Cost Effective Legal Research: Federal Legislative Sources

Official version of the U.S. Code

Online component of the Government Printing Office

Legislative information website of the Library of Congress. 93rd Congress to the present.

Congressional information from the 1st to the 111th Congress.

ProQuest Congressional Publications provides a comprehensive view of congressional action and the behind-the-scenes activity involved in crafting U.S. legislation. It includes the Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC), Committee Prints and CRS Reports (1824–Present), Statutes at Large (1789–present), and the Serial Set (1789–1969), and Hearings (1824-1979, 1980-2003). Includes the Federal Register & Political News. Note that not all hearings have full text transcripts.

Libraries for U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, & U.S. Congressional Documents in PDF format.

Created to help citizens research and track the activities of Congress.