FEDERAL BILLS RESEARCH

• 1993 - current: GPO Access - Congressional Bills (full-text)
• 1991 - current:
• Westlaw. Login required. Path: Click on Directory - US Federal Materials - Bill Tracking.
• Congressional Bills (CONG-BILLTXT) covers the current session
• Billcast (BC) covers current public bills
• Congressional Bills - 104th Congress to Current (CONG-BILLTXT-ALL) covers all bills from these sessions
• Each session from 104th - current can also be searched separately
• 1989 (101st)-current:
• Lexis. Login required. Path for current bills: Click on the Legal tab - Federal Legal U.S. - Legislative histories & materials. Path for older bills: Click on the Legal tab - Federal Legal U.S. - Archived Bill text & tracking.
• Congressional full text bills, current Congress (109th)
• Federal bill text combined archive covers the 101st to the 108th Congresses. Each session of this period can also be searched independently
• 1989 (101st) - current: THOMAS
• 1959 - 1969 (86th - 91st): CIS US Serial Set, microfiche, LLB2
• Finding Aid: Binder on rear shelf labeled "Finding Aids Binder for CIS Microform Collection".
• 1970 - present : CIS microfiche.
• Finding Aids:
• CIS Cumulative and Annual Index, 1970 - present.
• CIS Annual Abstracts, 1970 - present.
• CIS Legislative Histories, 1986 - present.
• 1981 - 2000 (97th - 106th Congress): GPO microfiche. SuDoc# Y 1.4/. Room B-2.
• Finding Aid: 3 large black binders on rear shelf labeled "User's Guide - US Congress - House & Senate Bills". Also known as "Final cumulative finding aid, House and Senate bills."
• 1799 - 1873 (House), 6th - 42nd Congress: American Memory Project's Century of Lawmaking with other early Congressional documents.
• 1819 - 1873 (Senate), 16th - 42nd Congress: American Memory Project's Century of Lawmaking with other early Congressional documents.
• History of Bills from GPOAccess, 1983 - present. The History of Bills lists legislative actions on bills that are reported in the Congressional Record. It is part of the print Congressional Record Index, which is published biweekly by the Joint Committee on Printing when Congress is in session.
• US Congressional Serial Set from GPO Access. Online from 1993 - present.
• Finding Aid
• Congressional Record
• 1789-1980, v. 126: on microfilm. Includes Annals of Congress, 1789-1824; Register of Debates, 1824-1837; Congressional Globe, 1833-1873)
• 1981, v. 127 - current: on microfiche.
• Daily Paper Editions. On shelf until replaced by microfiche.
• Bound Volumes, vols. 117-130: on shelf
• Bound Index & Digest, vols. 55 - current: on shelf
• Congressional Record online, from 1994, v. 140 to present
• Index online, from 1983 - present

• 1991-current:
• Westlaw. Login required. Click on Directory - US Federal Materials - Bill Tracking.
• Bill Tracking - Federal (US-BILLTRK) covers current data
• Bill Tracking - Federal Archives (US-BILLTRK-OLD) covers 1991 - present
• 1989 - current:
• Lexis. Login required. Path for current data: Click on the Legal tab - Federal legal U.S. - Legislative histories & materials. Path for older bills: Click on the Legal tab - Federal Legal U.S. - Archived Bill text & tracking.
• Bill tracking report, current Congress
• Federal Bill Tracking - Combined Archive (101st-108th). Each session can also be searched independently.
• 1973 - current: THOMAS
• 1984 - current: CIS Annual, Legislative Histories of U.S. Public Laws
• 1967 - current: CCH Congressional Index
• 1979 - 1990 (96th - 101st): Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions
• Other issues available through LLMC Digital. Login required.
• 1979 - 1992 (96th - 102nd): Major Legislation of the Congress
• 1873 - 1989: "History of Bills and Resolutions" section of the Congressional Record (in Index volumes; indexes are last bound volume of each year). The Congressional Record is available as listed above.