LEGISLATIVE

INFORMATION SOURCES

CONGRESSIONAL DICTIONARIES	LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SITES
CONGRESSIONAL AND GOVERNMENT DIRECTORIES	LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SOURCES QUESTIONS
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS	MULTI-STATE CONSTITUTION SITES
CONGRESSIONAL SERVERS	SLIP LAWS AND SESSION LAWS
GUIDES TO LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION	STATUTORY MULTI-STATE FINDERS
GUIDES TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS	UNITED STATES CODE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY	UNITED STATES CONSITUTION INTERNET SITES

GUIDES TO LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION

Legislative Research With Thomas
http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/mythomas.html

Mirror Site - http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/mythomas.html

Legislative Information - http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/bills.html
Mirror Site - http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/mythomas.html

Searching Federal Legislation on the Internet with the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) - http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/locis.html

Thomas - Guide to Thomas - http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/mythomas.html#vote

Project Vote Smart - Congress Track - http://www.vote-smart.org/congresstrack/

GUIDES TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

U. S. House of Representatives Guides - The Legislative Process   - House of Representatives Home Page - http://www.house.gov/Legproc.html

The Legislative Process - Tying It All Together - http://www.house.gov/Tying_it_all.html

Thomas Guides - How Our Laws Are Made - http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

Enactment of a Law - http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/enactlawtoc.html

Library of Congress - U. S. Government: Legislative Branch - http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html

Congress.Org - Hill Basics - The Legislative Process - http://congress.org/process.html
The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor

How Congress Works: A Handbook on Congressional Organization & The Legislative Process -   http://www.netlobby.com/hcw.html

A Layperson's Guide to Congress - http://www.we.com/lgc/

Will T Bill - What is a Resolution? -   http://www.unipress.com/will-t-bill.html

What is a Bill? -  http://www.unipress.com/will-t-bill-bill.html

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LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION RESOURCES - CONGRESSIONAL SERVERS

Each of the houses of the U. S. Congress, the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, maintain server sites to provide information from and access to their membership for citizens. Today, many representatives for both houses maintain individual pages linked to the official servers.

United States Senate World Wide Web Server - http://www.senate.gov
The U.S. Senate WWW server provides information from and about the members of the Senate, the Senate Committees, and Senate leadership and support offices. The page presents general information from U.S. Senate offices, and unlike the House of Representatives Page does not offer information about legislation. The site provides background information about the U. S. Senate legislative procedures, Senate facilities in the U. S. Capitol, and the history of the Senate. Databases on the server include directories of the members by name and state, a searchable constituent e-mail directory in html with links to member pages and text versions, lists identifying the Senate leadership and committee structure or assignments, information for planning visits to the Senate, and a virtual tour of the capitol building. The senate directory provides biographical information about each member including their; education, family, professional experience, and government service.

United States House of Representatives' World Wide Web Service - U. S. House of Representatives' Home Page http://www.house.gov/

House of Representatives Internet Law Library - http://www.currentlegal.com/lawlibrary/ http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/index.html http://www.law.com/lawnet /

The U. S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web service provides public access to legislative information as well as information about Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House.

Office of the House Chief Administrative Officer - http://www.house.gov/house/Party_organizations.html
This site looks at the Officer and personnel in charge of the day to day operations of the House of Representatives.

LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SITES

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
This site was introduced on January 5, 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress as the legislative-information site on the Internet to provide access to a wide variety of current information on Congress and Congressional documents, including all versions of bills. Named in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas provides access to the full text of all of the documents created during preliminary consideration of legislation or part of the legislative process; including the Senate Calendar and House Calendar, and the Congressional Record.

GPO Access - United States Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/index.html
This page from GPO Access provides information on the members and work of the U.S. Congress.

Congressional Record - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
Congressional Record (1994 to date). The Record is the official account of the proceedings and debates on the floor of the House and Senate. It is published daily when Congress is in session.

Congressional Record Index (1983 - 1998) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces190.html
The Congressional Record Index is a publication of the Joint Committee on Printing, Congress of the United States. The database is updated daily when Congress is in session and indexes the daily issues of the Congressional Record. Unlike the paper editions, these databases cumulate from the beginning of the session of Congress. Each year of the Congressional Record Index can be searched individually, however, selecting the historical database searches all years except for the current year.

House Calendar - http://www.house.gov/house/1999_House_Calendar.htm
Senate Calendar - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong004.html
Congressional Calendars (1995 to date). The House and Senate Calendars are separate databases. The Senate Calendar database contains the current issue of the Senate Calendar for the 104th Congress (1995-1996). The Senate Calendar is published daily when the Senate is in session. It contains a listing of daily Senate activities only. The House Calendar is cumulative and contains a history of House and Senate bills and resolutions that have been reported or considered by either house.

Senate and House Executive Reports: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.ht
Congressional Reports (1995-1997) House, Senate and Executive Reports House and Senate Reports are reports of Congressional Committees on proposed legislation or contain committee findings on matters under investigation. Senate Executive Reports are reports of the Committee on Foreign Relations relating to Treaties between the United States and Foreign Nations which have been submitted to the U.S. Senate for ratification, or, are reports of various Senate Committees regarding nominations of individuals.

Senate and House Treaty Documents: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong006.html

Congressional Bills Databases (1993- to date). 103rd, 104th, and 105th - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong009.html. Congress to date; updated bills are released. Contains all published versions of all bills.

Congressional Documents (1995-1997). Contains selected House, Senate, and Treaty Documents for the 104th Congress. Only contains documents printed at the GPO, a Catalog of Available Documents is provided online which lists all documents currently available via GPO Access. Documents are listed by report number.

History of Bills (1983 to date) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces200.html
The History of Bills and Resolutions is a section of the Congressional Record Index that provides information about all bills and resolutions introduced during that session of Congress. The database is updated daily, usually the day after publication of the Congressional Record. Each year is available for searching individually, however, searching the Historical database searches all years except for the current year. Entries for each bill include actions that are reported in the Congressional Record and reference issue and date and pages where the action is reported.

Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) - http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/

http://www.loc.gov
Telnet: locis.loc.gov
Searching Federal Legislation on the Internet with the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) - http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/locis.html

LEGI-SLATE Digital Intelligence on Legislation and Regulations - http://www.legislate.com/xp/p-daily/top.view
LEGI-SLATE's world wide web site is the nations's premier provider of online congressional and rgulatory information. The site provides an insider's point of view of how the government works, providing current and comprehensive information on Congress and the federal agencies. LEGI-SLATE offers basic legislative information about the Congress including; bill names and numbers, bill status, cosponsors, floor votes, committee rosters, and member attendance.

University of California GPO Gate - http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/

GPO Gate Select Database By Title
http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/dbsearch.html

GPO Gate Select Database By Subject
http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/dbgsearch.html

Search United States Government Documents
Congressional Documents: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/search/congdoc.html
Congressional Reports: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/search/congrpt.html
Congressional Record: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/search/crfld.html
Congressional Record Index: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/search/cri.html

Will T. Bill - http://www.unipress.com/will-t-bill.html
Will T. Bill is usually available from 6AM EST to 1AM EST (when house.gov is available). It is a forms interface to find house bills. These HTML forms provide an easy interface to the house.gov WAIS server. The Bill Text contains the full text of all versions of legislation (bills and resolutions) of the U.S. House of Representatives
since the 103rd Congress.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Legislative histories provide insight to interpret the legislature's intent in passing a specific law or to interpret the meaning of particular provisions of a law.

Legislative History - University of Michigan Documents Center - http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/legishis.html

This guide was developed to assist students enrolled in classes at the University of Michigan with their legislative history assignments. The Guide gives guidance for organizing legislative histories beginning with the 103rd Congress in 1993. The guide is developed in html format and provides step by step directions for preparing these histories, recommendations to help students identify bills or new laws, and the names of multiple sources or databases that include the needed documents or information to compile histories. Links to the sources or Web sites is also provided. The titles of resources, their Library of Congress classification number, and their location in the University of Michigan libraries is also given.

Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) - http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/

LOCIS provides congressional bill tracking and legislative history dating back to 1973.

Legislative Histories - Bill Summary and Status - Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov

Bill Summary and Status - 105th Congress (1997-1998)
http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d105query.html
Bill Summary and Status - 104th Congress (1995-1996)
http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d104query.html

The Bill Summary and Status database provides searchable summaries of the bills progress through the congressional process and legislative histories for bills and amendments in the 104th Congress from 1995-1996. The database can be searched by type of legislation, either public bills, amendments, private bills, or all bills; by stage of the legislative process; sponsor; committee; keyword or phrase; bill or amendment number; date; or any combination of all of the fields. Another database maintains a list of public laws and vetoed bills during either congressional session that can be browsed.

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SLIP LAWS AND SESSION LAWS

Electronic publication of signed legislation or slip laws is available via the WWW on the Internet. The full-text of passed Congressional bills can be reached over the Internet by tapping into the bulletin board of the House of Representatives, the Library of Congress Information System (LOIS) maintained by the Library of Congress, and Thomas.

THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov

Bill Text - 103rd through 105th Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c103query.html, http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c104query.html,
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c105query.html

Public Laws in the 104th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d104query.html#plno

Public Laws in the 105th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d105query.html#plno

Vetoed Bills: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/definitions/veto.html

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/L?d106:./list/bd/d106vt.lst:1(Vetoed_Bills)|TOM:/bss/d106query.html
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/L?d105:./list/bd/d105vt.lst:1(Vetoed_Bills)|TOM:/bss/d105query.html

Major Legislation Enacted Into Law - 106th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106/hot-subj.html

Major Legislation Enacted Into Law - 105th Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d105query.html

U. S. House of Representatives - Table of United States Code Classification of Public Laws - 104th Congress - (Covering Public Laws 104-1 through 104-333)
These two sites from the House of Representatives Internet Law Library provides two tables connecting public laws to the U. S. Code. The Table of United States Code Classification of Public aws cross references U. S. Code titles and sections to public law sections and the Statutes-At-Large citations. Organized sequentially in public law number order, the table identifies , where sections of public laws are classified to the Code. ;The Table of U. S. Code Sections Amended... is organized in code- title-and-section order, shows where sections of public laws are classified to the code.

U. S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library - Office of the Law Revision Counsel - U. S. House of Representatives - http://law.house.gov/tbl_pl.txt

Table of United States Code Sections Amended, Enacted, Omitted, Repealed, or Transferred - 104th Congress (Covering Public Laws 104-1 through 104-333) - http://law.house.gov/tbl_cd.txt

GPO Access - Public Laws
Connect to Databases Online Via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

List of Federal Depository Library Gateways
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces004.html

Through the GPO Access site, the public laws enacted during the 104th (1995-1996) or 105th (1997-1998) Congresses can be searched. Prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR)of the National Archives and Records Administration, each law is first published as a slip law and then later compiled into a volume of the Statutes at Large. The Public Laws database contains the text of each law enacted, and is updated irregularly as the publication of a slip law is authorized by the OFR.

University of California GPO Gate: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/

Search United States Government Documents - Public Laws
http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/search/publaw.html

GPO Gate provides a search form for the public laws from the 104th and 105th congressional sessions. The public laws can also be retrieved by browsing the hypertext catalog or table of contents list organized sequentially by public law number. Users can search for public laws enacted by the 104th or 105th Congress by title, subject, and full text using words or phrases.

Popular Names of Selected Public Acts - ALSO! - American Law Sources Online - Federal Government - http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usp

Popular Names of Significant New Laws
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usp0

On the ALSO - American Law Sources Online - United States Federal Government page an alphabetical list of the popular names of selected federal acts and codified statutes, presently in effect, are identified that are available on the Internet. The list comprises significant acts and statutes that are currently important and that have been selected from the complete list of popular names of federal acts that is published by the Government Printing Office. Significant public laws enacted in the 104th Congress (1995-1996) are highlighted in boldface and listed in a supplemental list.

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CONGRESSIONAL AND GOVERNMENT DIRECTORIES

There are a number of directories that allow citizens to contact their congressional representatives. These directories offer information about the Washington D.C. offices as well as district, city, and state offices of these elected and appointed officials. The cites for congressional directory information include personal and biographical information, as well as contact numbers, e-mail addresses, and office locations.

GPO Access - Congressional Directory -   http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong001.html

Congressional Pictorial Directory - 104th Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/picdir/title.html

Congressional Pictorial Directory - 105th Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/105_pictorial/index.html

Linked from the U. S. Congress page at GPO Access, there are two congressional directories at this site. The Congressional Directory is a searchable online version that is published by the Government Printing Office. The Congressional Pictorial Directory provides pictures of the members of the 104th and 105th Congress. The Pictorial Directory is accessed by browsing the members' pictures that are listed in alphabetical order after the identification of the Congressional leadership.

U. S. House of Representatives Member Directory - http://www.house.gov:80/MemberWWW.html

United States House Of Representatives Who's Who and How To Contact Them - http://clerkweb.house.gov/mbrcmtee/members/mbrsalph/oalmfram.htm

Committee Directory - http://clerkweb.house.gov/mbrcmtee/mbrcmtee.htm

House of Representatives House Leadership & Officers of the House - http://www.house.gov/leadership_officers.html

The Who's Who and How To Contact Them congressional directory provides the name, address, and phone numbers of members in the Member Directory. Each members committees and House leadership is also identified. For each full committee and its subcommittees, the phone number and address is provided in the Committee Directory. Members and Committees who also communicate electronically with their constituencies are listed in the E-Mail Addresses directory. Links to Web and gopher services that have been published by individual House of Representatives offices are identified. The site is searchable by the name of individual House members.

U. S. House of Representatives - Member, Committee, and House Organizations' Published Information   - http://www.house.gov/
Links to Web and gopher services that have been published by individual House of Representatives offices are identified. Searchable by the name of individual House members.

United States Senate's World Wide Web - http://www.senate.gov/
The United States Senate's World Wide Web server provides information from and about the members of the Senate, Senate Committees, and Senate leadership and support offices. This evolving service also provides general background information about U.S. Senate legislative procedures, Senate facilities in the Capitol Building, and the history of the Senate. This online searchable directory has a Constituent E-Mail System that lists electronic addresses for constituents to send e-mail to their Senators.

Congress.Org - Guide to the U. S. Congress: http://congress.org ]

http://congress.org/main.html
http://policy.net/capweb/congress.html

Capital Directory - http://congress.org/capdir.html

Congressional Directory - http://congress.org/congdir.html

Congressional E-mail - http://congress.org/elecmail.html

Find Your Member -   http://congress.org/search.html

Users can search for any congressional members name or use the browsable list by state and jurisdictional district. The Congress.Org web site provides a complete directory of information about the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Through the Congressional Directory page directory information can be retrieved by name from the alphabetic listings, by state, or by committee assignments. The Congressional E-mail page provides electronic mail addresses for congressional members. The Find Your Member page identifies members of Congress and congressional district by the five-digit zip code.

Congress Web - The Soft Edge - http://www.congressweb.com/html/cwhome.cfm

CongressWeb -   http://www.congressweb.com/html/cwhome.cfm?CFID=2907&CFTOKEN=6402

CongressWeb - ZipLookUp - http://www.congressweb.com/html/ziplookup.cfm

CongressWeb - FindByName - http://www.congressweb.com/html/namelookup.cfm

Congressional Directories - University of Michigan

Congressional E-Mail Addresses and Web Sites - http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/conemail.txt

House Members - http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/hou97.txt

Senate Members - http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/sen97.txt

Michigan Delegation http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/michcong.html

These directories provide listings for the office, phone, and fax numbers as well as e-mail and web address to members of Congress for both houses. The directory of all House members is by state. The directories were compiled from including the House Gopher, Senate Gopher, other Internet resources, printed materials, telephone calls, and contributions made by individual citizens. There is a searchable index that allows users to search by keyword.

Congressional Directories - gopher://marvel.loc.gov/11/congress/directory
This directory on the Library of Congress gopher server, LC MARVEL, provides listings of phone and fax numbers for all Congressional representatives and senators. Representatives can be identified by the directory of members by state. Updated through the 104th Congress - 1995/96.

Almanac of American Politics - http://www.archive.org/pres96/websites-mar/politicsusa/almanac.html
Published by the National Journal, this standard reference work provides colorful profiles for Representatives and Senators and Governors with information on the people and politics of their districts. Includes a Guide to Votes and Campaign Finance charts. Very friendly search interface.

CapWeb - A Guide to the U. S. Congress - http://www.capweb.net/classic/index.morph

U. S. Senate - http://www.capweb.net/classic/index.morph?pagename=senate

House of Representatives - http://www.capweb.net/classic/index.morph?pagename=house

State Directory Map - Locate Your Members By State - http://www.capweb.net/classic/index.morph?pagename=map

CapWeb is an unauthorized and unofficial guide to the members of the United States Congress on the World Wide Web. It serves as a link to all Senate and House of Representatives members who have web pages. The CapWeb page is organized into a directory of the two houses and provides; E-mail, Bills, Votes, Laws, & Other Stuff; Congressional Support Agencies & Caucuses; Capitol Hill and Washington, D.C.; Other Related Resources; and links to the other two government branches. The Senate and House of Representatives CapWeb pages offer specific information unique to each House. The Senate page identifies the members of the Senate according to their class, with each class grouped according to re-election every two years. Users can search the members of the Senate according to party, by name, and by state. The membership, mission, and contact address for Senate Committees is also given. The House of Representatives page allows users to identify members by name, my state, and party. There is a separate listing for Independent members. House committees are also described. Users can search for any congressional members name or use the browseable list by state and jurisdictional district.

Congressional Email Directory - Who and How To Contact Them
WebslingerZ and Jeffrey Hoffman
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
E-mail addresses can be retrieved at this state by browsing the state list or by searching for member names.

Contacting the Congress - http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Congressional Committees and Subcommittees - http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/committees.html
Zip To It - http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html

This directory is maintained by Juan Cabanela and provides D. C. and district offices and fax numbers for members. Congressional members from a particular state, commonwealth, or territory can be identified by clicking on the state on the hypertext map. Member information can also be retrieved by searching the Zip To It search database for zip codes that is accessible at this site. The information on the site is provided by Congress Merge.

C-Span.Org - Congressional Directory - http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span/congdir.html

Find Your Representatives - http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span/search.html

Directory of the U. S. Representatives - 105th Congress U. S. House of Representatives - http://clerkweb.house.gov/mbrcmtee/mbrcmtee.htm
This directory of House members is compiled by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The site provides an alphabetical list of members and their committee assignments, lists of Standing Committee assignments, an alphabetical list of members, a list of members by State, the members telephone directory, and the house rules.

The Electronic Activist - http://www.berkshire.net/~ifas/activist/

The Electronic Activist provides an e-mail address directory for congressional members of state and national governments and the media.

LEGI-SLATE - State Delegations of the 105th Congress - http://legiweb.legislate.com/c/105tot.htm

E-Mail Addresses for the United States Congress - http://legiweb.legislate.com/d/rdcemail.htm

Committee Membership for the House and the Senate of the 105th Congress - 105th Committee Rosters
http://legiweb.legislate.com/c/comrost.htm

The State Delegations of the 105th Congress directory maintained by LEGI-SLATE, provides a hypertext matrix of the fifty states with links to an alphabetical list of the delegations for each state. A hypertext link is given for members with Internet web pages. The E-Mail Addresses directory alphabetically lists members with e-mail addresses. LEGI-SLATE also provides a list of the committees for both the House and Senate. Committee members are listed in order of seniority for each committee.

Mr. Smith E-mails Washington - InfoSearch - http://www.mrsmith.com/
"Mr. Smith E-Mails Washington, published by InfoSearch, provides a graphical user interface for citizens to send electronic mail messages to members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Vice President, and the President. Listings for the 105th Congress are organized by state.

Project Vote Smart - Contacting Congress - http://www.vote-smart.org/congresstrack/#contact

Congress Contact Information: Senate Members by State and District/Seat - http://www.vote-smart.org/congresstrack/in-depth.html#contactall
Congress Contact Information: House Members by State and District/Seat - http://www.vote-smart.org/congresstrack/in-depth.html#contactall

Congressional Quarterly - American Voter - http://www.groupweb.com/schdir/gov/cq.htm
(Changing to Campaigns and Elections) http://www.campaignline.com/

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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS

RollCall - http://www.rollcall.com/

National Journal's Cloak Room - http://www.cloakroom.com/

1995, 1996 and 1997 Congressional Record - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.

CONGRESSIONAL DICTIONARIES

C-Span's Congressional Glossary - http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/

Glossary of Congressional and Regualtory Terms - http://legiweb.legislate.com/z/dzgloss1.htm

http://legiweb.legislate.com/z/dzgloss2.htm
The two-part "Glossary of Legislative and Regulatory Terms" gives definitions of terms used on Capitol Hill during the statutory and regulatory processes.

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STATUTORY INFORMATION RESOURCES - CODIFICATION OF FEDERAL STATUTES -

United States Code

Electronic publication of the U.S. code is available via the WWW on the Internet at a number of sites. Like the official edition of the U.S. Code, the Internet published versions do not include any of the references to judicial decisions and explanatory materials or other finding aids that are included in printed resources.

U. S. Code - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

Table of Popular Names - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/

U. S. Code - ALSO! American Law Sources Online: http://www.lawsource.com/also/#[United States]
Popular Names of Selected Public Acts: http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usp
This matrix provides links to sites where the U. S. code is available.

House of Representatives Internet Law Library - http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
U. S. Code Sections Amended, Enacted, Omitted, Repealed, or Transferred by Congress (104-1 through 106) http://uscode.house.gov/uscsrch.htm

The House of Representatives provides access to U. S. Laws arranged by original published source. This United States Code edition was a joint development by the Office of the Law Revision Council of the U. S. House of Representatives, in cooperation with the House Information Resources and Personal Library Software. The United States Code contains the text of current public laws enacted by Congress. Originally an experiment, the service was developed to demonstrate the potential for making the United States code available to the public at no charge. Titles 1 through 5 of this database are currently up-to-date through January 5, 1999. Titles 6 through 50 of this database are currently up-to-date through
January 26, 1998 The database includes all official U.S. Code notes and appendices, as well as the Table of Popular Names. The U.S. Code database constitutes the 1994 Edition of the U.S. Code, plus Supplement III and the contents of the most recent edition of the Law Revision Counsel's U.S. Code Classification Table. The U.S. Code Classification Table covers Public Laws 104-1 through 106-31 (enacted May 21, 1999). The text of recently adopted public laws is separately available
through the University of California's GPO Gate. There is a search engine for the database.

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute - United States Code - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

U.S. Code Update Search By Subject for Acts and Amendments -
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
U. S. Code - Table of Popular Names - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/

Part of the Legal Information Institute (LII) site at Cornell University Law School. This site has a hypertext version of the entire federal code. The U.S. Code mounted on this site is generated from the most recent version of the Government Printing Office CD-ROM containing the laws in force as of January 26, 1994. Amendments and revisions to the Code must be updated via other systems such as LEXIS, WESTLAW, or pubished versions. To be sure that the user has an up-to-date picture of the statutes dealing with a topic the user must consult one of the versions of the U.S. Code and determine whether there have been any amendments or additions passed in the Congress. The LII site has mechanisms to determine any updates by three forms that implement searches of the hypertext linked THOMAS site to update by Title Number, by Subject, or by Key Word. In addition, several significant laws, the Freedom of Information Act; the Copyright, Patent and Trademark (Lanham) Acts; and the Securities Exchange Act of 1994 are separately published.

GPO Acess - United States Code: http://www.access.gpo.gov

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
U. S. Code - GPO Access (Links to Search Interfaces at Depository Libraries) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html

This version of the United States Code is generated from the most recent version of the Government Printing Office CD-ROM. It contains the laws in force as of

United States Code - University of California - GPO Gate http://www.gpo.ucop.edu:80/search/uscode.html

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Go to the House and Senate pages to identify the chairperson and members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.

United States Senate World Wide Web Server - http://www.senate.gov/

United States House of Representatives' World Wide Web Service - U. S. House of Representatives' Home Page http://www.house.gov/

Trent Lott is the Senate Majority Leader. Go to the Senate Webpage and find out the following information. What party is he a member of? When was he elected? Of the three classes in the Senate, when will he be up for reelection and what class is he a member? What are his committee memberships? What is his address and telephone number? Can you find any biographical information about him

United States Senate World Wide Web Server - http://www.senate.gov/

Who is Mary Bono? Go to the congressional directories and out the following information. What party is she a member of? When was she elected? What congressional district does she represent? What are her committee memberships? What is her address and telephone number? Can you find any biographical information about her? Does she have an email address? What other information can you find out about her?

Congressional Directory - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html

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Congressional Directory   - http://congress.nw.dc.us/congressorg/

Contacting the 104th Congress - http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Use one of the congressional directories and identify the representative from your district.

Go to Thomas. What is the house bill number and public law number for the legislation to to address the embargo and place sanctions on Cuba? When was it signed? What does the legislation intend to do?

THOMAS - http://thomas.loc.gov/

Go to the House of Representatives Webpage. Who was the sponsor of the legislation? What is his district, address, and telephone number? How many other pieces of legislation has he sponsored?

The U.S. Code can be accessed at a number of different sites.

U.S. House of Representatives Law Library -   http://uscode.house.gov/

Cornell University Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode

GPO Access    -   http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

GPO Access - United States Code - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html

University of California GPO Gate - Search United States Code - http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/uscode.html

What U.S. code section states the law on carjacking? Which code section states the sentencing classifications for carjacking?

Use LOCIS - from the Library of Congress. Retrieve the LOCIS Quick Search Guide: FEDERAL LEGISLATION from gopher or through ftp.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/online.html

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http://www.loc.gov

What is the complete name of the motor voter law? What is the public law number? What are the bill numbers or public law numbers for any other pieces of legislation to amend or related to the motor voter law?

Look for the same information using Congressional Universe

Using Congressional Universe - Search for the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act. What was its session law number and when was it signed into law?

Search the White House Publications pages for any comments from the President related to this Act.

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Using Congressional Universe and THOMAS- how many members of Congress are Native American, African American or Women?

How many pieces of legislation have been introduced by Mary Bono, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Ben Nighthorse? What is the email address and website URL for these members of Congress?

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