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Public and Private Laws: Side Notes
The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) prepares each law for publication
as a slip law (an individual pamphlet print) and then compiles, indexes,
and publishes them in the United States Statutes at Large (a permanent
bound volume of the laws for each session of Congress).
On GPO Access, slip laws are presented exactly as they appear
in the official printed version. Therefore, all side notes appear in the
margins in their original format. Side notes are displayed in different
ways in ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
ASCII text: Side notes appear in double angle brackets
within the body of the text.
For example: In the printed version and ASCII text file of Public
Law 106-1, "To restore the management and personnel authority of
the Mayor of the District of Columbia," the short title appears
as "<<NOTE: District of Columbia Management Restoration Act
of 1999.>>" immediately following the clause that begins
with "Be it enacted." Example.
PDF files: Side notes appear exactly the same way that
those changes appear in the printed version.
For example: In the printed version and PDF file of Public Law
106-1, "To restore the management and personnel authority of the
Mayor of the District of Columbia," the short title ("District
of Columbia Management Restoration Act of 1999") appears as a side
note in the right margin, adjacent to the clause that begins with "Be
it enacted." Example.
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