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General Resources | Compiled Legislative Histories | Congressional Documents | Presidential Signing Statements | Public Laws/Statutes at Large | United States Code | Bill & Issue Tracking
General Resources
- Enactment of a Law (Library of Congress)
- Compiling a Federal Legislative History: A Beginner’s Guide (Library of Congress)
- How Our Laws Are Made (Library of Congress)
- Exploring Constitutional Amendments with the Serial Set
- Georgetown Law Legislative History Tutorial
- LLSDC Legislative Source Book
- Glossary of Congressional Terminology
Compiled Legislative Histories
- Legislative Histories compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice Library Staff.
Congressional Documents
Bills | Debates | Reports | Hearings
Bills
- Bills (govinfo), 1993 to present
- Bills (congress.gov), 1973 to present
Debates
- Congressional Record, 1873 to present
- Daily edition (govinfo), 1994 to present
- Bound edition (govinfo), 1998 to 2015
- Congressional Record Index (govinfo), 1983 to present
- Congressional Globe (American Memory Project), 1883 to 1873
- Register of Debates (American Memory Project), 1824 to 1837
- Annals of Congress (American Memory Project), 1789 to 1824
Reports
- Congressional Reports (govinfo), 1995 to present
- Report (congress.gov), 1995 to present
Hearings
- Hearings (govinfo), 1985 to present, collection incomplete
Presidential Signing Statements
- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (govinfo), 1992 to present
Public Laws/Statutes at Large
- Public Laws/Statutes at Large (congress.gov), 1973 to present
- Public Laws (govinfo), 1995 to present
- Statutes at Large (govinfo), 1951 to 2012
United States Code
- Office of Law Revision Counsel, prepares and publishes US Code, official version
- United States Code (govinfo), 1994 to 2018
Bill and Issue Tracking
- C-SPAN.org – Live video of Congressional proceedings.
- Govtrack.us – Online tool to track activities in the U.S. Congress. Email alerts and RSS feeds available.
- GPO govinfo – All published versions, updated daily, search or browse lists, PDF versions of bills.
- Congress.gov – Bill summary and status, Congressional Record, schedules, calendars, and more.
Updated December 20, 2021