fix(usc): Improve regex for section

freelawproject · Apr 4, 2024 · 43a1778 · 43a1778
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diff --git a/reporters_db/data/laws.json b/reporters_db/data/laws.json
@@ -5542,8 +5542,7 @@
             "jurisdiction": "United States",
             "name": "United States Code; United States Code Annotated; United States Code Service; Gould’s United States Code Unannotated",
             "regexes": [
-                "(?P<title>\\d+),?\\s+$reporter,?\\s+$section_marker\\s*$law_section",
-                "(?P<title>\\d+),?\\s+$reporter,?\\s+$section_marker\\s*$law_sections"
+                "(?P<title>\\d+),?\\s+$reporter,?\\s+$section_marker\\s*$law_section"
             ],
             "start": null,
             "variations": [

diff --git a/reporters_db/data/regexes.json b/reporters_db/data/regexes.json
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@
         "#": "Regexes used in laws.json",
         "day": "(?P<day>\\d{1,2}),?",
         "month": "(?P<month>[A-Z][a-z]+\\.?)",
-        "section": "(?P<section>\\d+(?:[\\-.:]\\d+){,3})",
-        "section#": "Section like 1-2-3, 1.2.3, or 1:2-3.4",
-        "sections": "(?P<sections>\\d+(?:\\((?:[a-zA-Z]{1}|\\d{1,2})\\))+)",
-        "sections#": "Sections 81(a)(l)(C) or 81(a) - to capture section and subsections in parentheses",
+        "section": "(?P<section>(?:\\d+(?:[\\-.:]\\d+){,3})|(?:\\d+(?:\\((?:[a-zA-Z]{1}|\\d{1,2})\\))+))",
+        "section#": "Section like 1-2-3, 1.2.3, or 1:2-3.4 or 81(a)(2)(F) or 81(a)",
         "subject": "(?P<subject>$law_subject_word(?: $law_subject_word| &){,4})",
         "subject#": "One to five word statute subject like 'Parks Rec. & Hist. Preserv.', 'Not-for-Profit Corp.', 'Alt. County Gov’t', 'R.R.'",
         "subject_word": "[A-Z][.\\-'A-Za-z]*",