Legislation, Laws, Regulations

Thomas. A server for legislative information from the Library of Congress. Includes summaries of Public Laws from the 93rd Congress (1973-74) forward.

Documenting the Legislative Process Online

• Texts of Congressional Bills (103rd Congress - present)
• Congressional Committee Hearings (104th Congress - present) (selected hearings only; not comprehensive)
• Also, see the Law Librarians' Society's Legislative Source Book for links to sources of hearings on committee web sites and other Internet sources.
  
• Congressional Committee Prints (105th Congress - present) (selected prints only; not comprehensive)
• House and Senate Reports, including Conference reports (104th Congress - present)
• Floor debates and votes: The Congressional Record (1994 - present)
• Presidential signing statements: The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993 - present); Public Papers of the Presidents (1991 - 2002). Statements for the current administration can be found on the White House web site.
  
• Texts of Laws as passed: Public Laws (104th Congress - present)

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Other sites for Congressional Information

• Official U.S. House of Representatives site.
• Official U.S. Senate site.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present
• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 (Library of Congress, American Memory Project)
• CQ Researcher. In-depth exploration of public policy issues from CQ Press. Searchable archive dates back to 1991.
• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (CQ Weekly) Includes the current issue and a searchable archive of back issues. Independent, in-depth coverage of the Congress and its legislative actions. A good source for keeping track of the status of pending legislation, the results of roll call votes, etc.
• Legislative Source Book. Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. Contains good background information on how to research Congressional legislation.
• LOCIS Select the "Federal Legislation" database for legislative history of bills for any Congress from the 93^rd through the 105^th (1973 - 1998).
• Statements of Administration Policy on Non-Appropriations and Appropriations Bills. U.S. Office of Management and Budget. (107^th Congress (2001) - present)
• U.S. Congressional Bibliographies. North Carolina State University Libraries.
  Enumerates and describes meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985, those for which printed transcripts are issued, and those that remain unprinted. Its primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees.

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Legislative Branch Agencies

• Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office). GAO is the investigative arm of the Congress and is charged with examining all matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of public funds.
  Recent GAO Reports:
  
  
• Government Printing Office. The GPO produces, procures, and disseminates printed and electronic publications of the Congress as well as the executive departments and establishments of the Federal Government.
• Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States, offering diverse materials for research including the world's most extensive collections in many areas such as American history, music, and law.
  • Congressional Research Service. CRS provides objective, nonpartisan research, analysis, and informational support to assist Congress in its legislative, oversight, and representative functions. CRS Reports can be valuable sources of information on public policy issues.
  • Copyright Office. Provides registration of copyright, and information about U.S. copyright law.
• Congressional Budget Office. The CBO provides Congress with assessments of the economic impact of the Federal budget.

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State Legislative Data

• State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations (Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C.) Links to state legislatures' web sites, state legal codes, and state administrative codes for all fifty states.
• Oregon State Legislature
• Oregon State Legislature: Bills and Laws
• Washington State Legislature
• California Search text of bills for current & prior sessions of the legislature.
• Idaho Legislature

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U.S. Court Decisions

• U.S. Supreme Court official website.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic. (UO users only) This service contains case law from all federal court levels and state high courts and appelate courts.
• The National Law Net. An excellent privately maintained site that links to many legal resources.
• Supreme Court decisions, 1990 - present. Site maintained by the Cornell University Law School. Also provides links to other sources of Supreme Court decisions.
• USSC+ . An online database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions and opinions dating from 1892 to present. (Requires a subscription for most content.)

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Non-U.S. Legislative Information

• Web Sites of National Parliaments (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
  Links to web sites of national legislative bodies of countries throughout the world.
• Canada's Parliament
  • Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• European Parliament
• United Kingdom Parliament

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Oregon legislators

U.S. Senators

Ron Wyden

Gordon H. Smith

U.S. Members of Congress

First District: David Wu (D)

Second District: Greg Walden (R)

Third District: Earl Blumenauer (D)

Fourth District: Peter A. DeFazio (D)

Fifth District: Darlene Hooley (D)

Oregon Legislature
The Legislature's web site provides a list of all state Representatives and Senators, with links to each legislator's own web site.

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Maintained by: Ted D. Smith, tedsmith@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 04/07/2008