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Federal Legislative History: Bills
Resources for locating compiled histories and individual documents for federal legislation.
1993 (103rd Congress) to present. Browse by Congressional session and then by type of document (House or Senate Bill, different types of Resolutions. View as PDFs or click on "Details" button to view "Related Documents"
Offers summary of the bill text, list of actions taken on bill and its current status, links to the Congressional Record and to committee reports and list of sponsors and cosponsors. 1989 to present.
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Search for the database by name or click on the "Legislative History" link on the main browse page and look for the database under "Tools & Resources" on the right side of the page. If prompted to enter a client ID, simply enter any combination of letters or numbers (the IDs are not tracked or billed).
Despite the name, this database does not include compiled legislative histories but does offer full text committee reports, presidential messages and some bill summaries. 2006 to present.
Provides compiled histories, bills, committee hearings, congressional House & Senate reports, other committee publications and the Congressional Record. Records may not offer full-text for all statutes and not all documents are available for each statute.
