The United States Code Annotated^® contains the full text of the United States Code along with West's annotations. West annotations include

• Notes of decisions, which are one-paragraph summaries of cases construing a statute.
• Cross-references to related USCA^® sections and Code of Federal Regulation sections.
• Historical notes, which can include editorially prepared summaries explaining alterations in and additions to the text of the law or notes that explain the historical background and development of the legislation.
• Library references, including topic and key numbers, American Law Reports citations, and treatise and law review references.
• References to practice guides, such as Federal Practice and Procedure^®, West's Federal Forms and Federal Practice Manual^®.