U.S. Statutes and Other Legislative Resources
See also Research Guides for U.S. Statutes and Other Legislative Resources.
United States Code at GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
United States Code at House of Representatives
http://uscode.house.gov/
United States Code at Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Legislative Branch Resources
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html
Includes bills, selected hearing transcripts, committee reports, Congressional Record, Public and Private Laws, and much more.
Publisher: United States Government Printing Office.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Includes bills and status information, Public Laws, committee reports, Congressional Record, selected hearing transcripts, and a large amount of information about Congress, House and Senate committees, pending and enacted legislation, etc.
Publisher: Library of Congress.
LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe)
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/
Includes searchable full-text U.S. bill text and status information; committee reports, documents, prints, bills, Congressional Record; prepared statements and selected question & answer transcripts; Public laws and United States Code Service; Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations; information about legislators and committees. The license to this database restricts access to SIU Law Users only.
Publisher: LexisNexis.
Federal Government Resources: Legislative Branch
Frames Index at http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/frames/fedlegfr.html
No-Frames Version at http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedlegis.html
A comprehensive listing of government documents related to the U.S. legislative process. Includes links where available.
Publisher: University of Michigan Documents Center.
U.S. Congressional Bibliographies
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/senatebibs/
Includes comprehensive lists of Hearings, Prints, and Publications printed by the Senate, 1983 to present, and lists of House committee meetings recorded in the Congressional Record's Daily Digest, 1985 to present.
Publisher: North Carolina State University Libraries.
United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
United States House Of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/
The CBO was created to provide the Congress with analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process. This site publishes briefs, letters, studies & reports, technical papers, testimony, and other documents on a broad range of economic topics.
Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/
The GAO is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress. This site includes reports, testimony, and legal opinions on financial audits, program reviews and evaluations, analyses, and investigations.
Library of Congress (LOC)
http://www.loc.gov/
The LOC serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the home of the Copyright Office and Congressional Research Service. The LOC's mission includes making its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people. LOC online resources of particular interest to legal researchers include THOMAS (see above), Global Legal Information Network (database of laws and related documents from other countries), Guide to Law Online (an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online, including International and Multinational, Nations of the World, U.S. Federal, and U.S. States and Territories). There is also much information in other fields of research.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
See also Research Guides for U.S. Statutes and Other Legislative Resources.
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