---
dataset_info:
configs:
- config_name: congress
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: "all_us_federal_laws.json"
- config_name: house_of_reps
  data_files: 
  - split: train
    path: "us-public-law-118-70.jsonl"
    
license: apache-2.0
---
# US Federal Laws

This dataset consists of US Federal laws that are voted in by either Congress or the House of Representatives. 

## Taxonomy

+ The congress split contains the laws voted from the 88th congress through the 118th Congress.
+ The house_of_reps split contains all of the current versions of US Code as documented in Public Law 118-70

## Loading Script

```python
import datasets

congress = datasets.load_dataset('macadeliccc/US-FederalLaws', 'congress', split='train')
house_of_reps_dataset = datasets.load_dataset('macadeliccc/US-FederalLaws', 'house_of_reps', split='train')

iterable_congress = congress.to_iterable_dataset()
iterable_house_of_reps = house_of_reps_dataset.to_iterable_dataset()

print(next(iter(iterable_congress)))
print(next(iter(iterable_house_of_reps)))
```