U.S. Federal Law Sources—Legislative
United States Code
- About the United States Code (U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel)
- Search the United States Code (Search by keywords or by fields including title & section; not current, update using the U.S. Code Classification Tables; plain text only)
- Download the U.S. Code (Download in plain text (txt) and pdf formats; not current, update using the U.S. Code Classification Tables; download plain text by title (in zip format) or by title & chapter; download pdf by title)
- Update the United States Code using the Classification Tables (Use the Classification Tables from the appropriate Congress, sorted in U.S. Code order, to determine whether a particular Code section has been amended by recently enacted Public Laws)
- GPO Access: United States Code (Government Printing Office; search by keywords, browse by list of titles; not current, update using the U.S. Code Classification Tables; plain text only)
- LII: United States Code Collection (Cornell Legal Information Institute; search by keywords, find by title & section, find by popular name, browse by list of titles; not current, update using the Update link and the U.S. Code Classification Tables; plain text only)
Public Laws (Session Laws)
- Public & Private Laws (GPO Access; search by keywords, browse by Congress and Public Law number; 104th Congress to present; pdf)
- Public Laws (Thomas; browse by Congress and Public Law number, browse by bill type and number; 93rd Congress to present; pdf)
- Public Laws (NARA, Office of the Federal Register)
Legislation (Bills)
- THOMAS Legislative Information (Bill Text and Status, Roll Call Votes, Public Laws by Number, Congressional Record, Committee Reports, etc.)
- Bills (Thomas, 101st Congress to present)
- Bills (GPO, 103rd Congress to present)
- Bill Summary & Status (Thomas, 93rd Congress to present)
- History of Bills (GPO, 1983, vol.129 to present, from the Congressional Record)
Congressional Hearings, Reports & Documents
- Congressional Hearings (GPO, 105th Congress to present, limited coverage)
- Congressional Reports (Thomas, 104th Congress to present)
- Congressional Reports (GPO, 104th Congress to present)
- Congressional Documents (GPO, 104th Congress to present)
- Congressional Committee Prints (GPO, 105th to present, extremely limited coverage)
- Quick Links to House & Senate Committee Documents & Hearings (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
Congressional Record
- Congressional Record (Thomas, 101st Congress to present)
- Congressional Record (GPO, 1994, vol. 140 to present)
- Congressional Record Index (Thomas, 104th Congress to present)
- Congressional Record Index (GPO, 1983, vol. 129 to present)
- Library of Congress: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
Legislative History
- Congressional Universe (HOLLIS, Harvard University only)
- Congressional Universe (NELLCO, Harvard Law School only)
- THOMAS Legislative Information
- GPO Access: Legislative
- Legislative Sourcebook (PDF) (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives (Members) (Committees)
- House Committee Information (Official and unofficial publications, membership, jurisdiction and rules)
- U.S. Senate (Senators) (Committees)
- Senate Committee Information (Official and unofficial publications, membership, jurisdiction and rules)
- Political Divisions of the House of Representatives (Clerk of the House, 1789 to present)
- Senate Majority and Minority Parties (1789 to present)
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (1774 to present)
- Congressional Pictorial Directory 108th Congress (107th) (106th) (105th)
- Congressional History (Clerk of the House)
- Session Dates of Congress (Clerk of the House, 1st Congress, 1789 to present)
- Clerk of the House (House Members & Committees, Public Disclosure, Historical & Archival Information, House Documents, Calendars, Votes, etc.)
- Table of Congressional Publication Volumes and Presidential Issuances (LLSDC, 1789 to present, PDF)
Selected Divisions of the U.S. Congress
- Architect of the Capitol
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- CBO Documents (Studies & Reports, Cost Estimates & Testimony)
- General Accounting Office (GAO)
- GAO Reports (About GAO Reports) (GAO, 1996 to present)
- GAO Reports (GPO, Search 1993 to present)
- Government Printing Office (GPO)
- GPO Access (Catalog of Publications) (Official Federal Government Information)
- Library of Congress (Copyright Office)
- Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Compiled and edited by Michael Jimenez.