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United States Code

The United States Code (USC) is the official codification of the laws of the United States. It is the topical compilation of what is printed in the Statutes at Large. For more information about the United States Code, go to this research guide: Using the United States Code.

Legal Information Institute at Cornell
Current edition, but updating is delayed.

Code of Federal Regulations

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. For more information about the CFR, try this research guide: Locating Federal Regulations.

GPO Access. 1995-date
Legal Information Institute at Cornell. Current edition .

To find information online on how to update the CFR, use the List of Sections Affected (LSA).

Federal Register

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. For more information about the Federal Register, go to this research guide: Locating Federal Regulations.

(1995-present)

Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Code
Title 26, US Code; full-text.

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