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Legislative:  Bills; Committee hearings & prints; Committee calendars; Committee rules; Congressional Record; House & Senate Journals; House & Senate calendars; Laws; Serial Set

Bills

Text  (Call number Y 1.4/ )
    Case MFiche Docs  96th-106th congress (1979-2000)
    GPO Access  103rd congress (1993)--
    Thomas  101st congress (1989)--
    LexisNexis Congressional  101st congress (1989)--

Bill tracking & summaries:
    Digest of Public General Bills & Resolutions
    Case Ref Document LC 14.6:
        74th congress 2nd session--101st congress (1936--1990)
    Thomas  93rd congress (1973)--
    LexisNexis Congressional  101st congress (1989)--
        selected legislative histories
    U.S. Federal Legislative Histories (Hein Online)
        selected legislative histories
 

House & Senate Calendars

House Calendar (Y 1.2/2: )
    Case Ref Document:  75th (1937-38), 94th congresses (1975-76)--
    GPO Access  104th congress (1995)--

Senate Calendar (Y 1.3/3: )
    Case MFiche Docs:  latest congress only
    GPO Access   104th congress (1995)--
 

Congressional Record (1874-- ) and precursors Congressional Globe (1833--1873), Register of Debates in Congress (1824--1837), Annals of Congress (1789--1824)

Indexes (including History of Bills & Resolutions) and Daily Digest
    Case Ref Document X 1.1:
    A Century of Lawmaking (1789-1873)
    GPO Access  (1983)--
    Thomas  (Nov. 1989)--

Permanent ed.
    LASR Gov't Docs:
        1st--66th congresses (1789--1986)
            Call number X: , X 1. , X 1.0: , X 1.1:
    Case Microfiche Document:
        99th congress (1985--1986)
            Call number X 99
        100th congress (1987--1988)
            Call number X 100
        101st congress (1989)--
            Call number X 1.1:
    Century of Lawmaking  Annals of Congress
        (1789-1824) minutes of proceedings, not debates
    Century of Lawmaking  Register of Debates
        (1824-183) summary of "leading debates and incidents"
    Century of Lawmaking  Congressional Globe
        (1833-73) summary until 1851, then "approaching verbatim"
    GPO Access (1999)-

Daily ed.(paper)
    Case Ref Document X 1.1/A: (retained until Permanent ed. arrives on microfiche)
    LexisNexis Congressional  Congressional Record  (1985)--
    Thomas  Congressional Record (1989)--
    GPO Access  Congressional Record (1994)--
 

House & Senate Journals

House Journal
    Case Ref Document XJH:  current congress
    LASR Gov't Document: 83rd congress (1953)--
    Case Microfiche Document 96th congress 2nd session--99th congress (1980--1996)
    Century of Lawmaking :(1789-1875)
    GPO Access: (1991-98)

Senate Journal
    Case Ref document XJS:  current congress
    LASR Gov't Document:  834d congress (1953)--
    Case Microfiche Document 97th congress second session--99th congress (1982--1996)
    Century of Lawmaking (1789-1875)
    Senator MacCauly's Journal (unofficial)  (1789-1791)

Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Y 1.3/4: )
    Case Ref document Y 1.3/4:  current congress
    LASR Gov't Document:  1st congress --
    Century of Lawmaking (1789-1875)
 

Committee Calendars

Case Documents   (varies)
GPO Access (House)  104th congress (1995)--
GPO Access (Senate)  104th congress (1995)-- 
LexisNexis Congressional  (1996)--
Library of Congress  current congress only
 

Committee Rules

Case Documents 100th congress (1987)--
    Selected volumes available in Case Docs Pamphlets
Library of Congress (current congress only)
Senate (current congress only)
House (current congress only)
LexisNexis Congressional (current congress only)
 

Committee Hearings and Prints

Case Documents
    1933--1980; 73rd--96th congresses
    1987--1988; 100th congress (titles not on microfiche)
    1989--2005; 101st--107th congresses

Case Microfiche Documents
    1979---1980; 96th congress (appropriations hearings only)
    1981--1986; 97th--99th congresses
    1987--1988; 100th congress (selected titles only)

GPO Access  1997-- ; selected hearings & prints
Thomas  1997--  selected House hearings; Transportation from 1996--
LexisNexis Congressional  1988-- ; prepared testimony of hearings only, not complete text
                                        1993-- ; selected prints

Indexes:
LexisNexis Congressional  1789--
 

U.S. Congressional Serial Set and precursor American State Paper
    House and Senate documents and reports

Permanent ed.
    Case MFiche Documents Y 1.1/2:
        American State Papers--v.4555; 1st-57th congresses
    LASR Special Collections
        American State papers --v.5214; 1st--59th congresses
    LASR Gov't Document
        v.5217; 60th congress--
    GPO Access  1995-- ; 104th congress--
    LexisNexis Congressional  House & Senate reports 1990--
    LexisNexis Congressional  House & Senate documents 1995--
    Thomas reports only  1995-- ; 104th congress--

Slip ed.
    Case Documents Y 1.1/3:-- Y 1.1/8:
        retained until bound and then LASR

Indexes:
    LexisNexis Congressional
 

Laws

Statutes at Large (bound chronologically)
    LASR Gov't Document AE 2.111:  1st congress (1789)--
    Century of Lawmaking  1st--42nd congresses (1789--1873)
    GPO Access  104th congress (1995)--
    Thomas  104th congress (1995)--

Slip laws (retained until superseded by Statutes at Large)
    Case Ref Documents AE 2.110:

United States Code (codified by subject)
    Case Ref Documents Y 1.2/5:  most recent ed.
    GPO Access  most recent ed.
    LexisNexis Congressional  most recent ed.
    LexisNexis Academic  most recent ed.

Executive                                        return to top

Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders, 1945-89
    Case Ref Document AE 2.114:

Presidential Vetoes
    Case Ref Document Y 1.3:S.pub. 1789--2000
    Thomas  1973--
            Once connected, select Bill Summary and Status and desired congress

Regulations                                      return to top

Federal Register
 GPO Access  1995--
 LexisNexis Congressional  1980--
 LexisNexis Academic  1980--
 

Code of Federal Regulations 
Case Ref Document AE 2.106/3:  current year only
LASR Gov't Docs 1986--
GPO Access  1996--
LexisNexis Congressional  1981--
LexisNexis Academic  latest edition only
 

Regulatory Programs of the United States Government 
Case Document PREX 2.30:  1985-92
Case Microfiche Document PREX 2.30:  1992-93

Judicial                                                                    return to top

United States Reports 
LASR Gov't Docs JU 6.8:
LexisNexis Academic  Legal - Federal and State Cases 1790--
GPO Access 1937-75; 1992--
Find Law & other websites

Colonial/Continental Congress                  return to top

Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States 1783-1789
Case Ref Document  Z 2.3/1:

Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence 1775-1785
Case Ref Document Z 2.4:

Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789
Case Ref Document Z 2.7/4:

Secret Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1788
LASR Special Collections Z 2.8:
Century of Lawmaking

Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789
LASR Microfilm Research J10.A1 U65 1958
Index in Kindler Area

Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
LASR Main 342.73 El4

Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 (Farrand's Records)
Case Main KF4510.U547
Century of Lawmaking

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