---
title: "Read one U.S. Code (FD&C Act, PHS Act) record"
method: GET
path: "/v1/sources/us-code/records/{recordId}"
tags: ["U.S. Code (FD&C Act, PHS Act)"]
---

# Read one U.S. Code (FD&C Act, PHS Act) record

`GET /v1/sources/us-code/records/{recordId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.assyro.com`
- URL: `https://api.assyro.com/v1/sources/us-code/records/{recordId}`
- Auth: none declared

Read the current text of one statute section or subdivision by citation, without searching first: a U.S. Code citation ("21 U.S.C. 360cc", "42 U.S.C. 262(k)(4)(B)") or an act section ("FD&C Act 506(c)(3)(B)", "FD&C Act 515B", "PHS Act 351(k)", "Orphan Drug Act 5"), or an id search_us_code returned. U.S. Code sections are matched to the act section through the compilation's own classification notes (FD&C 527 = 21 U.S.C. 360cc, 529 = 360ff, 506 = 356, 515B = 360e-3, 520 = 360j; PHS 351 = 42 U.S.C. 262). Covers the FD&C Act, PHS Act Titles III and IV and the Orphan Drug Act (21 and 42 U.S.C. only). The text states the public law it is amended through; cite both the act section and the U.S. Code section.

## Path parameters

- `recordId` string, required

## Response `200`

The record and its text.

- ReadResponse
  - `version` unknown, required
  - `source` SourceRef, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `label` string, required
    - `authority` string, required
  - `record` Record, required
    - `id` string, required: The source's own identifier for the record.
    - `title` string, required
    - `url` string, required: The record's page at the source, to verify it.
    - `authority` string, required: Who published the record.
    - `snippet` string, nullable, required: The part of the record that matched; null where the licence allows only a link.
    - `publishedDate` string, nullable, required
    - `version` string, nullable, required: The edition or revision read.
    - `fields` object, nullable, required: The source's own fields; null where the licence allows only a link.
    - `asOf` string, nullable, required: The day Assyro's copy of the source was read (YYYY-MM-DD).
    - `attribution` string: The attribution the source's licence requires, on sources that require one.
  - `text` string, nullable, required
  - `truncated` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is not valid: an unknown parameter or an argument the source refuses.
- `404`: No such source or record.
- `429`: Rate limited; retry after the Retry-After header.
- `503`: The source cannot answer from Assyro's copy right now.

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