All publications listed below are available for use in the State Library of Victoria. Acts An act is a bill that has been passed in identical form by both houses of Congress. It is then signed into law by the President. If a bill is not acted upon within ten days when Congress is in session, it automatically becomes law. Acts are also known as public laws.
Acts first appear as slip laws and are available on the Internet.
Loose acts are not held by the Library. It is published according to this new arrangement every six years, with annual supplements. The 1994 edition plus supplements of the US code is available on the Internet. This is a chronological arrangement of the laws enacted in each session of Congress. At the foot of each act is a reference to its passage through both houses of Congress and past the President.