Online Resources
- Popular Names of Acts in the US Code [Cornell Legal Information Institute]
- Table of Popular Names [FindLaw]
Print Resources
- Shepard's Acts And Cases By Popular Names: Federal And State
REFERENCE KF90 .S52 1999 and Supplement
Note: Hardbound volumes include laws passed through 1999.
Note:Supplement (softcover) gives most recent laws.
Note:USC citation, Public Law number, and Statute number are given.
- United States Code Annotated: Popular Name Table
REFERENCE KF62 .W48x Popu 2009
Note:See Supplement volumes for recent public laws.
- United States Code: Containing the general and permanent laws of the United States, in force . . .
DOCS/US Y 1.2/5:
Note: See volume with POPULAR NAMES on the spine (follows Title 50 volume).
Note: See Supplement volumes for recent public laws.
- United States Code Congressional And Administrative News
REFERENCE KF63 .U5x CATALOG RECORD
For laws passed 1946-date.
Each year has separate volumes – you need to know year law was passed.
In volume for appropriate year, see TABLE OF CONTENTS for POPULAR NAME ACTS- Example: Megan’s Law was passed in 1996. Go to 1996 volume, find TABLE OF CONTENTS, search for POPULAR NAMES ACTS and then MEGAN'S LAW.
POPULAR NAME ACTS entry gives page number in USCCAN of complete text of the law.
Note: USCCAN also gives legislative histories of major legislation in a separate volume: Megan’s Law is in: REFERENCE KF63 .U5x 1996/Volume 4, page 980.
- Example: Megan’s Law was passed in 1996. Go to 1996 volume, find TABLE OF CONTENTS, search for POPULAR NAMES ACTS and then MEGAN'S LAW.
California Laws by Popular Name
- Shepard's Acts And Cases By Popular Names: Federal And State
REFERENCE KF90 .S52 1999 and Supplement
Note: Hardbound volumes include laws passed through 1999.
Note: Supplement (softcover) gives most recent laws.
Note: USC citation, Public Law number, and Statute number are given.
Finding Where a Law Appears in USCA
- United States Code Annotated
- Go to U.S.C.A. TABLES volume (after the GENERAL INDEX volumes) and see TABLE OF CONTENTS to find TABLE __. STATUTES AT LARGE. Note: This table lists statutes and public laws by number and gives the citations to the U.S. Code sections where the laws are found.
- For example, Megan’s Law was passed May 17, 1996 as Public law 104-145 (110 STAT 1345).
- USCA Supplement dated September 1996 covers public laws 104-134 to 104-160.
Table III. Statutes at Large shows that Megan’s Law has been codified in 42 USCA 13701 and 42 USCA 14071.