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Congress

GPOAccess : legislative resources

Bills, laws, committees, reports, etc - via GPO Access. Includes recent bills, enacted laws, and Statutes at Large. Includes Public Laws and U.S. Code

THOMAS: Legislative Branch

Committee reports (1995- ) ; Congressional Record (1989- ) ; Text of legislation (1989- ) ; Legislative status steps (1973-) ; Links to committee web sites ; and more

Congressional Directory

Search for or browse by state for members of Congress, biographies, office listings, and district descriptions

Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress

A comprehensive directory providing the biographies of thousands of Members of the Senate and House who have served from the first through the 108th Congress.

Congressional Committees Online

via GPO Access

House of Representatives

Includes: Office of the Clerk ; Current House Floor Proceedings ; Committee Search

Senate

Includes biographical information and Senate Committees

Quicklinks to House and Senate Committees

leads to committee documents & hearings. A service of the Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C.

Congressional Hearings: Browse : Search

- that are available online; 104th Cong. (1995-96) to the present. Hearings may also be available in paper or microfiche. Search in GPO Catalog and check by SuDocs #. Historical Hearings (pilot project) from the Law Library of Congress.

Congressional Reports

Committee reports from the 95th Congress (1978) and earlier (scattered older holdings) are found in the printed Serials Set volumes in the library basement. Reports from the 96th Congress (1979) are in microfiche at X96-Sess.#:H.RP.#, and Senate Reports as X96-Sess.#:S.RP.#. The House Reports from the 97th Congress to date are filed under SuDocs microfiche number Y1.1/8: and Senate Reports under Y1.1/5:. Committee reports and documents from the 104th Cong. (1995-96) to date are available at GPOAccess: U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Conference Reports - 109th Congress--
House and Senate Reports: Browse by Report # for 2007 (110th Cong.) --

Congressional Documents

This collection in FDsys consists of House Documents, Senate Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents, 1993-date

Bill Summary and Status (BSS)

- From THOMAS. Search summary info and status of bills (1973-date)

Bill Text Search

Search the full text of all versions of bills (1989-date)

Legislative Source Book

from the Law Librarians' Society of Wash. D.C. Includes GPO Congressional Publication Releases - a weekly list of documents; and "Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws in Electronic Format." Also searchable. Includes links to GPO online text when available.

U.S. Code

at the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. It is "generated from the most recent official version made available by the US House of Representatives."

U.S. Congressional Bibliographies

"enumerate and describe meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985.  Its primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees."

Congressional Votes

1991-date. (From the Washington Post)

OpenCongress

For recent work of Congress, including bills, votes, news stories, blogs, etc.

Congressional Budget Office

economic and budget studies done for Congress. Search

CRS & GAO

Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office - major reporting arms of the Congress

Statutes at Large

The permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. In paper at KF 50 for the 83rd Congress (1953) - date (several years delay). Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 - via American Memory Project. Statutes at Large is online beginning in 2004 - 108th Cong. (several years delay).

Congressional Record

THOMAS

Includes the Congressional Record and full text of legislation available from 1989 (101st Congress) to the present. In addition, THOMAS has summaries (not full text) of legislation back to 1973 (93rd Congress)

Congressional Record (Daily edition - online)

Volumes from 140 (1994) to the present are in GPO Access or FDsys

Bound Congressional Record (online)

The "permanent edition". 1999 -2001 (v.145-147) as of 2/2008. Future volumes are added as they become available. On GPOAccess or FDsys

Congressional Record Index

1983-date, on GPOAccess, or FDsys

Annals of Congress and Congressional Globe (online)

Predecessor titles to the Congressional Record - are digitized as part of the American Memory Project for 1789-1873

Congressional Record (paper)

(and its predecessor publications) in paper in Crumb Library: 1789 - 1976 (94th Cong.) (at J11.- ) : Index and Daily Digest only for 1980-1996 (at J11.R5)

Congressional Record (microfiche)

Jan. 4, 1977- Oct. 1988 (95/1 Cong. - 100/2 Cong.) at U.S. Docs. Fiche: X.95/1 - X.100/2
Jan. 1989 - July 29, 1997 (101 Cong. - 105/1 Cong.) at U.S. Docs Fiche: X 1.1:101/1 - X 1.1/105/1
Jan. 1998 - July 31, 2003 (105/2 Cong. - 108/1 Cong.) at U.S. Docs fiche X 1.1/A

Non-governmental Resources on Congress

CongressLink

"provides information about the U.S. Congress – how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces..."

C-SPAN: Congress Guide

Includes Congressional Vote Search

Congress.org

A searchable member directories and current awareness. A good site when you want to contact members of government at any level

LLSDC's Legislative Source Book

An excellent list of documents and web sites for legislative information
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