Title 1 of the United States Code outlines the general provisions of the United States Code.
Main: Rules of ConstructionChapter 1: Rules of Construction
§ 1 (Dictionary Act) – Words denoting number, gender, person, etc.§ 2 – "County" as including "parish," etc.§ 3 – "Vessel" as including all means of water transportation.§ 4 – "Vehicle" as including all means of land transportation.§ 5 – "Company" or "association" as including successors and assigns.§ 6 – Limitation of term "products of American fisheries."§ 7 – Definition of "marriage" and "spouse". (See Defense of Marriage Act; ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on June 26, 2013, in the case of United States v. Windsor.)§ 8 – "Person", "human being", "child", and "individual" as including born-alive infant. (See Born-Alive Infants Protection Act.)Chapter 2: Acts and Resolutions; Formalities of Enactment; Repeals; Sealing of Instruments
§ 101 – Enacting clause.§ 102 – Resolving clause.§ 103 – Enacting or resolving words after first section.§ 104 – Numbering of sections; single proposition.§ 105 – Title of appropriation Acts.§ 106 – Printing bills and joint resolutions.§ 106a – Promulgation of laws.§ 106b – Amendments to Constitution.§ 107 – Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or resolutions.§ 108 – Repeal of repealing act.§ 109 – Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities.§ 110 – Saving clause of Revised Statutes.§ 111 – Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness.§ 112 – Statutes at Large; contents; admissibility in evidence.§ 112a – United States Treaties and Other International Agreements; contents; admissibility in evidence.§ 112b – United States international agreements; transmission to the United States Congress.§ 113 – "Little and Brown's" edition of laws and treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Act 1 Series; admissibility in evidence.§ 114 – Sealing of instruments.Chapter 3: Code of Laws of the United States and Supplements; District of Columbia Code and Supplements
§ 201 – Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements.§ 202 – Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements.§ 203 – District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements.§ 204 – Codes and Supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements.§ 205 – Codes and Supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries.§ 206 – Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies.§ 207 – Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives.§ 208 – Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, etc., under direction of Joint Committee on Printing.§ 209 – Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original.§ 210 – Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies.§ 211 – Copies to Members of Congress.§ 212 – Additional distribution at each new Congress.§ 213 – Appropriation for preparing and editing supplements. 