---
dataset_info:
configs:
- config_name: all
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: "us-laws.json"
- config_name: senate
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: "congress_public_laws.json"
- config_name: house_of_reps
  data_files: 
  - split: train
    path: "us_public_law_118_70.jsonl"
- config_name: executive_orders
  data_files: 
  - split: train
    path: "exec_orders_hf.json"
    
license: apache-2.0
---
# US Federal Laws

This dataset consists of US Federal laws that are voted in by either Senate, the House of Representatives or Executive Order

## Taxonomy

#### Senate

+ The senate split contains the laws voted from the 88th congress through the 118th Congress.
  
#### House of Representatives

+ The house_of_reps split contains all of the current versions of US Code as documented in Public Law 118-70
+ 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.

#### Executive Order 

+ 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)

## Sources

+ [Congress](https://www.congress.gov)
+ [US House of Representatives](https://uscode.house.gov/)
+ [Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders)

## Loading Script

```python
import datasets

ds = datasets.load_dataset('macadeliccc/US-FederalLaws', 'all', split='train')
iter_ds = ds.to_iterable_dataset()

print(next(iter(iter_ds)))
```