The Act sets out its own table of contents
What the document says“Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.”
Section 2 lists the contents of the Act. It names sections 1 through 6, then the divisions: A, Department of Defense; B, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; D, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; E, Financial Services and General Government; F, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs; G, Other Matters; H, Further Continuing Appropriations; I, Authorizing Extenders and Technical Corrections; and J, Health Care Extenders.
What the document actually says“Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.”
Here are the first parts of the law, in order. First the name. Then this list. Then how to read the word Act. Then the report that goes with it. Then the money.
A long law starts with a list of its parts. The list helps a reader find things. It does not tell anyone to do anything.
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