First the statute will be enacted as a ‘slip law’ which is published on its own document that contains information that includes information about the date enacted as well as additional notes that may be useful. It will also be assigned a Public Law Number that will identify the law. Then the slip law will become Session Law, where all slip laws are organized chronologically into one document that will be published at the end of the current U.S. Congressional session (1 per year) to become a Statute at Large. This becomes published in the code under appropriate subject matter and title. 

How a Statute Becomes a Part of U.S. Code

Members of a committee in Congress will draft a proposal regarding a specific policy area. Once finalized by the members, it is proposed in one of the two chambers in the US legislative branch. The chamber will debate and reform the bill and if passed, it will go onto the floor of the second chamber. Once they debate and reform the bill if needed, and agree to pass it, it will go to the Executive to be signed into a law if they approve as well. 

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A law that is enacted by the legislative body of the U.S. Government. At the Federal level of the U.S. Government, a statute will go through the process to be enacted in the U.S. Code that consists of passing 3 publishing acts. 

Statute

The way that a concept in the United States becomes an enacted law. 

Establishing a Law in the United States

How Laws Are Made: USAGov. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.usa.gov/how-laws-are-made

How Laws Are Made

The Federal Government is authorized to pass either a public law or a private law. The difference between the two is that they apply to different groups of society and are codified differently.

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