GIO

Thank you for your question.

The U.S. Code is a compilation of all federal statutes that are currently in force, arranged by subject matter, so everything in it has been passed by Congress. Not every statute has to be signed by the president to pass, however—there may be statutes in this volume that were passed by overriding the president's veto.

You can find a copy of Title 18 U.S. Code Part I—Crimes at https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I

This part of the U.S. Code contains hundreds of individual statutes, and they were not all passed at the same time. To find out whether the president signed a specific statute, you can click on the individual statute on the website lined above and at the end of the statute it will give the date it was passed or amended, along with a citation to the Public Law number and/or the Statutes at Large. You can then look up the law in the Statutes at Large and it will tell you if and when the law was signed by the president.

Statutes dating back to 1995 can be browsed by public law number at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/plaw/

You can browse the Statutes at Large by Public Law number at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/plaw/

You may also be able to access compilations of public laws through a local law library or an academic or public library with a large legal collection. 

if you are looking for information on a specific statute and are having trouble finding it, let me know and I can look it up for you.

Read more about federal statutes at https://guides.loc.gov/federal-statutes

I hope this information is helpful. If this is not what you need, or if you should require any further assistance, please let us know.

Bobby Griffith

Government Information Reference Specialist
Eagle Commons Library
University of North Texas Libraries
Bobby.Griffith@unt.edu