Reference Tools
- How a bill becomes a law (Project VoteSmart)One of many guides to the legislative process.
- Congressional Session Chart (IUB)U.S. Congress-Year Conversion Guide
- Congressional Glossary and Abbreviations (C-SPAN)
- Types of Congressional Publications (Proquest)Detailed explanation of various types of congressional publications.
Congressional Committee Membership
- Committees in the US Congress, 1789-1946
- Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992
- Current House & Senate Comittees
Proquest Legislative Insight
Proquest Legislative Insight offers 27,000 legislative histories with the the complete full text of all documents that form the legislative history. Complete histories and documents will be fully loaded by Dec 2012.
If a legislative history is not available here yet, use the other sources listed in the tabs.
Background Information
Use these sources to
a) find summaries or overviews of specific types of legislation or topic (eg recent health care legislation) or a specific law (eg USA Patriot Act)
b) identify citations to specific bills, laws or congressional publications (prints, reports, documents, hearings)
- OpenCRSReports from the Congressional Research Service, a bipartisan think tank at the Library of Congress that provide detailed overviews of legislative issues or specific laws.
- Congress and the NationBrowse by congressional session or topic. Provides summaries of significant legislation and activity during each congressional session by area (eg national security, civil rights etc). Also useful for identifying legislative citations.
1945 - 2008. - CQ AlmanacAnnual overview of key legislation by topic. Use the Policy Tracker to find legislation by topic for several years. Example: Amtrak
Includes brief legislative histories.
1945- - CQ WeeklyProvides detailed coverage of status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Earlier issues in print.
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