QUICK GUIDE TO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY RESEARCH

Where to find legislative history documents:

Bills: microfiche, LEXIS (legis;bltext), WESTLAW (cong-billtxt), GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html, Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov

Committee Documents and Prints: CIS microfiche, Serial Set, GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html

Committee Hearings: CIS Microfiche, LEXIS (legis;fednew (oral),cngtst (written)), WESTLAW since 1993 (USTESTIMONY (oral and written))

Committee Reports: USCCAN (selected), CIS microfiche, Serial Set, LEXIS since 1990 (legis;cmtrpt), WESTLAW selected since 1948, complete since 1990 (LH), GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html, Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov

Floor debates: Congressional Record (available on LEXIS/WESTLAW from 1985), GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html, Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov

Conference Reports: USCCAN (selected), CIS microfiche, Serial Set, LEXIS/WESTLAW (same as Committee Reports), GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html, Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov

Presidential statements: Weekly Compilation of Documents, USCAAN, GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html

Public Laws: USCCAN, Statutes at Large (Stat.), LEXIS (legis;publaw), WESTLAW (US-PL), GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html, Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov

Subject arrangement of Public Laws: U.S. Code, U.S.C.A. , U.S.C.S.,