Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-6a/section-259-to-261a.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 259 to 261a"
+description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIV, § 3405(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1221, as amended by Pub. L. 114–198, title I, § 110(b), July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 710"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "6A"
+chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
+section: "259 to 261a"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 259 to 261a"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s259...261a"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml"
+source_hash: "5483b6ca55d5569f3dee4a24b6744751be481bb5d88348e9e06e19d2e8bc85a7"
+raw_snapshot_hash: "644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e"
+text_hash: "19e75fb5ad8134c8ced04d75fc581076f0c87d189a009499196d146b7ca82ca0"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 259 to 261a - Repealed. Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIV, § 3405(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1221, as amended by Pub. L. 114–198, title I, § 110(b), July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 710
+
+## Notes
+
+Section 259, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 343, 58 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(2)(A), (3), (4), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1240; Pub. L. 92–293, § 3, May 11, 1972, 86 Stat. 136; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 232(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2031, related to convict addicts or other persons with drug abuse or drug dependence problems.
+
+Section 260, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 344, 58 Stat. 701; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 5, 62 Stat. 1018; July 24, 1956, ch. 676, title III, § 302(b), 70 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(2)(A), (3), (4), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1240, related to addicts and persons with drug abuse or drug dependence problems.
+
+Section 260a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 345, as added May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 2, 68 Stat. 79; amended July 24, 1956, ch. 676, title III, § 302(c), 70 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 155(c)(32), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 572, related to admission of addicts committed from District of Columbia.
+
+Section 261, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 346, formerly § 345, 58 Stat. 701; renumbered § 346, May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 2, 68 Stat. 79; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(2)(A), (5), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1240, related to penalties for introducing prohibited articles and substances into hospitals and escaping from, or aiding and abetting escape from hospitals.
+
+Section 261a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 347, as added May 8, 1954, ch. 195, § 4, 68 Stat. 80; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title I, § 2(a)(4), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1240, related to release of patients and determination by Surgeon General.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of 2016 AmendmentPub. L. 114–198, title I, § 110(b), July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 710, provided that the amendment made by section 110(b) (amending directory language of section 3405(a) of Pub. L. 106–310, which repealed sections 259 to 261a of this title) is effective as if included in the enactment of Pub. L. 106–310.