United States Code Titles
From 1947, specific titles of the Code have been revised, codified and enacted into law by Congress while repealing prior law.
Positive Law
A comprehensive review of positive law compilation is available here.
About half of the titles have been enacted into positive law without any intended (usually)
substantive changes. But, since statutes have to be grouped together and made consistent with one another, it is done a considerable amount of editing, including, in some cases, substantive change. This happens, for example, when the codifier (the Office of Law Revision Counsel) compile one general definition section to apply to what were formerly different statutes.
Provisions omited
Omitted parts of a statute, by a revised, codified, or enacted title of the U.S. Code, that are considered (the parts) unnecessary by the Office of Law Revision Counsel but have
not been specifically repealed within the law enacting a positive law title of the Code
(or elsewhere), are statutory provisions still valid (still valid law).
Courts have generally stated that it is not to be inferred that Congress intended substantive or minor changes in a piece of legislation unless it is clearly stated in the codified law or in a reviser’s note.
US Code Titles List
US Code 51 Titles are:
- Title 1 – General Provisions
- Title 2 – The Congress
- Title 3 – The President
- Title 4 – Flag and Seal Seat of Government and the States
- Title 5 – Government Organization and Employees
- Title 6 – Domestic Security
- Title 7 – Agriculture
- Title 8 – Aliens And Nationality
- Title 9 – Arbitration
- Title 10 – Armed Fores
- Title 11 – Bankruptcy
- Title 12 – Banks and Banking
- Title 13 – Census
- Title 14 – Coast Guard
- Title 15 – Commerce and Trade
- Title 16 – Conservation
- Title 17 – Copyrights
- Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure
- Title 19 – Customs Duties
- Title 20 – Education
- Title 21 – Food and Drugs
- Title 22 – Foreign Relations and Intercourse
- Title 23 – Highways
- Title 24 – Hospitals and Asylums
- Title 25 – Indians
- Title 26 – Internal Revenue Code
- Title 27 – Intoxicating Liquors
- Title 28 – Judiciary And Judicial Procedure
- Title 29 – Labor
- Title 30 – Mineral Lands and Mining
- Title 31 – Money and Finance
- Title 32 – National Guard
- Title 33 – Navigation And Navigable Waters
- Title 35 – Patents
- Title 36 – Patriotic and National Observances Ceremonies and Organizations
- Title 37 – Pay And Allowances Of The Uniformed Services
- Title 38 – Veterans Benefits
- Title 39 – Postal Service
- Title 40 – Public Buildings Property And Works
- Title 41 – Public Contracts
- Title 42 – The Public Health And Welfare
- Title 43 – Public Lands
- Title 44 – Public Printing and Documents
- Title 45 – Railroads
- Title 46 – Shipping
- Title 47 – Telegraphs Telephones and Radiotelegraphs
- Title 48 – Territories and Insular Possessions
- Title 49 – Transportation
- Title 50 – War and National Defense
- Title 51 – National and Commercial Space Programs
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