Federal Legislative History 101

Federal Legislative History 101. Presented by Rick McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board. As a Webinar for Federal Depository Librarians ...

A Beginner's Guide: Locating a Compiled Federal Legislative History

This resource provides information about compiled legislative histories for legislation introduced in the 37th through the 101st Congresses (1862-1990).

Federal Legislative History | Duke University School of Law

The "legislative history" of a particular law consists of all the documents created by the legislature during the process of the law's passage.

Getting Started & Key Resources - Legislative History Research Guide

Legislative history is a term that refers to the documents that are produced by Congress as a bill is introduced, studied, and debated.

I'm searching for the legislative history of a federal law. Where do I ...

The Law Library of Congress has published a comprehensive online research guide on the materials that comprise a federal legislative history.

Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to ...

In comprehending federal legislative histories it is important to know the general legislative process of how a bill becomes a law and the documents that ...

Use an Index to Identify Documents - Federal Legislative History

The set is issued in two volumes for each Congress and includes subject, author, enactments and vetoes indexes, and tables of voting records.

Get Started - Federal Legislative History Materials

A legislative history is a collection of documents created by the US Congress (or a state legislature) during the process of enacting a law or rejecting a ...

Federal Legislative History: Compiled Histories

USCCAN (United States Code Congressional and Administrative News) lists and prints the full text of what are considered the most important ...

Federal Legislative History: House & Senate Reports

Congressional reports will explain the bill proposal and its intended effects in some detail. A House report and a Senate report may be ...

Legal Practice Handout: Federal Legislative History

18 U.S.C. § 1460 was enacted by public law 100-690 in 1988 and amended by public law 101-647 in 1990. To do a complete legislative ...

About Historical Bill Text and Documents - Congress.gov

Bills, joint resolutions and historical documents, which were available on the Library of Congress Century of Lawmaking site, are now available on Congress.gov.

Federal Legislature: Legislative History - LibGuides

Legislative history refers to the process that a piece of proposed legislation goes through before it becomes law and consists of the ...

Federal Legislative History Research - Library Guides at UChicago

A federal legislative history is an analysis of the various Congressional documents that are generated in connection with the enactment of a law.

Federal Legislative History Research: Home - Tarlton Law Library

A “legislative history” is a collection of documents that constitutes the pre-enactment record of Congressional action on a bill.

QUICK REFERENCE CHART - Legislative History Research Guide

Bills ; ProQuest Congressional, From 101st Congress (1989) to present ; Lexis. Current Congress: Browse Sources > Congressional Full Text of Bills ...

Researching Federal Legislative History: Welcome - LibGuides

Legislative efficiency: Legislators expect the court to resolve any ambiguities in legislation by looking to legislative histories. In this ...

Federal Legislative History - Website at University of Washington ...

Components of Legislative History · Committee reports · Sponsor statements and floor debates (published in the Congressional Record) · Transcripts ...

Federal Legislative History Research Guide: Start Here

The place to start when you have a public law citation and need all related full-text legislative history documents from the 1st Congress (1789) to the 116th ...

Compilations - Federal Legislative History Research

Legislative histories with related full-text Congressional. documents in PDF. More than 18,000 federal laws covered from 71st Congress (1929) to ...