Sample Searches and URLs for United States Statutes at Large

The government publications in FDsys can be searched using the Simple Search Box and the Advanced Search page. Once results are displayed, you can narrow your search results by clicking on links in the Narrow Your Search panel on the left hand side of the page. The sections under Narrow Your Search correspond to the metadata available for the documents. Collection specific links to narrow your search results will be displayed after you click on one of the collection under the Collection category.

Retrieve by Citation search can be used to retrieve documents in PDF format if you know the citation of the document. The collections can also be browsed in the Browse Government Publications area.

The following sections give examples of searches that you may want to use for the United States Statutes at Large collection in FDsys. Additional sample searches for each collection can be found in the collection specific sections of this manual. This is intended to be used with the FDsys Public Search User Manual, which gives step-by-step instructions on how to perform searches and also contains additional sample searches.

Search Statutes at Large by Statutes at Large Citation

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents cited as 120 stat. 1257.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and citation:"120 stat. 1257"
collection:statutes citation:"120 stat. 1257"

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Statutes at Large from Available Collections in the box
Click Add to add Statutes at Large to the Selected Collections box
Select Citation under Search In
Enter 120 stat. 1257" in textbox marked for

Search Statutes at Large by Public Law Citation

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents for Public Law 109-28.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and plawcitation:"Public Law 109-28"
collection:statutes plawcitation:"Public Law 109-28"

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Statutes at Large from Available Collections in the box
Click Add to add Statutes at Large to the Selected Collections box
Select Public Law Citation under Search In
Enter "Public Law 109-28" in textbox marked for

Search Statutes at Large by Associated Bill Citation

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents associated with H.R. 1.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and associatedbills:"H.R. 1"
collection:statutes associatedbills:"H.R. 1"

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Statutes at Large from Available Collections in the box
Click Add to add Statutes at Large to the Selected Collections box
Select Associated Bill Citation under Search In
Enter "H.R. 1" in textbox marked for

Search Statutes at Large by United States Code Citation

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents with 22 U.S.C. 2151 as the United States Code citation.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and uscodecitation:"22 U.S.C. 2151"
collection:statutes uscodecitation:"22 U.S.C. 2151"

Search Statutes at Large by Keyword

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents with compensation in the full text of the publication.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and compensation
collection:statutes compensation

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Statutes at Large from Available Collections in the box
Click Add to add Statutes at Large to the Selected Collections box

Select Full Text of Publications and Metadata from Search in: pull down menu
Enter compensation in the textbox marked for

Search Statutes at Large by Popular Name

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents with The Patriot Act as the popoular title.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and popularname:"The Patriot Act"
collection:statutes popularname:"The Patriot Act"

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Statutes at Large from Available Collections in the box
Click Add to add Statutes at Large to the Selected Collections box
Select Popular Name under Search In
Enter The Patriot Act in the textbox marked for

Search Statutes at Large by Legislation Type

These examples will search for Statutes at Large documents that are Proclamations.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter

collection:statutes and legtype:proclamation
collection:statutes legtype:proclamation

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Statutes at Large from Available Collections in the box
Click Add to add Statutes at Large to the Selected Collections box
Select Legislation Type under Search In
Select Proclamations from the pulldown menu marked for

Sample United States Statutes at Large URLs

FDsys uses two key pieces of information to construct predictable URLs to documents and the More Information pages. The Package ID is used to identify an individual yearly volume of the United States Statutes at Large. The Granule ID is used to identify individual document that exist within the volume.

Identifier

Structure/Metadata Field

Example

Package ID

STATUTE-{Volume Number}

STATUTE-120

Granule ID

Front Matter:

{Package ID}-FrontMatter-Pg{First Page Number}

Other Granules:

{Package ID}-Pg{First Page Number}{Sequence Number}

Back Matter:

{Package ID}-BackMatter-Pg{First Page Number}

Note: Sequence Number is only used if there are more than one granule with the same First Page Number. The first granule will not have a Sequence Number and the second would have a Sequence Number of 2.

Front Matter:

STATUTE-120-FrontMatter-Pgi

Other Granules:

STATUTE-120-Pg3754

STATUTE-120-Pg3754-2

Back Matter:

STATUTE-120-BackMatter-Pg3926

More Information Page for a United States Statutes at Large Volume

Structure: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/{Package ID}/content-detail.html

Example:http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-120/content-detail.html

PDF File for a United States Statutes at Large Volume

Structure: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/{Package ID}/pdf/{Package ID}.pdf