Congress, Laws & Regs Guide--Sources

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Congress, Laws and Regulations

[GPO]

List of Internet Sources

50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources (National Conference of State Legislatures)

www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/lrl/50statetracking.htm

Active Legislation (U.S. Senate)

www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm

Administrative Decisions by Agency

www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html

Almanac of Policy Issues

www.policyalmanac.org/

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (1774- )

from Congress: bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
from GPO: www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html

Campaigns & Elections

www.campaignline.com/

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

from GPO Access: catalog.gpo.gov/
- search Congressional publications only: catalog.gpo.gov/F/?func=file&file_name=find-congpubs&local_base=CONPUBS
- search Serial Set only: catalog.gpo.gov/F/?func=file&file_name=find-csset&local_base=CONSER
from Marcive: www.marcive.com/webdocs/webdocs.dll (This database is available for on-campus use; off-campus, it may only be accessed by St. Mary's students, faculty and staff.)

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation

from the Library of Congress' American Memory collection: memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

Clerk of the House (roll call votes)

clerk.house.gov/legislative/legvotes.html

Code of Federal Regulations

GPO Access
- www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Comprehensive Lists of Hearings, Prints and Publications Printed by the Senate

www.lib.ncsu.edu/congbibs/senate/

Conference Reports (GPO Access)

www.gpoaccess.gov/confrpts/index.html

Congress Votes (Washington Post)

projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/

Congressional Bills (GPO Access)

www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html

Congressional Budget Office

www.cbo.gov/

Congressional Committees Project wiki

www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Congressional_Committees_Project

Congressional Committee Meetings Index (North Carolina State Univ. Library)

www.lib.ncsu.edu/congbibs/committeemeetings/

Congressional Committees (for which Blume Library has publications)

library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/guides/congress/comlist.htm

Congressional Documents Online (Rutgers Law School)

lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/gdoc/search.shtml

Congressional Information Research Guide (University of Delaware)

www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/godc/resguide/congress.htm

Congressional Record

daily issues from GPO Access: www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html
bound issues from GPO Access: www.gpoaccess.gov/crecordbound/index.html

Congressional Research Tutorials (UC Berkeley Library)

sunsite3.berkeley.edu/wikis/congresearch/

Congressional Serial Set: Hidden Treasures of American History

www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sersetweb/serset4.html

Congressional Universe.(This database is available use AT THE LAW LIBRARY ONLY)

web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/

CQ Moneyline

moneyline.cq.com/pml/home.do

CQ Press Political Reference Suite (available on-campus and off-campus to St. Mary's students/faculty only)

library.cqpress.com/prs/

CRS (Congressional Research Service) Annotated Constitution (from Cornell's Legal Information Institute)

straylight.law.cornell.edu/anncon/authorship.html

C-Span Congressional Chronicle

www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/

C-Span Congressional Resources

www.c-span.org/resources/congress.asp

Current Status of Selected Legislation (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)

www.llsdc.org/attachments/wysiwyg/544/Status110.pdf

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Dirksen Center

www.dirksencenter.org/ (Congressional Information Center: capwiz.com/cl/directory/congdir.tt)

Documents Received List (publications in the Blume Library)

library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/us/recd/index.htm

Enactment of a Law (Thomas)

thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/enactlawtoc.html

e-Rulemaking Web Sites (National Archives)

www.archives.gov/federal-register/public-participation/rulemaking-sites.html

Fast Facts for Congress

fastfacts.census.gov/

Federal Court Locator (Villanova Law School)

www.law.villanova.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp

Federal Election Commission

www.fec.gov/

Federal Judicial Center

www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf

Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)

www.llsdc.org/fed-leg-hist/

Federal Register (GPO Access)

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Federal Register Tutorial

www.archives.gov/federal-register/tutorial/

Federal Regulations (Cornell Law Library)

www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/guides/fedregs/

Fedlaw

www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

Government Resources (Library of Congress)

thomas.loc.gov/links/

GovTrack

www.govtrack.us/

GPO Access

www.gpoaccess.gov/

Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)

www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html

Guide to Understanding the Superintendent of Documents Numbering System

library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/guides/sudocs.htm

History of Bills (from GPO Access)

www.gpoaccess.gov/hob/index.html

House Committee Information

www.house.gov/house/CommitteeWWW.shtml

House of Representatives Web Page

www.house.gov/

How Our Laws Are Made (Thomas)

thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

Information by Subject (Blume Library)

library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/subject/misc/subject.htm

Internet Law Library

from Pritchard Law Webs
- www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/

from LawGuru.com
- www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/

NOTE: The Internet Law Library orginally was maintained by the House of Representatives. When they ceased supporting the venture, the files were picked up by several different hosts. Pritchard Law Webs and LawGuru.com are two of these that seem committed to continuing to maintain the databases and link collection.

Judicial Branch resources (University of Michigan)