Legislation & Legislators

	Congress.gov Congress.gov is in an initial beta phase with plans to transform the Library of Congress's existing congressional information system into a modern, durable and user-friendly resource. Eventually, it will incorporate all of the information available on THOMAS.gov. The beta version of the site contains legislation from the 107th Congress (2001) to the present, member profiles from the 93rd Congress (1973) to the present, and some member profiles from the 80th through the 92nd Congresses (1947 to 1972). From the Law Library of Congress.

	THOMAS THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. The following information and more is currently available from THOMAS*:
	Search Type	Coverage
	Bill Summary & Status contains information about bills & amendments	93^rd Congress (1973) on
	Browse Legislation by Sponsor	93^rd Congress (1973) on
	Committee Reports	104^th (1995) Congress on
	Congressional Record	101^st Congress (1989) on
	Congressional Record Index	Current Congress through 104^th Congress; cumulative for each session; published every 2 weeks
	Days-in-Session Calendars	Senate: 95^th Congress, 2^nd Session (1978) on; House: 94^th Congress, 1^st Session (1995) on
	Full text of bills across multiple Congresses	101^st Congress (1989) on
	House Roll Call Votes	101^st Congress 2^nd session (1990) on
	Legislation Sponsored by Previous Congress	Use Advanced Bill Summary & Status Search
	Presidential Nominations	100^th (1987) Congress on
	Public Laws by Law Number	93^rd Congress (1973) on
	Senate Roll Call Votes	101^st Congress 1^st session (1989) on
	Text of legislation by word/phrase or bill number	101^st Congress (1989) on
	Yesterday in Congress	One legislative day
	Some Congressional Record documents in the 101^st and 102^nd Congresses are not available on THOMAS. Missing documents from the 101^st Congress are: All the documents for November 13, 1989; Conference reports for H.R.7, H.R.1465, H.R.996, H.R.2939, H.R.3072, H.R.3614, H.R.5114, H.R.5399, H.R.5769, S.580, S.1939, S.2740. Missing documents from the 102^nd Congress are: Conference reports for H.Con.Res. 287, H.R.2038, H.R.2508, H.R.2519, H.R.2608, H.R.5006, H.R.5487.
	*Data is added to THOMAS continually. House & Senate documents go to the Government Printing Office (GPO), then to the Library of Congress (LOC), then THOMAS. The Congressional Record is updated every day while bills & committee report updates vary

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	Congressional Bills	103rd Congress (1993) on
	Congressional Documents	99th Congress (1985) on
	Congressional Hearings	99th Congress (1985) on
	Congressional Record	1994-on
	Congressional Reports	104th Congress (1995) on

	Proquest Congressional Indexes information produced by or pertaining to the United States Congress from 1789 to the present. Provides full text for many titles, generally from the early 1990's to the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register. Includes full text of Congressional Research Service reports, 1916-present; full text of Congressional hearings, 1824-2003; and full text of Committee Prints, 1830-2003.

	Senate The Senate web site lists and contains information on the current Senators and the committees on which they are serving. It provides access to THOMAS for a bill search, a floor webcasts of Senate hearings, roll call votes, Senate legislative calendar a listing of active legislation and much more.

	House The House of Representatives website lists current representatives, committees, legislative activity and provides the ability to Watch HouseLive. Legislative Activity is reported, its schedule, Floor proceedings, votes, and Bill & reports. In addition to public disclosure data (financial), the site provides information on Representatives.

	2011 Green Book Also known as "Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the House Committee on Ways and Means". It provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation. It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. It is compiled by the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives.

	ACTS BY POPULAR NAME

	There are several tools available to identify Acts by their popular name (i.e. Brady Bill).

	THOMAS Acts by Popular Name are searchable in THOMAS (http://thomas.loc.gov/). Click on Bills & Resolutions and scroll down to Browse Bill & Resolutions. You DO need to know the Congress that enacted the bill.

	House of Representatives This “Popular Name Tool” that has a scroll down bar that lists acts alphabetically by popular name.

	Cornell School of Law This “Table of Popular Names” is organized alphabetically. The entries may have up to three types of links. One is the reference to the Public Law number (link to the THOMAS record or FDSYS). The link associated with the "Short Title" goes particular sections of the Code that describes how the particular law was incorporated into the Code.

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Legislation & Legislators