Table of Online Sources of Federal Legislative History Publications

Online federal legislative history publications & Bluebook citation rule numbers

Publication Name or Type	Major Online Sources
Publication Name or Type	Westlaw*	LexisNexis* & Congressional	Library of Congress - Thomas & American Memory	NewsBank Readex	HeinOnline	GPO Access
Congressional Bills & Resolutions Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.2(a)	1995 to date MORE	1989 to date MORE	1989 to date, GPO Access PDF files begin at 1995; Am. Mem., selected image files, 6th - 42nd Cong., 1799 - 1873			1993 to date as PDF files
Congressional Committee Reports Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.4(a)	Selected edited coverage of enacted legislation, 1948 -1989; full coverage, 1990 to date MORE	CMTRPT - Selected full text, 1990 - 1992; complete coverage, 1993 to date	1995 to date, GPO Access PDF; Am. Mem., selected Serial Set image files (23rd - 64th Cong., 1833 - 1917)	15th Cong. (1817) through 96th Cong. (1980) when project completed - Check source for current status		1995 to date; includes PDF file Senate Executive Reports
Congressional Record Daily & Permanent editions Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.5	CR - Daily ed. 1985 to date, index and History of Bills and Resolutions not included	RECORD - Daily ed. 1985 to date, index and History of Bills and Resolutions not included	Daily ed., 1989 to date (1995 to date in PDF); Biweekly Index; Permanent ed. image files, 43rd Cong., 1873 - 75 (Am. Mem.)			Daily ed., 1995 to date in PDF; Daily ed. Index, 1983 to date; Perm. ed., 106th Cong., 1999 & 2000, vols. 145 & 146
Congressional Globe Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.5			Am. Mem., facsimile image files, 23rd - 42nd Cong., 1833 - 73
Register of Debates Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.5			Am. Mem., image files, 18th Cong., 2nd sess. - 25th Cong., 1st sess., 1824 - 37
Annals of Congress Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.5			Am. Mem., facsimile image files, 1st - 18th Cong., 1st sess., 1789 - 1824
Committee Prints Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.4(c)		CMTPRN - Selected coverage, 1995 - 2004				Limited PDF coverage from 1997 to date
House & Senate Documents Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.4(a,b)		HSDOCS - 1995 to date; excludes Treaty Documents	Am. Mem., selected image files from Serial Set, 23rd - 64th Cong., 1833 - 1917	15th Cong. (1817) through 96th Cong. (1980) when project completed - Check source for current status		1995 to date; includes Treaty Documents
Congressional Hearings Citation formats - Bluebook rule 13.3	Selected, unofficial coverage of oral testimony and witness written statements from Federal Document Clearing House, 1993 to date MORE	Selected, unofficial coverage of oral testimony and written statements provided by Federal Document Clearing House, 1993 to date and Federal News Service, August 1988 to date MORE	Congressional committee major hearings transcripts, official and unofficial, are often first available at committee websites - linked from the THOMAS homepage			Selected coverage of official House and Senate hearings, 1997 to date in PDF; Supreme Court nomination hearings, 1971 to date
GAO Reports Citation formats - Bluebook rules 15.1(c), 15.1(d) & 15.7(a)	GAO-RPTS - 1994 to date - from Federal Document Clearing House	GAORPT - 1994 to date - from Federal Document Clearing House (LexisNexis only)				1995 to date PDF file; 1975 to date, updated daily, GAO site PDF (includes selected earlier coverage)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents & Public Papers of the Presidents Citation formats - Bluebook rule 14.7(b)	WCPD - 2000 to date	PRESDC - March 24, 1979 to date			Weekly Comp., 1965-2005; Public Paps., 1929 - 2001, excluding F. Roosevelt; Roosevelt Papers, 1928-45; facsimile image files	1993 to date PDF file for Weekly Compilation; Public Papers, 1992 - 2001 PDF
Compiled Full Text Legislative Histories	Arnold & Porter collection - includes 27 major contemporary federal statutes MORE	LexisNexis provides selective coverage of major federal statutes MORE			The U.S.Federal Legislative History Title Collection offers very selective but expanding PDF coverage of significant contemporary statutes & major subject area retrospective compilations
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