Federal Bills and Legislative History

Legislative History Tools

LexisNexis Congressional

First stop for legislative history materials. Index now complete from 1789.
Links to full-text when available: see coverage & update schedule

U.S. Legislative Histories (HeinOnline)

All the documents representing the legislative histories for a number of major U.S. acts. Searchable full-text pdf images.

History of U.S. Bills
GPO Access
Official listing of legislative actions by bill number.

Legislative Source Book
Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C.
The hows, wheres, and whys of legislative research.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1941)

American State Papers (1789-1838)

Readex
Digital library containing full-text searchable images of the reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Congress & Executive departments.

Bills

THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Bills & resolutions from 1989
- Search bill summary & status (1973- )
- more

GPO Access
Full-text Congressional bills from 1993
- Search or browse by date, number

Congressional Record

Congressional Record (HeinOnline)

Full-text searchable images of the Congressional Record (1873-present with gaps), Congressional Globe (1833-1873), Register of Debates (1825-1837) and Annals of the Congress (1789-1824).

THOMAS (Library of Congress)
1989-
Search by keywords, Member of Congress, or date. Links to full-text in GPO Access

GPO Access
1994-
Full-text images

U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873
Library of Congress - American Memory
Search the debates of Congress in the Annals of Congress, Congressional Globe, the House and Senate Journals, and other historical sources.

Reports, Documents, Prints

LexisNexis Congressional

First stop for legislative history materials. Index now complete from 1789.
Links to full-text when available: see coverage & update schedule

U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1941)

American State Papers (1789-1838)

Readex
Digital library containing full-text searchable images of the reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Congress & Executive departments.

GPO Access
Congressional Reports, Hearings and Documents; text of bills; and congressional pictorial directory.

U.S, House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
Up-to-date information on congressional actions, committees and members. Some full-text of bills, resolutions and testimony.