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Laws and Regulations
Title and Description	Some Fulltext	Coverage

Congressional Record (GPO)		1995-current
Contains full-text of proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. Published daily when Congress is in session. Includes "Daily Digest", summary of the day's floor and committee activities.

Digital National Security Archive (Chadwyck Healey)
Significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. Largest collection of contemporary declassified national security information outside the United States Government. Comprised of 15 collections, each of which contains a diverse range of policy documents including presidential directives, memos, etc.

Federal Register (GPO)		1995-2001
Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.

GPO Access (GPO)		Dates vary
Provides search and retrieval of full text from over 50 online databases as well as tools and finding aids for other government information. Full text databases include the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, public laws and Congressional bills, U.S. Code, U.S. Government Manual, Economic Indicators, Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports, Supreme Court decisions (1937-1975), and other government publications. Includes the Federal Bulletin Board, Congressional information, The Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, The Government Information Locator Service (GILS), and other indexes.

LexisNexis Congressional (Lexis-Nexis)		1789-current
Indexes congressional publications and CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present) Includes full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record, testimony from congressional hearings, bill tracking through the House and Senate, public laws, Statutes at Large, and the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, information about members and committees, and more.

THOMAS (LC)		dates vary
Federal legislative information. Includes current Congressional activity, bill summaries and status, Congressional Record, Congressional roll call votes, committee information, historical documents, and links to other federal government web sites.

U.S. Code (GPO Access)		1995 with supplements through 2000
General and permanent laws of the U.S. codified by subject matter. Divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years with annual cumulative supplements published in between editions.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Newsbank)		15th-90th Congresses, 2nd session, 1817-1967, Serial Set Vols. 1-12792
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Upon completion, the set will cover 1817-1980. If using Firefox as your browser, use the Firefox Print command, not the Adobe (or Preview) Print option.