Overviews

• How Our Laws Are Made (THOMAS) July 24, 2007
• How Our Laws Are Made (U.S. Government Printing Office, FDsys) H.Doc. 110-49, July 24, 2007
• Enactment of a Law (THOMAS) by Robert B. Dove Parliamentarian, United States Senate; February 1997.
• U.S. Senate: Legislation and Records (U.S. Senate) provides information about the Members of the Senate and its Committees as well as links to information on legislation and the legislative process.
• Government Resources (Library of Congress) provides links to Congressional information from official and non-official sources
• The Legislative Process (U.S. House of Representatives) provides access to the texts of proposed legislation introduced in the House during the present Congress as well as extensive information on the status of such bills.
  • THOMAS: Legislative Information (Library of Congress)
• Content: Bills and Resolutions; Congressional Record; Committee Reports; House Committee Live Streams; Presidential Nominations; and Treaties
• Help Pages: About, Help, Frequently Asked Questions, and Contact options

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Documents

• Congressional Bills (Library of Congress, THOMAS)
  101st Congress (1989 - 
• Congressional Bills (GPO FDsys)
  103rd Congress (1993 -
• Congressional Bills: Bill Summary and Status (Library of Congress, THOMAS)
  93rd Congress (1973-
• Congressional Bills: History of Bills (GPO FDsys)
  98th Congress (1983 -
• Congressional Documents (GPO FDsys)
  Selections: 99th-101st, 103rd; 104th Congress (1995 -
• Congressional Hearings (GPO FDsys)
  Selective; 105th Congress (1997 -
• Congressional Prints (GPO FDsys)
  105th Congress (1997 -
• Congressional Reports (GPO FDsys)
  104th Congress (1995 -
• Congressional Calendars (GPO FDsys)
  104th Congress (1995-

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Congressional Record

• Congressional Record (Library of Congress, THOMAS)
  101st Congress, Vol. 135 (1989 -
  Provides a searchable and browsable full-text version of the proceedings of the United States Congress. 
• Congressional Record (GPO FDsys) Daily Edition
  104th Congress, Vol. 141 (1995 -
• Congressional Record (GPO FDsys) Bound Edition
  106th Congress, Vol. 145-107th Congress, Vol. 147 (1999-January 2002)
• Congressional Record Index (Library of Congress, THOMAS)
  104th Congress, Vol. 141 (1995 -
• Congressional Record Index (GPO FDsys)
  98th Congress, (1983 -
• Congressional Record - Predecessors (Law Library/National Digital Library Program)
  • Annals of Congress
    1st Cong. -18th Cong., 1st sess. ((Mar. 3, 1789-May 27, 1824)
  • Register of Debates
    18th Cong., 2d sess. -24th Cong., 2d sess. (Dec. 6, 1824-Mar. 3, 1837)
  • Congressional Globe
    23d Cong., 1st sess.- 42d Cong., 2d sess. (Dec. 2, 1833-Mar. 3, 1873)
  • Congressional Record
    43d Cong. (1873-1875)

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Manual

• Cannon's Precedents of the House of Representatives (GPO FDsys) 1935-1941; 7 vols.
• Constitution, Jefferson's Manual and Rules of the House of Representatives  (GPO FDsys) H.Doc. 111-157; 111th Cong., 2d Sess.
• Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives (GPO FDsys) H.Doc. 94-661; 94th Cong., 2d Sess.
• Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives (GPO FDsys) vols. 1-5 (1907-1908
• House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House (GPO FDsys) January 1, 2003; 108th Cong., 1stSess.
• Riddick's Senate Procedure (GPO FDsys) S.Doc. 101-28; 101st Cong., 2d Sess
• Senate Manual (GPO FDsys) 104th, 106th, 107th, 110th and 112th Senate Manuals

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Miscellaneous

• Active Legislation (U.S. Senate)
• Legislative Activities (U.S. House. Office of the Clerk)
• Legislation and Records Home (U.S. Senate)
• Browse Government Publications: Congressional Committee (GPO FDsys)
• Table of Congressional Volumes and Presidential Issuances: 1789-2005 (external link) (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.) in PDF
• USA.gov: Federal Legislative Branch (USA.gov)
• For U.S. Federal Laws, see GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: U.S. Law: U.S. Code, Statutes at Large, and Public Laws
• For Federal Regulations and Code of Federal Regulations, see the GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: U.S. Executive Agencies and Regulations

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Last Updated: 07/25/2012