I'm Just a Bill...
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BIlls
- Proquest Digital U.S. Bills & Resolutions 1789-presentFull text of ALL versions of all U.S. public and private bills and resolutions from 1789 – present, also includes full-text PDFs and metadata.
- GPO Federal Digital System (FDsys)provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
FDsys provides bulk data Government publications in standard XML formats.
- Congress.govPresented by the Library of Congress, Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information.
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window Covers abstracts and indexing for hearings, reports, documents and committee prints. Date coverage: 1970-
- Allows you to search by legislator or topic. News & Media covers Washington Post (1987+); RollCall (1998+) and CQ Political Transcripts (1995+).
- ProQuest Legislative Insight This link opens in a new window Compilations of digital full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws.
- To identify recent legislation that was brought to the floor of the House and/or Senate as well as key players you might try:
- Govtrack.us provides a search by keyword as well as common topic links
- CQ Magazine 1983+ [Mugar Ref XJK 1 F46 1964+; also Law Annex KF 49 C645]
- CQ Researcher (not so current, but good for current controversial issues)
What about THOMAS?THOMAS was retired July 5th, 2016, and replaced by Congress.gov |
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The issuing agency is always either the House or the Senate.
U.S. [Senate/House]. [nth] Congress, [nth] Session. [Bill number], Bill title, may be shortened. Edition statement. Washington: Government Printing Office, year.
Always use the bill number in the title. The edition statement, if applicable will either be "Act" (if "act" is in the bill's title), or "Star Print" (if there's a little black star in the lower left of the title page).
U.S. House. 75th Congress, 1st Session. H.R. 6786, A Bill to Protect Purchasers of Hats. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1937.
