Editing United States Code (section)

{{Short description|Codification of U.S. federal statutes}}
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[[File:United States Code 2012 Official Edition.jpg|thumb|right|A few volumes of the official 2012 edition of the United States Code]]

The '''United States Code''' (formally '''The Code of Laws of the United States of America''')<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yenfTdn5M5QC&pg=PA1 The Code of Laws of the United States of America], Pub. L. No. 69-440, 44 Stat. part 1 at 1 (1926).</ref> is the official [[Codification (law)|codification]] of the general and permanent [[Law of the United States#Federal law|federal statutes]] of the [[United States]].<ref name="Olson 1999 146">{{cite book|last=Olson|first=Kent C.|title=Legal Information: How to Find It, How to Use It|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|location=Phoenix|isbn=0897749634|page=[https://archive.org/details/legalinformation00kent/page/146 146]|url=https://archive.org/details/legalinformation00kent/page/146}}</ref> It contains 53 titles, which are organized into numbered sections.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1068 |title=Public Law No: 113-287, Enacted title 54, United States Code, "National Park Service and Related Programs", as positive law. |access-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329173701/https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1068 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Title 34 ''(Navy)'' was repealed, but the numbering system was retained until the creation of a new Title 34 in 2017. See [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ USC Table of Contents] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805053116/http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text |date=August 5, 2012 }}.</ref> 

The U.S. Code is published by the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]' [[Office of the Law Revision Counsel]]. New editions are published every six years, with cumulative supplements issued each year.<ref name="Olson 1999 146" /><ref name="USC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/about.html |title=United States Code |access-date=February 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216204602/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/about.html |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="gpo.gov">[http://www.gpo.gov/help/about_united_states_code.htm About United States Code] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002185723/http://www.gpo.gov/help/about_united_states_code.htm |date=October 2, 2017 }}. Gpo.gov. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.</ref> The official version of these laws appears in the ''[[United States Statutes at Large]]'', a chronological, uncodified compilation.