1. Federal Statutes
Slip Laws

3. Federal Statutes - Slip Laws
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4. Statutes at Large

5. Codified and Uncodified

6. Positive Law
Titles:
1, 3, 4, 5, 9,10,11,13,14,17,18,
23, 26, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37,38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 46, 49, 51, 54 

7. Free Access to the U. S. Code

8. Paid Access to the U. S. Code
Westlaw Lexis
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What is missing – Annotations
Go to westlaw and show usca usca index popular names
Westlawnext
Search on usca – look at I
What are fields
Search = salmon - over 300
Prelim(salmon) = 75 add impact because looking for a law on the salmon fisheries and the impacts of enhancement on commercial, recreation and fishing by native Americans with treaties get to
16 U.S.C.A. § 3322
Try lexis advance
Go to Lexis online – show how to get to codes
Federal legal on left to uscs
Check I for name of selector history – does not work well- it is narrower than prelim in westlaw
salmon /25 impact+
Can drill down in lx advance – show federal jurisdiction – can’t get to just the code – search all legislative materials – but you do get there
Go to bloomberg- no field restrictions but can do the same search – get 2 answers! One is right

9. Citators for Statutes

10. Executive Orders & Federal Legislative History

11. Executive Orders
Executive orders and proclamations are directives or actions by the President.
When they are founded on the authority of the President derived from the Constitution or statute, they may have the force and effect of law....

12. Paid Versions

14. Finding Bills in Congress

15. Getting Started With the Public Law and Bill Numbers

17. Finding the Legislative Documents

18. Finding the Legislative History Documents

19. Complete Federal Legislative Histories
Help from Compilers
Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories (Hein) Legislative Histories on Legislative Insight
LLSDC: Legislative Histories on the Internet Lexis
GAO Legislative Histories on Westlaw and Wise Law Library Catalog

20. Keeping Current
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21. How Are Legislative Histories Used?
Statutes and Statutory Construction