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Public and Private Laws

quote Public and private laws are also known as slip laws. A slip law is an official publication of the law and is competent evidence admissible in all state and Federal courts and tribunals of the United States. Public laws affect society as a whole, while private laws affect an individual, family, or small group.

FDsys - Browse Public and Private Laws . (2018). Gpo.gov. Retrieved 22 March 2018, from https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAW link-external

info Click here to learn more about slip laws.

quote After the President signs a bill into law, it is delivered to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) where it is assigned a law number, legal statutory citation (public laws only), and prepared for publication as a slip law. Private laws receive their legal statutory citations when they are published in the United States Statutes at Large.

Prior to publication as a slip law, OFR also prepares marginal notes and citations for each law, and a legislative history for public laws only. Until the slip law is published, through the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), the text of the law can be found by accessing the enrolled version of the bill. About Public and Private Laws.

FDsys - Browse Public and Private Laws . (2018). Gpo.gov. Retrieved 22 March 2018, from https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAW

govinfo.PublicAndPrivateLaws

info All URIs are relative to https://www.govinfo.gov/link link-external.

Method HTTP request Description
plawBillFetchUsingGET GET /plaw/{congress}/{associatedbillnum} Query: associated bill number, congress
plawStatuteFetchUsingGET GET /plaw/{statutecitation} Query: Statutes at Large citation
plawTypeFetchUsingGET GET /plaw/{congress}/{lawtype}/{lawnum} Query: congress, law type, law number

plawBillFetchUsingGETGET

Object plawBillFetchUsingGET(congress, associatedbillnum, opts)

Query: associated bill number, congress

Example

const { PublicAndPrivateLaws } = require('govinfo-link-js')

const api = new PublicAndPrivateLaws()

const congress = 56 // Number | This is the numerical Congress number. Sample value is 111.

const associatedbillnum = 'associatedbillnum_example' // String | Public and private laws are associated with a primary bill number. The primary bill number is listed at the beginning of the law. Sample value is S. 3397.

const opts = {
  linkType: 'linkType_example' // String | This is the format of the returned document. Default is pdf. Other values are html, mods, premis, details, related.
}

const callback = (error, data, response) => {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error)
  } else {
    console.log(`SUCCESS: ${JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)}`)
  }
}
api.plawBillFetchUsingGET(congress, associatedbillnum, opts, callback)

Parameters

Name Type Description Notes
congress Number This is the numerical Congress number. Sample value is 111.
associatedbillnum String Public and private laws are associated with a primary bill number. The primary bill number is listed at the beginning of the law. Sample value is S. 3397.
linkType String This is the format of the returned document. Default is pdf. Other values are html, mods, premis, details, related. [optional]

Return type

Object

Authorization

No authorization required.

HTTP request headers

  • Content-Type: application/json
  • Accept: /

plawStatuteFetchUsingGETGET

Object plawStatuteFetchUsingGET(statutecitation, opts)

Query: Statutes at Large citation

Example

const { PublicAndPrivateLaws } = require('govinfo-link-js')

const api = new PublicAndPrivateLaws()

const statutecitation = 'statutecitation_example' // String | A Statutes at Large citation is listed at the top of each page of a law. Use a + (plus sign) in place of spaces in the citation. Sample value is 124+stat+2859.

const opts = {
  linkType: 'linkType_example' // String | This is the format of the returned document. Default is pdf. Other values are html, mods, premis, details, related.
}

const callback = (error, data, response) => {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error)
  } else {
    console.log(`SUCCESS: ${JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)}`)
  }
}
api.plawStatuteFetchUsingGET(statutecitation, opts, callback)

Parameters

Name Type Description Notes
statutecitation String A Statutes at Large citation is listed at the top of each page of a law. Use a + (plus sign) in place of spaces in the citation. Sample value is 124+stat+2859.
linkType String This is the format of the returned document. Default is pdf. Other values are html, mods, premis, details, related. [optional]

Return type

Object

Authorization

No authorization required.

HTTP request headers

  • Content-Type: application/json
  • Accept: /

plawTypeFetchUsingGETGET

Object plawTypeFetchUsingGET(congress, lawtype, lawnum, opts)

Query: congress, law type, law number

Example

const { PublicAndPrivateLaws } = require('govinfo-link-js')

const api = new PublicAndPrivateLaws()

const congress = 56 // Number | This is the numerical Congress number. Sample value is 111.

const lawtype = 'lawtype_example' // String | This is the law type. Laws can either be public laws or private laws. Values are public, private.

const lawnum = 56 // Number | This is the numerical law number. Laws are numbered consecutively within each law type within a Congress. Sample value is 78.

const opts = {
  linkType: 'linkType_example' // String | This is the format of the returned document. Default is pdf. Other values are html, mods, premis, details, related.
}

const callback = (error, data, response) => {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error)
  } else {
    console.log(`SUCCESS: ${JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)}`)
  }
}
api.plawTypeFetchUsingGET(congress, lawtype, lawnum, opts, callback)

Parameters

Name Type Description Notes
congress Number This is the numerical Congress number. Sample value is 111.
lawtype String This is the law type. Laws can either be public laws or private laws. Values are public, private.
lawnum Number This is the numerical law number. Laws are numbered consecutively within each law type within a Congress. Sample value is 78.
linkType String This is the format of the returned document. Default is pdf. Other values are html, mods, premis, details, related. [optional]

Return type

Object

Authorization

No authorization required.

HTTP request headers

  • Content-Type: application/json
  • Accept: /