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dataset_info: |
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configs: |
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- config_name: all |
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data_files: |
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- split: train |
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path: "us-laws.json" |
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- config_name: senate |
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data_files: |
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- split: train |
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path: "congress_public_laws.json" |
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- config_name: house_of_reps |
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data_files: |
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- split: train |
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path: "us_public_law_118_70.jsonl" |
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- config_name: executive_orders |
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data_files: |
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- split: train |
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path: "exec_orders_hf.json" |
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license: apache-2.0 |
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# US Federal Laws |
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This dataset consists of US Federal laws that are voted in by either Senate, the House of Representatives or Executive Order |
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## Taxonomy |
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#### Senate |
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+ The senate split contains the laws voted from the 88th congress through the 118th Congress. |
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#### House of Representatives |
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+ The house_of_reps split contains all of the current versions of US Code as documented in Public Law 118-70 |
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+ The date column will be the most recent amendment date if it was listed clearly, or it will be 7/12/2024 which is the date of which these revisions went into effect. |
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#### Executive Order |
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+ The executive_orders split contains all of the executive order documents starting in 2005 (Before 2005 the federal government does not have digital records of executive orders) |
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## Sources |
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+ [Congress](https://www.congress.gov) |
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+ [US House of Representatives](https://uscode.house.gov/) |
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+ [Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders) |
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## Loading Script |
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```python |
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import datasets |
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ds = datasets.load_dataset('macadeliccc/US-FederalLaws', 'all', split='train') |
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iter_ds = ds.to_iterable_dataset() |
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print(next(iter(iter_ds))) |
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``` |
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