Use the Statute at Large option on the Search by Number for to find documents by citation, public law number, chapter number or public resolution number. This form searches the Statutes at Large from 1789 to the present. The full text of the law is in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The Statutes at Large is updated annually.

Statutes at Large may be searched using Statutes at Large numbers, Public Law numbers, Chapter numbers, or Public Resolution numbers as follows:

Statutes at Large Number

Statutes at Large is the official compilation of legislation passed and signed into law during each session of Congress. A new volume, arranged sequentially in order of passage, is issued for each Congress. To retrieve documents using a Statutes at Large citation, you must know the volume and page number.

Public Law Number

Public laws are assigned sequential numbers within a Congress (for example, P.L.105-1) from Volume 32 (1901) to the present day.

Chapter

Public laws were assigned chapter numbers (often abbreviated as "chap." or "ch.") from Volumes 1 to 70 of the Statutes at Large (1789 to 1956). You can choose to search on a specific Congress or a specific date. In either case, you must supply a chapter number.

Public Resolution Number

Public laws were assigned public resolution numbers from Volumes 32 to 70 of the Statutes at Large (1901 to 1956). You can choose to search on a specific Congress or a specific date. In either case, you must supply a resolution number.