Understanding the Legislative Process
This graphic depicts the U.S. government's legislative process. Red boxes are publications, titles or collections where you will find documents from the Legislative process. Links to these digital collections are in the box on the right. If your date range is not digitized, visit the Government Information Department.
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Legislative Process Links
- History of Bills CollectionThis collection from govinfo.gov records legislative actions. Materials are available online from 1984 to 2017.
- Committee Work 1789-2010The subscription-based digital Congressional Serial Set has an extensive range of committee work from 1789 to 2010.
- Committee Work 1995-2017These collections from govinfo.gov host congressional committee materials produced from 1995-2017.
- Congressional RecordGovinfo.gov's bound Congressional Record has been digitized from 1873 to 2017. This includes the entire run of this publication.
- Congressional Bills CollectionCongress.gov provides a wealth of information about various drafts and actions taken on legislation from 1989 to 2017. Updated daily.
- Presidential Papers, Presidential Remarks, or Press ReleasesThis libguide helps you find the records and resources for each presidential administration.
- Public & Private LawsGovinfo.gov's collection of Public and Private Laws spans from 1995-2017.
- Statutes-at-LargeGovinfo.gov's Statutes At Large Collection covers 1951 to 2011, the most recent edition of the publication.
- Statutes-at-Large (1789-1950)The Law Library of Congress has digitized the Statutes-at-Large as searchable PDFs. Their digitization includes volumes from 1789 to 1950.
- United States CodeThe U.S. Code is available on govinfo.gov from 1994 to 2016, the most recent version of this publication.
- United States Code (1925-1988)The Law Library of Congress provides free access to digitized historic editions of the United States Code. Digitized editions range from 1925 to 1988.
- Federal RegisterThe Federal Register is published daily. Govinfo.gov has digital editions of the complete Federal Register dating from 1936 to 2017.
- Federal Register (1936-1993)The Law Library of Congress has made available digitized copies of the Federal Register dating from 1936 to 1993.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)Govinfo.gov makes the annual Code of Federal Regulations available from 1996 to 2017.
