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U.S. Government Documents: Congressional Publications

Major Sites for Legislative Documents

ProQuest Legislative Insight
Legislative Insight 1789-2012 covers over 27,000 laws, including all CIS histories from 1970-2012 (many with updated research and indexing) and approximately 18,000 new histories from 1789-1969. New laws from 2013-forward are added on an ongoing basis.
ProQuest Congressional
U.S. legislative publications and government information. Much of the material is fulltext. Includes pending bills, laws, legislative histories, committee reports and documents, Congressional hearings and select committee prints, and biographical data about members of Congress.

Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the official source for federal legislative information. Covers 1973-present. See Content and coverage.
GovInfo
Service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. Provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Content includes bills from 1993 to the present, House and Senate Documents and Reports from 104th Congress (1995-96) forward.
Hein Online - U.S. Congressional Library
Content includes bound and daily versions of Congressional Record, its three predecessor titles, and other important congressional material
HeinOnline - U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
More than 2,500 titles published by the US Government Publishing Office, William S. Hein, and several leading law firms. The typical legislative history compilation presents the text of the final public law, House and Senate bill variations, Congressional hearings and reports.
GovTrack.us
Bill and Congressional vote tracking, 101st Congress (1989) to present, with older enacted bills and votes. Offers an alerting service for email notification of activity on specific bills.

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