Government Documents and Information

Bills dating from the 103rd Congress (1993-94) to today are available at this link.

Congressional Research Service Reports provide nonpartisan research and analysis for members of Congress and committees.

Congressional Committee Prints are publications issued by Congressional Committees that include topics related to their legislative or research activities, as well as other matters such as memorial tributes. They are an excellent resource for statistical and historical information, and for legislative analysis.

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of Congress.

GovTrack publishes the status of federal legislation and provides information about your representatives in Congress and their voting records.

The United States Statutes at Large is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted by each session of Congress. This link covers 1951 to the present.

The U.S. Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It does not include regulations made by executive branch agencies, which can be found in the Federal Register.

The Congressional Serial is comprised of numbered House and Senate documents and reports bound by session of Congress. Sets are being added to GovInfo as they are being digitized.

The Government Accounability Office examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and provides Congress and federal agencies with objective, non-partisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently.

The names many bills are best known by may not be present in the United States Code. This document provides popular names for bills and where they can be found in the U.S. Code. For example, Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, can be found by navigating to 42 U.S.C. 18001 note.