US Code Section Details (by Section ID)

omnial/us-code-section-details

Given a US Code section ID, returns the section's citation, heading and place in the Code (title, chapter, subchapter, with their names), an excerpt of the opening text cut off partway, in-force and good-law status labels, the source credit and history notes, the public laws behind it with Statutes at Large cites, amendment years and count, other Code sections cited in the section or its notes, the date the Code is current through, word count and a link to the official source page.

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Data source

Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

Data from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives.

Use it

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agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "omnial/us-code-section-details" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "omnial/us-code-section-details" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/us-code-section-details", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/us-code-section-details", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Updated: Oct 14, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "act_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "act_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?!\\.{1,2}$)[A-Za-z0-9._~:@!$&'()*+,;=-]+$",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The section's ID, in the form USC_T<title>_C<chapter>_S<section>. The chapter part cannot be worked out from a citation alone, so a guessed ID may not be found."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "section": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "year": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The Code edition year."
        },
        "actId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The section's ID, as requested."
        },
        "state": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The jurisdiction."
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The section's heading."
        },
        "chapter": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The chapter's number."
        },
        "excerpt": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The opening of the section's text, cut off partway."
        },
        "history": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The source credit followed by the codification and amendment notes."
        },
        "citation": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The full citation, with the Code edition year."
        },
        "actStatus": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Whether the section is in force, a label."
        },
        "sourceUrl": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "A link to the section on the official source page."
        },
        "titleName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The Code title's name."
        },
        "wordCount": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The section's length in words."
        },
        "breadcrumb": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "num": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The level's number."
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The level's name."
              },
              "type": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The level, such as title or chapter."
              },
              "label": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The level and number, as one label."
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "The section's place in the Code, one entry per level from title down."
        },
        "corpusType": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The body of law, a short code."
        },
        "publicLaws": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "The public laws in the source credit."
        },
        "subchapter": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The subchapter's number."
        },
        "chapterName": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The chapter's name."
        },
        "displayPath": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The section's place in the Code, from title down, as one line."
        },
        "titleNumber": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The Code title's number."
        },
        "displayLabel": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "A short display label for the section."
        },
        "sourceCredit": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The source credit: the laws the section comes from."
        },
        "citationShort": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The citation without the year."
        },
        "goodLawStatus": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The good-law status, a label."
        },
        "sectionNumber": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The section's number."
        },
        "amendmentYears": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "description": "The years of the amendments in the source credit, newest first."
        },
        "currentThrough": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The date the Code text is current through, YYYY-MM-DD."
        },
        "publicLawCites": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "law": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "The public law number."
              },
              "date": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The law's date, YYYY-MM-DD."
              },
              "type": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The kind of law cited."
              },
              "display": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The cite as written in the credit."
              },
              "section": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The section of the law cited."
              },
              "congress": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "The Congress that passed it."
              },
              "statPage": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "The Statutes at Large page."
              },
              "displayId": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The public law, as one label."
              },
              "statVolume": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "The Statutes at Large volume."
              },
              "titleRoman": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The title of the law cited, in Roman numerals, when given."
              },
              "statAtLarge": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The Statutes at Large cite, as one label."
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "Each law in the source credit, parsed."
        },
        "subchapterName": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The subchapter's name."
        },
        "amendmentsCount": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The number of amendments."
        },
        "lastAmendedYear": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The year of the latest amendment."
        },
        "crossReferencesUsc": {
          "type": [
            "array",
            "null"
          ],
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Other Code sections cited in the section or its notes (such as a former location), each as title:section."
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "description": "One US Code section's details."
}