UNITED STATES CODE
The United States Code contains a
consolidation and codification of the general and permanent laws of the
United States arranged according to subject
matter under 50 title headings, largely in alphabetical order. It sets out the
current status of the laws, as amended, without repeating all the language of
the amendatory acts except where necessary. The Code is declared to be prima
facie evidence of those laws. Its purpose is to present the laws in a concise
and usable form without requiring recourse to the many volumes of the Statutes
at Large containing the individual amendments. The Code is prepared by the Law
Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives. New editions are published
every six years and cumulative supplements are published after the conclusion of
each regular session of the Congress. The Code is also available in electronic
format on CD-ROM and the Internet. Twenty-four of the 50 titles have been
revised and enacted into positive law, and one title has been eliminated by
consolidation with another title. Titles that have been revised and enacted into
positive law are legal evidence of the law and may be updated by direct
amendment. Eventually all the titles will be revised and enacted into positive
law. .XXX HD093
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