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STATUS OF LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES

Searchable database of the status and legislative histories of bills for the 109th Congress. Links to searchable databases for bills beginning with the 93rd Congress (1973-74).

At the initial LOCIS menu, type 3 for Federal Legislation.
Provides status for legislation 1973 to 1998.

Available beginning with the 104th Congress (1995-1996).

Searchable database of legislative histories, beginning with the 98th Congress (1983-84).

TEXT OF CONGRESSIONAL BILLS

Searchable databases of full text of bills from the 109th Congress, with links to pages for the 101st Congress (1989-90) to the present.

Includes text of all published bill versions beginning with the 103d Congress (1993-94).

A browsable list of bills and resolutions beginning with the 103d Congress (1993-94).

Lists of House bills and resolutions as reported from Conference Committees.

The text of House and Senate bills and resolutions for selected sessions of Congress. The House bills and resolutions are available for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress. Senate bills and resolutions are available for selected sessions beginning with the 16th Congress. Senate joint resolutions are available for selected sessions beginning with the 18th Congress.

COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS

Searchable database of a limited number of hearings, beginning with the 105th Congress (1997-1998).

Links to hearings and other committee documents from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

Links to text of selected House committee hearing transcripts.

Follow the links to the committee home page. Some committees post committee hearing transcripts.

Includes links to full text Congressional debates, hearings, and reports on government secrecy, intelligence, and special weaons.

Full text of Congressional hearings about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Searchable lists of Senate hearings, prints, and publications, 1983 to the present. Lists of unprinted Senate hearings. Lists of House committee meetings, 1985 to the present.

Searchable databases of committee reports for the 109th Congress, with links to earlier Congresses beginning with the 104th Congress.

Searchable databases of House and Senate Reports, beginning with the 104th Congress (1995-1996).

Searchable databases of Senate, House, and Treaty documents, beginning with the104th Congress (1995-1996).

Searchable database of a limited number of Committee Prints, beginning with the 105th Congress (1997-98).

Selected House and Senate documents and reports from the 23d, 25th, 27th, 30th-42nd, 45th, 49th-54th, 56th-61st, and 63rd-64th Congresses.

Legislative and executive documents from 1789-1838. Searchable and browsable.

COMMITTEE SCHEDULES

Brief schedule of anticipated activities on the floor of the House and Senate for the current legislative day. Also includes schedules for committees.

Schedule for Senate committee hearings.

FLOOR PROCEEDINGS

Searchable and browsable Congressional Record for the 109th Congress with links to Congresses beginning with the 101st Congress (1989-90).

Searchable full text of the Congressional Record beginning with 1994.

Search full text of the Congressional Record Index (not the Congressional Record) beginning with 1983.

A database of Congressional Record pages, beginning with 1995. You must know the page you want. This is not searchable by subject or keyword.

A free personalized service that uses Thomas to monitor topics of interest in the Congressional Record.

Paraphrased proceedings of Congress from the first Congress through the 18th Congress, 1st session (1789-1824).

A summary of the proceedings of Congress for the 18th Congress, 2d session through 25th Congress, 1st session (1824-1837).

Proceedings of Congress from the 23d (1833-36) through the 42d (1871-73) Congress. Contains summaries until the 32d Congress (1851-1853) when the text became almost a transcript.

Proceedings of Congress for the 43rd Congress (1873-1875). Does not include the Daily Digest.

FLOOR SCHEDULES & JOURNALS

Brief schedule of anticipated activities on the floor of the House and Senate for the current legislative day. Also includes schedules for committees.

Today's activity on the House floor, updated throughout the day. Links to floor proceedings for the previous seven legislative days.

House floor schedule for the week, with links to relevant documents.

Actions taken by the Senate and House for the most recent legislative day. Does not include links to the relative documents.

The schedule for the current month in the U.S. Senate.

The schedule for the current month in the U.S. Senate.

A searchable list of Senate activities for each legislative day, beginning with the 104th Congress (1995-1996).

A searchable list of House activities for each legislative day, 1991-1999. Includes the History of Bills section.

House Journals through the 43d Congress (1789 -1875).

Senate Journals for the first 43 Congresses (1789-1875).

A record of executive proceedings, related to confirmation of presidential nominees and making treaties. Covers the first 43 Congresses (1789-1875).

A diary of the first Congress.

FLOOR VOTES

Links to roll call votes from the 109th Congress for the U.S. House of Representatives. Includes a separate link to roll call votes begining with the 101st Congress, 2d session (1990).

Roll call votes, from the 101st Congress, 1st session (1989) to the present for the Senate and from the 101st Congress, 2d session (199) for the House of Representatives.

Roll call votes, beginning with the 101st Congress, 1st session (1989).

Searchable database of U.S. Congressional votes, beginning with 1991. Includes an RSS feed for current votes.

Searchable database of congressional votes from the 104th Congress. 2d session (1996) to the present.

Full text of the Congressional Record for the 109th Congress, with links to Congresses beginning with the 101st Congress (1989-90). Includes roll call votes.

Searchable fulltext of the Congressional Record, 1995-present, with a link to 1994. Includes roll call votes.

PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS

Searchable full text version of the publication that includes statements, messages and other Presidential materials, 1993 to the present.

Searchable database of the public papers of the President, beginning with 1992 (in January 2006, the most recent available was 2002). The Public Papers can also be accessed by date using the Photographic Portfolios.

Full text of press releases, press conferences, remarks at state dinners, etc. for President George W. Bush. Includes some audio and/or video for selected events. Searchable from the White House search engine.

Searchable database of web pages from the administration of President Clinton. Includes a database of press conferences, remarks at state dinners, remarks at bill signings, etc.

A browsable and searchable database of the Public Papers of President George Bush, 1989-1993.

A browsable and searchable database of the Public Papers of President Reagan, 1981-1989.

The text of Cancellation Notices from the President for the 105th Congress.

LAWS

Browsable lists of public laws enacted from the 109th Congress with links to lists for Congresses beginning with the 93rd Congress (1973-74).

Searchable database of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress (1995-1996) to the present.

Lists of laws from each Congress.

Laws from the first 43 Congresses (1789-1875).

Searchable fulltext database of the U.S. Code. Sections reference public laws that update the section, although some sections may not be up-to-date.

Searchable database of the U.S. Code. Sections reference public laws that update the section, although some sections may not be up-to-date.

Searchable database of the U.S. Code.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT CONGRESS

Links to many useful publications for anyone interested in legislative research, from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

Telephone numbers and web sites that provide information about legislation or that would be useful to anybody tracking legislation.

Links to Internet sites with information about both state and federal legislation

A list of links to legislative information, arranged by topic.

An online newsletter about Congressional activities. From C-SPAN and Congressional Quarterly. Includes live hearings and archived videos of news conferences.

A wide variety of information about Congressional activities. Schedules, links to bills under consideration, links to recent news stories about Congress, links to selected recent publications from the legislative and executive branches, etc.

Live audio and video of floor action in the House and Senate.

Live audio and video proceedings of floor action in the House and Senate and selected committee hearings.

A free service that allows you to receive email transcripts of your Congressman's or Senator's statements on the floor of the Senate or House or transcripts of statements they put in the Congressional Record. Your Congress.Watch also provides transcripts by issue or for other Congressmen as a paid service.

Congressional news, policy briefings, commentary, election information and a Congressional directory.

Online magazine about Congressional activities. Some information is available only to subscribers.

Full text of over 6,500 Congressional Research Service Reports from 1990 to the present.

A searchable web site that links to more than 8,000 Congressional Research Service Reports available on the Web.

A list of Congressional Research Service Reports, with links to most CRS reports available on the Web.

A search engine that claims to search all of the Congressional Research reports that are available on the Web.

A searchable and browsable collection of full text Congressional Research Reports on homeland security, terrorism, health law and health policy. From the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland.

A collection of full text Congressional Research Service reports on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and electronic commerce.

Lists of recent Issue Briefs, Appropriations Reports, Short Reports, and Long Reports from the Congressional Research Service. Includes links to the PDF file of each document. In order to view these documents, you must have an Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Fulltext of recent CRS reports on agriculture, natural resources, and the environment.

Links to full text Congressional Research Service reports and issue briefs written by the U.S. State Dept. Includes reports 1999 - present.

Links to full text Congressional Research Service reports on such topics as flag burning, campaign financing, hate crimes, and school vouchers.

Includes links to Congressional Research Service reports on intelligence, civil space, special weapons, and military analysis.

Various documents about the establishment of executive departments by the U.S. Congress.

Full text, searchable legislative documents from 1789-1875.

A guide to the holdings of the Center for Legislative Archives, part of the National Archives. Includes lists for each Congressional committee.

A guide to archival holdings of congressional papers.

Table that shows the beginning and ending dates of each Congress and Session, with the total number of days in session.

A table showing the inclusive dates of each Congress and Session.

A chronological list of joint sessions and meetings, and Presidential inaugurations.

A table that equates Congress and Session, with volume of the Congressional Record, volume of U.S. Statutes at Large, Serial Set number, Presidential Administration and various Presidential document issuance numbers.

A table that lists Presidents, Vice Presidents, their years in office, and the Congresses for those years.

Full text of the precedents used by the House of Representatives to determine correct procedures for the House. Published as House Document No. 94-661.

Full text of this multi-volume study of the precedents of the House from 1908 to 1936. It supplements Hind's Precedents.

Full text of an early version of the precedents used by the House to determine correct procedures. Published in 1907.

Full text of this guide to Senate procedures, published in 1992.

Guide to the U.S. Serial Set, a collection of House and Senate Documents and Reports. Written by Virginia Saunders.

DIRECTORIES OF MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS

Searchable versions of the Congressional Directory, beginning with the 104th Congress (1995-96). Search by keyword.

Searchable directory of current members of Congress. Includes contact information, background, committees, a power ranking, and a haiku. Search by name or state.

Links to lists of Congressional web pages, e-mail addresses, office addresses, telephone and fax numbers beginning with the 103d Congress.

Pictures of each member of Congress for the 109th Congress.

Pictures of new members of the 108th Congress, with links to directories for the 105th, 106th, and 107th Congresses.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS

Searchable database about members of Congress.

Historical directory of biographical information about members of Congress.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS

Links to a wide variety of sites about campaign finance and/or the Federal Election Commission.

Includes campaign finance data and lists of individuals and PACS who made contributions, with the amount of their contribution.

A searchable database of campaign finance data that includes 1994 to the present. You can search by candidate name, donor name, or leading fundraisers.

Includes campaign finance data and lists of individuals and PACs, with the amount of the donation. Some of the information on this site is only available to subscribers.

Summary reports of campaign finance data.

GUIDES TO RESEARCHING LEGISLATION

Includes a guide to the legislative process and its documents plus other useful material about how Congress works.

A guide to preparing a legislative history, using both paper and online resources.

A guide to preparing a legislative history, utilizing both paper and online resources.

An interactive tutorial on doing legislative research.

A fascinating visual representation of the legislative process, with links to more information about each step.

A guide to preparing a legislative history, utilizing both paper and online resources.

A brief guide to the legislative process, with an emphasis on the process in the U.S. House of Representatives. This does not contain links to sources of the documents.

A detailed guide to the legislative process, with an emphasis on the process in the U.S. House of Representatives. This does not contain links to sources of the documents.

A detailed guide to the legislative process, with an emphasis on the process in the U.S. senate. This does not contain links to sources of the documents.

Guide to the legislative process.

Guide to the legislative process in the U.S. Senate.

A guide to the legislative process.

An irreverent guide to the legislative process