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Guide to Sources of U.S. Law

Research guide to finding basic sources of United States law.

Compiled Legislative Histories

Most current listed first:

THOMAS:  Bill Summary & Status (1973-)

History of Bills (1983-)

Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives (weekly)

CIS Index Legislative Histories (1984-) 

Lexis-Nexis Congressional

Federal Legislative Histories, an Annotated Bibliography (Ref. KF 42.2 1994) 

General Congressional Sources

CQ Weekly Report
Congressional Quarterly Almanac Plus (Ref. JK 1.C66)
Congressional Staff Directory (Main JK 1012.C65)
Official Congressional Directory (Ref. JK 1011.U52)