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

1989-2012

• 1981-1982

• 1989-current

1994-2003 (no longer updated)

1995-current

1789-current

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1824-current

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1776-current

U.S. Serial Set, 1777-current

Westlaw

1995-current

1948-current (selective coverage)

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1985-current

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1994-current

1986-current

• 2017-2018

• 1973-2016

• 1789-1972

• U.S.C.C.A.N., (coverage varies)

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

• Arnold & Porter Legislative Histories

Bloomberg Law

1993-current

1995-current

• House, 1995-current
• Senate, 1997-current

1995-current

1933-current

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1995-current

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1778-current

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ProQuest Congressional

1970-current

1789-current

1789-current (selective coverage)

1789-current (selective coverage)

1985-current

1985-current

1824-current (selective coverage)

n/a

1970-current

1969-current (selective coverage)

HeinOnline

Selective coverage within the Federal Legislative History Library

Selective coverage within the Federal Legislative History Library

1914-current

1817-2019

1980-current

1873-2014

1889-current

1965-2018

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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1989-current

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House, 2012-current (varied coverage)

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1973-present

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GovInfo.gov

1993-current

• 1995-current
• Conference Committee Reports from GPO, 2005- current

• 1975-1976
• 1991- current

• 1975-1976
• 1979-1980
• 1985-present

1994-current

• 1873-2001
• 2005-current

• 1961-1980
• 1985-1988
• 1991-current 

• 1993-current (to search Signing Statements)
• 1992-current (to access the Compilation of Presidential Documents)

• 1995-current

• 1951-2011

History of Bills, from the Congressional Record (about), 1983-current