In theUnited States, aslip law is an individualAct of Congress which is either apublic law (Pub.L.) or aprivate law (Pvt.L.). Slip laws are published as softcover unboundpamphlets, each with its own individualpagination.[1] They are part of a three-part model forpublication offederal statutes consisting of slip laws,session laws, andcodification. Session laws are compiled into theStatutes at Large (Stat.), and codification results in theUnited States Code (U.S.C.).
Public and private laws are prepared and published by theOffice of the Federal Register (OFR) of theNational Archives and Records Administration (NARA).[2] At the end of a Congressional session, slip laws are compiled into theStatutes at Large, which are called "session laws", published by theGovernment Printing Office (GPO).[2] Today, most of the public laws, but not private laws, are drafted as amendments to the United States Code.
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Public and private laws are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ...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. ...At the end of each session of Congress, the slip laws are compiled into bound volumes called theStatutes at Large, and they are known as 'session laws.' ...Every six years, public laws are incorporated into the United States Code, which is a codification of all general and permanent laws of the United States. A supplement to the United States Code is published during each interim year until the next comprehensive volume is published.