United States Statutes at Large

Content

The United States Statutes at Large, commonly known as the
Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and
resolutions enacted during each session of Congress.

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. Each volume contains
a list of public laws, concurrent resolutions, proclamations, and a subject index.

Holdings

The United States Statutes at Large is located in Legal Reference Area (call number AE 2.111:) in the Government & Geographic Information and Data Services Department. The Department holds the Statutes at Large in paper from the first Congress (1789) to the most current edition. There is also an on-line version of the United States Statutes at Large covering the 108th Congress (2003)-present from GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/statutes/index.html).

Northwestern University

University Library

Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department

Summer 2007