Legislative Research X Laws and Regulations. If you are familiar with how to find information about laws and regulations, you can skip this section . Laws Laws are passed by Congress. They define overall objectives and appropriations.
New laws are often amendments to previous laws and can be difficult to read.
Congressional Universe indexes new public laws since 1969 and provides the full text since 1988. It is only available to University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff from campus workstations, from home using the University's private Ann Arbor phone number, or through the remote server. The United States Code has the text of all laws in force, arranged into 50 titles or subjects. New laws are divided by subject and amendments are incorporated into existing laws. It is easier to read than individual new laws but difficult to search via computer due to the number of search results.