LLSDC's LEGISLATIVE SOURCE BOOK

• Drafting Federal Law by Donald Hirsch, 2d Ed., 1989, GPO (122 p. - PDF)
• Executive Orders and Proclamations by John Contrubis, 1999, CRS Report, (29 p. - PDF)
• Federal Administrative Law: A Brief Overview by Richard McKinney, 2012 (4 p. - PDF)
• Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent by Richard McKinney and Ellen Sweet 2008 (HTML), (2006, 29 p. - PDF)
• House Legislative Counsel's Manual on Drafting Style, 1995, (76 p. - PDF)
• An Overview of the Congressional Record and Its Predecessor Publications: A Research Guide by Richard McKinney, 2011 (HTML) (2005, 12 p. - PDF)
• An Overview of the Development of U.S. Congressional Committees by Michael Welsh et al., 2008 (21 p. - PDF)
• An Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set by Richard McKinney, 2012 (HTML) (2006, 14 p. - PDF)
• Questions and Answers in Legislative and Regulatory Research; 1999 (HTML) ( 13 p. - PDF)
• A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations by Richard McKinney, 2012 (HTML) (2006, 14 p. - PDF)
• United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources (HTML)

• Current Legislative and Regulatory Activity (PDF - issued weekly when Congress is in session - concerns banking, finance, monetary/economic policy, and federal government operations and personnel policies) (previous issue)
• Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area (2008-2011, 40 p. - PDF) (2008 - HTML) (Update Form)
• Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents With Years/Congresses Available 2011, 3 p. (PDF) (HTML) (Types of Legis. Docs - PDF)
• Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws, Cases, and Resources 2012 (HTML)
• General Legal Research Sites - Free and Commercial 2012 (HTML)
• Internet and Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information 2012, 10 p. (PDF)
• Laws, Policies & Performance Measures Relating to Federal Agency Web Sites 2004 (HTML)
• Laws and Links Related to General Federal Agency Operations (HTML)
• Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet: Commercial Sources (HTML)
• Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet: Explanatory Notes (HTML)
• Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet: Free Sources (HTML)
• Quick Links to House and Senate Committee Hearings and Other Publications (HTML)
• Selected Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and Its Procedures (HTML) (also has links to most all other CRS report sites on the Internet)
• Selected Telephone Numbers and Web Sites With Useful Legislative Information (HTML)
• Sources for Finding Mandated Reports to Congress by U.S. Federal Agencies (HTML)
• Sources for the Text of Congressional Bills and Resolutions, 1789 to Present (HTML)
• Standing Committees of Congress: 1789 to Present 2008, 10 p. (PDF)
• State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations: Web Site Links and Telephone Numbers (HTML)
• U.S. Code / U.S. Statutes - Electronic Sources (HTML)

• Federal Register Pages Published Annually 2012, 1 p. (PDF)
• Final Status Table on Selected Legislation 1985 to 2010, 99th to 111th Congress (HTML with PDF links)
• Internet and Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information 2012, 10 p. (PDF)
• Schedule of Volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set: 1970 to Current (HTML)
• Sessions of Congress, 1789 to 2010, from the Congressional Directory, 9 p. (PDF)
• Sessions of Congress With Corresponding Debate Record Volume Numbers, 1789 to Current, 13 p. (PDF)
• Table of Congressional and Federal Register Volumes, 1932 to Present, 3 p. (PDF)
• Table of Congressional Publication Volumes and Presidential Issuances, 2011 to 1789, 2 p. (PDF)
• U.S. Code Tables (Law Revision Counsel, Office of the Federal Register)

• Union List of Legislative Documents, 1994, 3rd Edition (PDF)
• Union List of Legislative Histories, 2000, 7th Ed. and 2002 supp. - Information & Update Form

The Legislative Source Book is a project of LLSDC's Legislative Research Special Interest Section. It was first begun as a printed spiral-bound book in 1992 and was launched as an Internet product in the year 2000 (see Internet Archive). We welcome suggested additions, corrections and updates. For suggestions please contact the Source Book's principal editor, Rick McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board Law Library, Washington, D.C. or associate editors, Ellen Sweet, Legislative Reference Specialist, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. and Sue Ann Orsini, Legislative Research Librarian, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, Washington, D.C.

Last revised on September 6, 2012