For this problem, use the federal public law you used in Research Problem #2, if it was enacted between Jan. 1, 1980 and June 30, 1997. If it was enacted before Jan. 1, 1980, pick any federal public law enacted after Jan. 1, 1980. Trace its travels through both houses of Congress in the Congressional Information Services CIS Index (Legislative Histories volume), both in its paper edition and on the Web, in the CCH Congressional Index, and West's USCCAN. Then answer the following questions. (If you choose a statute that does not seem to have much history, drop it and pick another.)

1. For your statute, give its title, public law number, date of enactment, and citations in the Statutes at Large, USCCAN, and U.S. Code.

2. Compile a list of the documents you would include in a legislative history of the statute. In that list, try to include the following (but bear in mind that each document may not exist for your law):

a. One bill in each house of Congress (cite by bill #, Congress, and session;

b. Hearings--but not more than one in each house (cite by committee, subcommittee, date, and title, if any);

c. A committee report (cite by number, Congress, and session) in each house);

d. A conference committee report (cite by number), if one was made; if no conference report, indicate that;

e. One sequence of debate on the proposed enactment from either house (cite by date and Cong. Record page numbers);

f. Presidential message or statement of signing, if available (cite to Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents).

3. Describe briefly which of the three services (CIS, CCH, or USCCAN) you prefer, and why.

4. Indicate briefly the differences in coverage and how the computer research services (LEXIS, WESTLAW and the WEB) are effective or not effective in identifying and locating the documents of legislative history on your chosen statute.

5. Search on LEXIS, WESTLAW and the WEB for bills introduced and LEXIS and WESTLAW for hearings held under the subject matter of your statute in the last two sessions of Congress. Indicate which files/databases and sites you used, the searches you used, and what you found under that topic.

6. Are there any compiled legislative histories on your topic? If so, list them. (Use LEXIS, WESTLAW, and Johnson, Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories.)