Federal Legislative History Research: HUSL

Bills

Committee Reports

Committee Prints

House & Senate Documents

Congressional Record (Daily Edition)

Congressional Record (Bound Edition)

Committee Hearings

Presidential Signing Statements

Public Laws / Statutes At Large

Compiled Legislative Histories

Lexis Advance

1989-current

• 1981-1982

• 1989-current

1994-2003 (no longer updated)

1995-current

1873-current

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1824-current

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1776-current

U.S. Serial Set, 1777-current

Westlaw

Current Congress

1990-current

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1985-current

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1993-current

1986-current

• 1973-current

• 1789-1972

• U.S.C.C.A.N., (coverage varies, earliest 1931)

• U.S. GAO Federal Legislative Histories, (1921-1995)

• Arnold & Porter Legislative Histories

Bloomberg Law

1993-current

1995-current

1995-current

1995-current

1933-current

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1778-current

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ProQuest Congressional

1989-current

1970-current

1970-current

1970-current

1985-current

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1970-current

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1988-current

CIS Index, 1998-current

HeinOnline

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1931-current

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1980-current

1873-2011

1889-current

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1789-current

U.S. Federal Legislative History Library: 

Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories Database

Congress.gov

1973-current

• 1833-1917

• 1995-current

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1995-current

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2012-current

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1973-present

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FDsys

1993-current

1995-current

• 1975-1976
• 1991- current

1975-current

1994-current

1999-2001

1985-current (selective coverage)

1993-current

• 1995-current

• 1951-2011

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