United States Code

Package ID

USCODE-{Year}-title{Title Number}

USCODE-2009-title2

USCODE-2006-title45

Granule ID

Main Appendix Granule:

{Package ID}-app

Regular Appendix Granule:

{Package ID}-toc

{Package ID}-front

Regular Title Granules:

The structure of the United States Code varies from title to title. Because of this, the identifiers created are reliant upon the structure that exists for that individual title. To accomplish this, the URL for individual granules may also use the Parent ID of the parent granule that it falls beneath.

{Parent ID}-{Granule Label Value}{Granule Number}

Notes:

1. The Granule Label Values can be found in the table below.

2. Parent ID is the Package ID or Granule ID of the granule’s immediate parent.

3. If the resulting Granule ID is a duplicate then append “-dup#” to the end, where “#” is an integer representing the duplicate number. Examples: -dup1, -dup2

4. For granules one level below the title level that do not match any of the Granule Labels in the table below, the Granule Label Value is the granule’s title – converted to lowercase, with non-alphanumeric characters removed – up to 10 characters in length.

5. Granule Number can be blank.

Main Appendix Granule:

USCODE-2008-title28-app

USCODE-2008-title28-toc

USCODE-2008-title28-front

Regular Title Granules:

Front matter of USC Title 17:

USCODE-2004-title17-front

Part 2 of the USC Title:

USCODE-2008-title35-part2

Part A of Subtitle 1:

USCODE-2008-title36-subtitle1-partA

Part B of a Subchapter 3-A of Chapter 6A:

USCODE-2008-title42-chap6A-subchap3-A-partB

Subpart a of Part 1 of Division B of Subchapter I pf Chapter 129:

USCODE-2008-title42-chap129-subchapI-divsnB-part1-subparta

Subtitle child of the USC Title:

USCODE-2008-title26-subtitleK

Subtitle B of Subchapter 3 of Chapter 18:

USCODE-2008-title29-chap18-subchap1-subtitleB

Part 1 of Subtitle E of Subchapter 3 of Chapter 18:

USCODE-2008-title29-chap18-subchap3-subtitleE-part1

Rule 1 of Title 1 of a heading-less node in an appendix:

USCODE-2008-title28a-node94-title1-rule1 (94 is a made up identifier for the heading-less node, which would come from its sequence number).

Section 1 of a heading-less node in an appendix:

USCODE-2008-title5a-node137-sec1 (Sections in appendices are not unique; this is the second Sec. 1 in this appendix.)

Section 181 of the USC Title:

USCODE-2008-title13-sec181 (Even though this section is a child of a subchapter, a section in the main USC Title file is unique and doesn’t need the parent hierarchy.)

subtitle

subtitle

chapter

chap

subchapter

subchap

part

part

subpart

subpart

division

divsn

section

sec

appendix

app

title

title

rule

rule

form

form

article

article

toc

toc

frontmatter

front

other

other

Collection

The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or series.

collection:

collection:uscode

Government Author

The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the document.

governmentauthor:

governmentauthor:"Office of the Law Revision Counsel"

Publication Date

The date the document was first made available to the public.

publishdate:

publishdate:2008-01-01

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Language

The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.

language:

language:en

Former Package ID

The document ID of the "package" as originally specified on www.gpoaccess.gov.

formerpkgid:

formerpkgid:10USC

SuDoc Class Number

The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government publications by publishing agency.

sudocclass:

sudocclass:"Y 1.2/5:"

The SuDoc Class Numbers in govinfo are typically at the class stem level, not the book number level.

Ingestion Date

The date the document was ingested into the FDsys preservation repository.

ingestdate:

ingestdate:2010-04-12

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Electronic Location (URL)

The URL where the document or the document in context (the content detail page) is located.

url:

url:"pkg/USCODE-2006-title1/pdf/USCODE-2006-title1-chap1-sec4.pdf"

Publisher

The government organization who publishes the document or publication. Not typically the Government Publishing Office (who serves as the printer and distributor), except in the case of Congressional publications.

publisher:

publisher:"u.s. government printing office"

Branch

The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.

branch:

branch:legislative

Possible Values: executive, legislative, judicial

Type of Resource

The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress MODS standard.

typeofresource:

typeofresource:text

WAIS Database Name

The name of the WAIS database to which the document belonged in the former GPO Access system.

waisdbname:

waisdbname:2006_uscode

Record Origin

How the record was originally generated. Typically "machine generated."

recordorigin:

recordorigin:"machine generated"

Title

The title of the publication.

title:

title:maritime

U.S. Code Title Number

U.S. Code Title Number, an integer number from 1 to 51.

usctitlenum:

usctitlenum:2

U.S. Code Chapter Number

U.S. Code Chapter number, which could be either a roman numeral (such as IV) or an Arabic number as specified by the chapter within the title.

uscchnum:

uscchnum:55A

U.S. Code Section Number

The U.S. Code section number.

uscsectionnum:

uscsectionnum:8906

U.S. Code Appendix Section Number

The U.S. Code section number, for appendix sections.

uscappendixsectionnum:

uscappendixsectionnum:7

U.S. Code Heading

Search for the heading, for example "part 2", "subpart I", “chapter 9”, or "Division A".

heading:

heading:"chapter 9"

U.S. Code Chapter Heading

The heading for the U.S. Code chapter that contains the section.

uscchheading:

uscchheading:"chapter 9"

U.S. Code Chapter Title

The subject title text for the U.S. Code chapter that contains the section.

uscchtitle:

uscchtitle:(Election of Senators)

U.S. Code Part Heading

The heading for the U.S. Code part that contains the section.

uscpartheading:

uscpartheading:(Part I)

U.S. Code Part Title

The subject title text for the U.S. Code part that contains the section.

uscparttitle:

uscparttitle:Agencies

U.S. Code Appendix Title

The subject title text for the U.S. Code Title Appendix that contains the leaf node.

uscapptitle:

uscapptitle:appendix

Disposition

The disposition of the USC section. Any granule whose diposition is not otherwise specified is set to "standard".

uscdisposition:

uscdisposition:repealed

Possible Values: repealed, omitted, transferred, abrogated, eliminated, not used, reserved, standard

Short Title

The short title of the bill or the more commonly known title rather than the official long title.

shorttitle:

shorttitle:"head start act"

U.S. Code Source Credit

The source credit, which is given parentheses in U.S. Code elements.

uscsourcecredit:

uscsourcecredit:"Dec. 1, 1981"

U.S. Code Change of Name

Editorial note indicating a change of name for an agency, position, committee, or other entity.

uscchangeofname:

uscchangeofname:"porto rico"

U.S. Code Amendments

Editorial note identifying modifications to the original text.

uscamendments:

uscamendments:act

U.S. Code Effective Date

Editorial note containing a statement regarding the effective date of an act, section, etc.

usceffectivedate:

usceffectivedate:1977

U.S. Code Codification Text

Editorial note containing the codification text for an element in the U.S. Code.

usccodification:

usccodification:"railroad retirement"

U.S. Code References in Text

Editorial note providing clarification regarding an entity in the text.

uscreferencesintext:

uscreferencesintext:"was in the"

U.S. Code Transfer of Functions

Editorial note containing information about responsibilities or activities transferred from one entity and given to another.

usctransferoffunctions:

usctransferoffunctions:functions

Citation

The GPO standard method for searching citation references from the selected publication.

citation:

citation:"5 U.S.C. 8906"

Congressional Report Citation

Citation references to Congressional Reports.

crptcitation:

crptcitation:"H. Rept. 95-595"

Public and Private Law Citation

Citation references to Public or Private Laws.

plawcitation:

plawcitation:"public law 110-2"

United States Code Citation

Citation references to the United States Code.

uscodecitation:

uscodecitation:"42 u.s.c. 5841"

Statutes at Large Citation

Citation references to Statutes at Large.

statutecitation:

statutecitation:"88 Stat. 1242"

Federal Register Citation

Reference to the Federal Register, in standard citation format.

frcitation:

frcitation:"63 FR 42926"

CFR Citation

Citation references to the Code of Federal Regulations.

cfrcitation:

cfrcitation:"40 CFR 133.102"

Reference Citation

Reference to another document within the text of a document.

refcitation:

refcitation:"43 u.s.c. 1635"