Which level of government creates statutory laws?

The correct answer is that both state and federal governments create statutory laws. Statutory laws are laws that are enacted by legislative bodies at various levels of government.

At the federal level, Congress has the authority to create statutes that apply across the entire country. This is reflected in the U.S. Code, which organizes federal statutes by subject. Similarly, state legislatures have the power to enact laws that are applicable within their respective states, addressing local issues and governance through state codes.

This duality in lawmaking allows both levels of government to address different sets of issues pertinent to their jurisdictions. Local governments can also create ordinances or regulations, but these would be considered a different category than statutory law in the context of this question, as they do not derive from the state or federal legislative processes directly. Thus, only the combination of state and federal governments encompasses the creation of statutory laws.