More U.S. Statutes at Large Online

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released volumes 95-115 of the United States Statutes at Large, which spans from 1981 through 2002 (97th-107th Congresses). FDsys now provides access to all available United States Statutes at Large content from 1951 through 2007 (82nd – 110th Congresses).   The United States Statutes at Large is the official source for the laws and resolutions passed by Congress. Publication began in 1845 by the private firm of Little, Brown and Company under authority granted by a joint resolution of Congress. In 1874, Congress transferred the authority to publish the Statutes at Large to the Government Printing Office, which has been responsible for producing the set since that time. Every law, public and private, ever enacted by the Congress is published in the Statutes at Large in order of the date of its passage. Until 1948, all treaties and international agreements approved by the Senate were also published in the set.