<P> The Code of Laws of the United States of America ( variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States , United States Code , U.S. Code , U.S.C. , or USC ) is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States . It contains 53 titles ( Titles 1 -- 54 , excepting Title 53 , it being reserved ) . The main edition is published every six years by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives , and cumulative supplements are published annually . The official version of those laws not codified in the United States Code can be found in United States Statutes at Large . </P>
in the federal system statutory law adopted by congress is normally included in which publication
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