Sources for Federal Legislative History

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Sources for Federal Legislative History

• Sources for Federal Legislative History
• http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library/ - Choose
  Research Guides Federal Legislative History
  Boalt Research Guide

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Examples of Documents (PDF)

• Credit Card Act Bill
• Credit Card Act House Report
• Credit Card Act Hearing
• Credit Card Act- Committee print (1) and (2)
• Help America Vote - Congressional Record
• House Document Certification for an Export to
  the Peoples Republic of China
• Credit Card Act- Presidential Remarks
• Presidential Statement on Signing the Fraud
  Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009

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Thomas

• http//thomas.loc.gov
• Note Legislative Process link on right How our
  Laws are Made and Enactment of a Law
• Search Bill Text Legislation in Current Congress
• HR 627 (credit card act) -
• All Congressional actions
• Advanced Search
• Credit Card Act
• Search Multiple, Previous Congresses
• Example 110th and 111th congresses, credit
  card, enrolled bills sent to the President
• Results include H.R.3295
• Link to the Bill Summary Status file
• All Congressional Actions with Amendments
• Note H. Rept. 111-88
• Note 3/19/2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held -
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and
  Consumer Credit
• Advanced Search
• Thomas.loc.gov - Search Multiple Congresses
   Search Bill Summary Status Try the Advanced
  Search
• 111 Congress
• Sponsor Maloney, Carolyn
• Word/Phrase credit card

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Thomas Hearings

• Only option is to browse to the Committee (House
  or Senate) to see if hearing (transcript, audio,
  video) is posted.
• Example Credit Card Act Hearings, 3/19/2009
• House Financial Services Committee
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and
  Consumer Credit
• Committee Web Page http//financialservices.hous
  e.gov/
• 3/19/2009 H.R. 627, the Credit Cardholders' Bill
  of Rights Act of 2009 and H.R. 1456, the
  Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act
  of 2009
• Note PDF of official hearing publication
  (111-17)and also video webcast

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Govtrack.us

• Govtrack.us
• Pulls in information from Thomas
• Well thought out presentation of information
• Bill Search H.R.627
• Sponsors/co-sponsors
• Summary/text
• Project Vote and CRS
• Votes
• Full text
• Bill comparisons
• Reports
• No committee report?
• Floor Speeches
• Related Legislation
• Link to MAPLight.org

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LexisNexis Congressional

• LexisNexis Congressional
• Premium legislative history service (also exists
  in native Lexis as CIS but is a stripped down
  version without pdfs of documents and depth of
  coverage)
• http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library/ - Top
  Databases - LexisNexis Congressional
• Or directly http//web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp
• Congressional Publications
• Search Tabs
• Basic search
• Advanced Search
• Search by Number
• Congressional Record Only
• Legislative Histories, Bills Laws (left menu
  item)
• Search Tabs
• Keyword Search
• Get a Document
• Alternative Route to legislative histories
• Tab Search by Number Find a legislative
  history by number

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LexisNexis Congressional Compiled Legislative
History

• Legislative History of PL 111-24
• Legislative Histories, Bills Laws Get a
  Document
• Or Congressional Publications Search by Number
• Public Law Number 111-24
• Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and
  Disclosure Act of 2009 or Credit CARD Act of 2009

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LexisNexis Congressional Structure of Compiled
Legislative History PL 111-24

• Bill (HR 627) and Bill Tracking Report
• Bills i.e. other House and Senate bills
• Debate
• Reports (110th and 111th Congress)
• Related Reports
• Hearings (110th and 111th Congress)
• Full text of testmony from one of these hearing
  records brings up unofficial transcripts from CQ
  Congressional Testimony
• Related Hearings
• Note that hearings for 111th Congress are not yet
  available
• Miscellaneous Publications
• Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
• CIS No. is just an internal numbering system for
  the accompanying microfiche set

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LexisNexis Congressional Advanced Search

• Congressional Publications - Advanced Search
• Example help america vote and limit to 107th
  Congress
• CRS Reports Digital Collection
• Hearings Digital Collection
• Legislative History PL 107-252
• Reports
• Example Hearings
• Example "north korea" and human rights( date
  previous 5 years and limited to hearings)
• Note Hearings Digital Collection (8)
• Example Witness (from drop down menu in advanced
  search)
• Lastname Warren Firstname Elizabeth (last two
  years)
• Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Providing New
  Protections for Consumers, March 13,2008
• Lastname Edley Firstname Christopher (all
  available dates)
• 13 hearings (digital collection)

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LexisNexis Congressional Search By Number

• Congressional Publications - Advanced Search
• Search by Number
• Example Find Congressional Publications Related
  to a bill or Law HR 627 from 111th Congress
• Note there are some documents here that did not
  show up in the compiled legislative history of PL
  111-24
• committee prints and CRS reports

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LexisNexis Congressional CRS Reports

• Congressional Publications - Advanced Search
• CRS Reports (Congressional Research Service)
• The Congressional Research Service (CRS) was
  established within the Library of Congress to
  provide members, committees, and congressional
  staff with nonpartisan and objective research and
  analysis on all public policy issues.
• Example iraq and casualties ( date after 2002
  and limited to CRS Reports)
• Example insurance regulation (date previous two
  years)
• Insurance Regulation Issues, Background, and
  Legislation in the 111th Congress,
• OpenCRS - http//opencrs.com/
• Public access to a selection of CRS reports

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LexisNexis Congressional Historical Documents

• Congressional Publications Advanced Search
• Example unamerican activities and date between
  1949 and 1951
• Committee Prints - Digital Collection (18)
• Committee Prints -- Digital Collection (13)
• Serial Set - Digital Collectin (78)
• Example Witness Kazan, Elia and limited to
  hearings
• 2 hearings
• Example Witness Kay, Herma and limited to
  hearings
• Note digital hearings
• Example pledge of allegiance and date limited
  to between 1950 and 1960
• Hearings Digital Collection (2)
• Serial Set Collection - Digital Collection (7)

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LexisNexis Congressional Historical Documents

• Search by Number

• Contents of Serial Set Advanced Search

• Congressional Publications Search by Number
• Find congressional publications related to a bill
  or lawP L 87-195 (Foreign Assistance Act of
  1961)
• Note this is not a formal compiled legislative
  history but databases tries to pull in all
  related documents.
• CRS Reports
• Hearings
• Serial Set
• Committee Prints
• Congressional Record

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Readex)

• U.S. Congressional Serial Set
• Or http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library.htm and
  choose DatabasesUS Congressional Serial Set
• UCB only The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is a
  collection of primary source materials covering
  the period 1817-1976. Its made up of
  congressional reports and documents, arranged in
  sequentially numbered volumes. Many important
  executive agency documents were printed in
  congressional editions during the 19th century,
  making the U.S. Congressional Serial Set an
  incredibly rich resource covering nearly every
  aspect of society. The set includes the American
  State Papers, a retrospective collection of
  materials originating from 1789 through 1838 but
  published in the second quarter of the 19th
  century.
• Search Example advanced search, foreign
  assistance act and date 1961
• Search example emma goldman
• Search example pledge of allegiance and date
  1954

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Westlaw (1)

• All Databases gt U.S. Federal Materials gt
  Legislative History
• Legislative History - U.S. Code, 1948 to present
  (LH)
• US GAO Federal Legislative Histories (FED-LH)
  (1954-1995, rolling release)
• PL 87-195
• Testimony Transcripts
• U.S. Congressional Testimony (USTESTIMONY)
• Congressional Testimony (CONGTMY)
• US Political Transcripts (USPOLTRANS)
• Netscan Legislative History documents (NS-LH)
• State legislative materials and federal

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Westlaw (2)

• All Databases gt U.S. Federal Materials gt Arnold
  Porter Collection - Legislative Histories
• Limited selection of compiled legislative
  histories.
• All Databases gt U.S. Federal Materials gt U.S.
  Code Congressional Administrative News
• Example credit card act and date limited to
  this year and last year
• PL 11-24, 123 Stat 1734
• Senate Report 111-16
• Example (historical) "pledge of allegiance"
  "under god" da (lt1960)
• All Databases gt U.S. Federal Materials gt
  Congressional Information
• Various databases

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Westlaw Using Annotated Code

• Example 15 USCA 1637
• Legislative History Materials
• Graphical Statutes
• Historical and Statutory Notes at end of section
  text

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Westlaw Legislative News

• All Databases gt Business News
• RollCall (ROLLCALL)
• CQ Weekly (CQWEEK)
• Credit w/card (current year)
• See CQ WEEKLY Fall 2009 Outlook Gun Regulation
  (9/5/09)

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Lexis Legislative Resources

• Legal gt Legislation Politics - U.S. U.K. gt
  U.S. Congress
• Various database and sub categories
• Committee reports, prints, house and senate
  documents
• Bill text and tracking
• Legislative Histories
• Committee Hearing Transcripts
• Bill Tracking

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Lexis Legislative Resources (2)

• CIS - Legal gt Legislation Politics - U.S.
  U.K. gt U.S. Congress gt Legislative Histories gt
• US - CIS Legislative Histories (1970-)
• Example LEGIS-HIST (111-24)
• Example TESTIMONY (christopher w/3 edley)

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Lexis CIS Historical

• CIS Historical - Legal gt Legislation Politics -
  U.S. U.K. gt U.S. Congress gt Legislative
  Histories gt CIS/Historical Index (1789 -1980)
• Example "pledge of allegiance" and date(geq
  (01/01/1950) and leq (01/01/1960))
• Note this doesnt contain the digital
  collections available on the standalone web
  version LexisNexis Congressional.

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Lexis Bill Tracking

• Legal gt Legislation Politics - U.S. U.K. gt
  U.S. Congress
• Example Congressional Bills and Bill Tracking -
  Current Congress - H.R. 627
• Get a document 111 PL 24

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Lexis Legislative News

• News Business gt Market Industry gt By Industry
  Topic gt Government Politics gt Legislative
  News
• Numerous sources for context
• Roll Call
• Credit w/4 card (date last six months)
• See Gun Vote Shows Democrats Challenge July
  23, 2009
• National Journal

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GPO Access

• http//www.gpoaccess.gov/
• Legislative Branch Resources
• Congressional Bills
• credit card act
• Hearings
• Go to Congressional Hearings and search for
  credit card act in 111th Congress
• Serial Set
• Congressional documents
• Congressional reports
• Example Legislative Branch gt U.S. Congressional
  Serial Set gt Congressional Reports gt 111th
  Congress credit card act
• Presidential Materials (use Fdsys)
• GPO Executive Branch gt Weekly Compilation of
  Presidential Documents and Daily Compilation of
  Presidential Documents
• FdsysCompilation of Presidential Documents
• Advanced Search credit card
• DCPD-200900395 - Remarks on Signing the Credit
  Card Accountability, Responsibility, and
  Disclosure Act of 2009 PDF 41 KB, Compilation
  of Presidential Documents. Bill Signings and
  Vetoes. Friday, May 22, 2009.

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HeinOnline Legislative Resources

• http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library.htm Top
  Databases HeinOnline
• U.S Federal Legislative History Library
• Sources of Compiled Legislative History Database
• Example 109-366/S. 3930 120 Stat. 2600
  Military Commissions Act Of 2006
• U.S. Federal Legislative History Title Collection
  
• Example Military Commissions Act of 2006
• Example Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970

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CQ Weekly and Congressional Collection

• http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library/ - Databases
  CQ Weekly
• Note current issue
• Search for articles
• Bills H.R. 627 (limit to current congress)
• See Bearing Arms on Public Lands 5/25/2009
• Library Databases CQ Congress Collection
• Advanced Search H.R. 627 (current congress)

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California Legislative History

• California Legislative History Research Guide
• http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/guide.
  php?id54
• http//www.law.berkeley.edu/library.htm
  Research Guides
• Official California Legislative Information-
  http//www.leginfo.ca.gov/
• Recent CA Legis News
• http//tinyurl.com/ylppcg4
• http//tinyurl.com/yfwxbgt
• Example AB 962
• Status
• History
• Bill Text
• Analyses
• Votes

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California Legislative History

• Westlaw
• All Databases gt U.S. State Materials gt
  California gt Statutes Legislative Materials
• All Databases gt U.S. State Materials gt
  California gt Statutes Legislative Materials gt
  California Legislative History Bill Tracking
• California Legislative History (CA-LH) "a.b.
  962" da(last 90 days)
• West's Ann.Cal.Penal Code 12060 
• Note red flag indicating Legislative Action
• Lexis
• California gt Find Statutes, Regulations,
  Administrative Materials Court Rules
• California Legislative Bill History a.b. 962