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US Code Section Full Text (by Section ID)

omnial/us-code-section-text

Given a US Code section ID, returns the section's full text, its source credit (the laws it comes from), the editorial and statutory notes printed with it (such as codification and amendment notes), whether the text was available, and a link to the official source page. Citation, hierarchy and status details are not included.

activeper callv1

Price

Up to $0.0819 per call; you pay what the call used

The price shown is the price you pay. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $5.

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

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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-text" })

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

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

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

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

ChargePrice
Per call
$0.0819
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": {
    "actId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The section's ID, as requested."
    },
    "notes": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The editorial and statutory notes printed with the section, as plain text with blank lines between headings."
    },
    "content": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The section's full text, without the source credit or notes."
    },
    "available": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the section's text was available."
    },
    "sourceUrl": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "A link to the section on the official source page."
    },
    "sourceCredit": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The source credit: the laws the section comes from."
    }
  },
  "description": "One US Code section's text."
}