U.S. Code Titles THE POLL

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TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY

^^^ this

I'm guessing title 38 used to start with "PAY AND ALLOWANCES" as well and that's why it is where it is in the order.

Oh wait nope it was "Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief." mystery solved!

you have TITLE 40 (PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS - where all the EPA stuff is stashed) to thank for the lack of poop in your drinking water

I wonder if non-alphabetical entries mean those titles replaced defunct titles.

Well, I mean, INTOXICATING LIQUORS.

TITLE 69 YOUR MOM

That's when domestic security and arbitration come together

Any GENERAL PROVISIONS fans in the house?

bump

I am determined to have double digits in this poll god dammit
This is AMERICA

In before system robot

INDIANS

40-44 split the "Haha it looks like pubic" vote

but seriously

INTOXICATING LIQUORS

I was going to say

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I also want to do a deeper dive on TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS to figure out wtf Guamanians can't even vote for presidetn.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I see nobody here gives two shits about the brave patriots who volunteered to die for our great country

Which of you pocket protector wearing geeks voted "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"

don't look at me I voted for RAILROADS

https://legcounsel.house.gov/HOLC/Drafting_Legislation/Drafting_Guide.html#IIB

The easiest way to understand this distinction is to look at the purpose and history of the U.S. Code. The only organizing principle behind the slip laws, and thus the Statutes at Large, is chronology. This makes it very difficult to find the law on a particular topic using those sources. Beginning in 1926, the U.S. Code was published to organize the laws by subject matter and make them more accessible. The first editions of the Code were simply restatements of the laws being organized; they did not actually take the place of those laws. If there was a conflict between a Code provision and the underlying statutory provision, the statute controlled.

In 1947, Congress began the process of enacting titles of the Code into law and repealing the underlying statutes, a process that continues today. The provisions of a title so enacted become “positive” law, and the underlying statutory provisions can no longer be used to rebut them. One can quickly see the status of a title by looking at the first page after the title page of any volume of the Code or at the Search & Browse page on the Office of the Law Revision Counsel's website. Those titles marked with an asterisk have been enacted into positive law.

Our Office generally tries to organize the content of a bill, and provisions within a bill, according to the template below. We do not always follow this template, but it is often our starting point when we think about how to put together a draft.

• General rule: State the main message.
• Exceptions: Describe the persons or things to which the main message does not apply.
• Special rules: Describe the persons or things to which the main message applies in a different way or for which there is a different message.
• Transitional rules.
• Other provisions.
• Definitions.
• Effective date (if appropriate).
• “Authorization of appropriations” provisions (if appropriate).