A list of these 50 titles may be found on a separate page. The U.S. Code contains nearly all statues of general effect at the time the code was compiled. The most recent version of the U.S. Code that was released by the U.S. Government Printing Office in digital form carries a cutoff date of January 16, 1996. The structure of the U.S. Code is hierarchical. Title 16 is divided into Chapters 1 - 77.
Sections are the most important subdivision of the U.S. Code.
Title 16 of the U.S. Code is divided into Sections 1 - 5709. The usual notation in referring to a piece of the U.S. Code is something like 16 U.S.C. 2301. In this case the section referred to is Title 16, Section 2301 of the U.S. Code. Further subdivisions are possible. Although title 16 contains most conservation related statutes, a few may be found elsewhere.