law are codified. The USCS Statutes at Large Table also list the status of each section i.e. amended, unclassified, new, etc. The table also indicates whether a public law section was added in the text of a USCS codes section or whether it was added as a note within that section.
The following search illustrates a common method of finding information in the Statutes at Large Table.
Run the following search to find where section 1(a) of Public Law 111-148 is codified:
Category: Statutes and Legislation
Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal
Category: Codes
Source: USCS Statutes at Large Table