Once a slip law is published, then it will receive an official public or private law number. Each one contains the law number as well as the Congress number of session that enacted it. It will have Pub. L (or P.L.) at the beginning of each one, then the number that follows will be the Congress number (for example, 110) and end with the law number. An example: Pub. L. 110-325 is the number of the American with Disabilities Act Amendment Act in 2008. 

Public Law Numbers

This is a law that is approved and passed by U.S. Legislative body and therefore a Statutory Law. Once it is enacted, the law applies to society as a whole in the United States. 

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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.

Types of Statutes Enacted by the United States

Public and Private Laws. (2021, March 18). Retrieved from https://www.govinfo.gov/help/plaw

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