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Loislaw User’s Guide for Federal Statutory and
Regulatory Materials (as of December 5, 2000)
Federal Statutory Databases
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U.S. Code
Public Laws of the United States
Federal Regulatory Databases
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Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register
Source Information:
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U.S. Code, Loislaw receives source data from official U.S. Government sources
Public Laws of the United States, Loislaw receives source data from official U.S. Government
sources.
Code of Federal Regulations, Loislaw receives source data from official U.S. Government sources
Federal Register, Loislaw receives source data from official U.S. Government sources
Update information:
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The Public Laws of the United States database is utilized by Loislaw to update the U.S. Code.
Updating is accomplished by hyperlinks between the Public Law document and the U.S. Code
document that is amended by the Public Law.
The daily update to the Federal Register database is utilized by Loislaw to maintain the currency
of the Code of Federal Regulations. Updating is accomplished by editing the amended section of
the Code of Federal Regulations when the Federal Register indicates that a final regulation
amendment or addition has been approved.
Search tips:
U.S. Code:
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Search by Table of Contents:
The U.S. Code has a TABLE OF CONTENTS located at the top of search page (red
"button")
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Search by words or phrases:
In most cases, use only the following fields for searching:
*Search Entire Document:
*Statute Number / Heading:
Statute Text:
Statute History:
*Search Entire Document and Statute Number / Heading are the primary search fields for
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