May/June 2001

Quick Tip

Determine where federal legislation is codified

You often know the popular name of a piece of federal legislation but don't know where the legislation was codified in the United States Code. You can search for the popular name of specific legislation in the USCA Popular Name Table database (USCA-POP).

For example, suppose you want to find where the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 has been codified. Access the USCA-POP database and click B, the first letter in the popular name. Scroll through the index to find the act, then click its hypertext link to see where the act is codified.

Note: Clicking the database name before the  icon will take you to a free detailed description of the database on the Internet.

Clicking on the database idenitifier (e.g., USCA-POP) will take you to the query screen on westlaw.com so that you can enter a database search.