HIS430 Research Paper Help: Legislative Research

Congressional Record

• Official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress (1789-2001)

Congress.gov

• Congressional actions regarding bills and resolutions (1973-present)
• Full text of bill versions (1989-present)
• Congressional Committee Reports (1995-present)
• Congressional Research Service Reports (~2000-present)

Govinfo

• Selected Hearings (1957-present)
• Selected Reports (1995-present)
• Selected Congressional Documents and Prints (1975-present)

House Document  Repository 

• Bills to be considered by committee (2009-present)

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation

• Records and Proceedings of Congress, 1774-1875

Code of Federal Regulations

• Contains all Federal regulations currently in effect by subject (1996-present)

Library of Congress Law Library

• Federal regulations (1938-1995)

Federal Register

• Daily publication dealing with actions of the Executive Branch (1936-present)
• Notices
• Proposed Rules
• Final Rules
• Executive Orders by the President

Chicago
14.282: Laws and statutes 

14.270: Legal and public documents online  

14.283: Bills and resolutions 

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation https://www.legalbluebook.com/
     This is the style used by lawyer for legal citations.

U.S. Code (1925-1988 with supplements)

• Library of Congress Law Library

U.S. Code (1994-present)

• Government Printing Office
• Office of the Law Revision Council--updated more frequently

Statutes At Large
(Laws complied and printed at the end of each session of Congress, including public laws, private laws, Concurrent Resolutions, Presidential Proclamations)

• Law Library of Congress (1789-1959)
• govinfo (1951-2018)
• Congress.gov (1973-present)