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Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History

Compiled Legislative Histories
Public Laws
Bills
Congressional Debates
Congressional Committee Reports
Congressional Documents
Committee Prints
Congressional Hearings
Congressional Research Service Reports

Scope and Access

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Compiled Legislative Histories

LexisNexis Congressional: Legislative Histories: 91st Congress (1969–1970) to present.; Lists of Congressional publications associated with a public law, searchable by keyword, public law number, bill number, and Statutes at Large citation.
Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet: This page from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C., links to free and commercial legislative histories, arranged by popular name and public law number.
HeinOnline: U.S. Federal Legislative History Library: Includes full-text legislative histories on important and historically significant legislation, texts related to legislative histories, and Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories: A Bibliography of Government Documents, Periodical Articles, and Books by Nancy P. Johnson.

Public Laws

GPO Access: Public and Private Laws: 104th Congress (1995–96) to present. Search by keyword.
THOMAS (Library of Congress): 1973 (93rd Congress) to present. Follow the link for “Public Laws” under “Find More Legislation” and Select a Congress.
LexisNexis Congressional: Public Laws: 100th Congress (1988) to present. Search by keyword, public law number, enacted bill number, and Statutes at Large citation.
LexisNexis Congressional: Statutes at Large: 1789–present. Search by keyword, public law number, and enacted bill number.
HeinOnline: U.S. Statutes at Large: 1789–recent. Navigate by citation or search in full-text or fields.

Bills

GPO Access: Congressional Bills: Full text of bills from 103rd Congress (1993–94) to present. Search by keyword.
GPO Access: History of Bills: 1983–present. Search by keyword.
THOMAS: Bills and Resolutions: Search full text of bills from 101st Congress (1989–90) to present or summaries and status of bills from 1973 (93rd Congress) to present. Search by keyword and bill number.
LexisNexis Congressional: Bills (Full Text): 101st Congress (1989–90) to present. Search by keyword and bill number.
LexisNexis Congressional: Bill Tracking: 101st Congress (1989–90) to present. Search by keyword and bill number.

Congressional Debates

GPO Access: Congressional Record: 1994–present. Search by keyword.
GPO Access: Congressional Record Index: 1995 to present. Search by keyword.
THOMAS (Library of Congress): 101st Congress (1989) to present. Follow the link for “Congressional Record” and Select a Congress. Search by keyword or member of Congress, browse by date, or browse the Keyword Index.
LexisNexis Congressional: Congressional Record: 99th Congress (1985–86) to present (select date range from pull-down menu). Search by keyword, speaker, citation, and date.

Congressional Committee Reports

GPO Access: Congressional Reports: 104th Congress (1995–96) to present. Search by keyword.
THOMAS (Library of Congress): 104th Congress (1995–96) to present. Follow the link for “Committee Reports” and Select a Congress. Search by keyword, report number, bill number, and committee.
LexisNexis Congressional: House and Senate Reports: 1819–present. Searchable by keyword.

Congressional Documents

GPO Access: Congressional Documents: 104th Congress (1995–96) to present. Search by keyword.
LexisNexis Congressional: House and Senate Documents: 1817–present. Searchable by keyword.

Committee Prints

LexisNexis Congressional: Committee Prints & Misc. Publications: 1830–present. Searchable by keyword.

Congressional Hearings

LexisNexis Congressional: Hearings: 1824–present. Searchable by keyword and witness.
Some testimony is available on committee websites:: House committee websites;; Senate committee websites.

Congressional Research Service Reports

LexisNexis Congressional: CRS Reports: 2004–present. Searchable by keyword.

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