FEDERAL STATUTES, LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS
U.S. CONSTITUTION
Unannotated U.S. Constitution via Thomas
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html
-- Annotations of cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court which interpret
the Constitution.
Annotated U.S. Constitution via FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/
-- Annotations of cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court which interpret
the Constitution.
STATUTES
United States Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
-- Browsing or key word searches.Cites may be retrieved by popular
name or citation.
United States Code via Office of the Law Revision Council
http://uscode.house.gov/
United States Code via U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
Helpful Hints for Searching the U.S. Code via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/uscode.html
American Law Sources On-Line
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usp
-- Links to federal statutes and public laws by popular name.
Public Laws via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html
-- Public Laws beginning with the 104th Congress are searchable by
keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching Public Laws via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/plaws.html
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- Public laws from 1973 (93rd Congress) to present accessible by public
law number.
U.S. Code Classification Tables (Prepared by the Office of the Law
Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives. These tables list
sections of the U.S. Code that have been amended.)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/bills.html
-- All published versions of bills from the 103rd, 104th and 105th
Congresses, updated each business day by 11 a.m. Eastern time and
searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Bills via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/bills.html
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- has bills from the 101st (1989/90), 102nd, 103rd, 104th and
105th Congresses searchable by keyword and bill number.
BILL HISTORY AND STATUS
GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces200.html
-- History of bills from 1983 to the present searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the History of Bills via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/bills.html
THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- Summary and status of bills from 1973 (93rd Congress) to the present,
searchable by keyword and bill number.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Congressional Record via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
-- 1995 to the present searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Record via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/cri.html
Congressional Record Index via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces190.html
-- Congressional Record Index from 1983 to the present.
Congressional Record & Congressional Record Index via THOMAS
Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- Congressional Record begins with the 101st Congress (1989) and
Congressional Record Index begins in 1994.Searchable by keyword and member
of Congress. Can browse by date.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Committee Reports via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html
-- Beginning with the 104th Congress.Searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Reports via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/creports.html
Committee Reports via THOMAS Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
-- 104th and 105th Congresses committee reports. Searchable by
keyword, report number, bill number and committee.
CONGRESS
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
Congressional Documents via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong006.html
-- Selected House and Senate documents and Treaty Documents from the 104th
and 105th Congresses searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching Congressional Documents via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/cdocs.html
COMMITTEES
Joint Economic Committee - 1997-1998 hearings
http://www.house.gov/jec/hearings.htm
Records of the Joint Committees of Congress 1789 to 1968
http://www.nara.gov/nara/legislative/house_guide/hgch23.html
U.S. House of Representatives Committees
http://www.house.gov/house/CommitteeWWW.html
U.S. Senate Committees
http://www.senate.gov/committees/index.cfm
ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL INTERNET LEGAL RESOURCES
CNN's AllPolitics
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/ -- Has
news articles and special reports on current legislative topics.
Congressional Directory via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html
-- For the 104th and 105th Congresses.
FedNet
http://www.fednet.net/
-- From , you can listen to live Senate and House debates, press
announcements and hearings. Archived files are available for subscribers.
The Hill
http://www.hillnews.com/ -- News
articles about Congress.
Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/ -- Has
information about candidates and elected officials, voting records and a
list of major legislation from the current Congress arranged by topic.
Roll Call
http://www.rollcall.com/ -- News
articles about Congress.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
White House Home Page
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html
-- Available from 1993 to the present and searchable by keyword.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents Online via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/wcomp.html
Executive Orders Disposition Table
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html
-- Beginning January 9, 1939 to date.
Numerical Listing of Presidential Executive Orders Available
Electronically
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal1g.htm
President George W. Bush Executive Orders
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
Cornell University - Administrative Agencies Overview
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/administrative.html
Official U.S. Executive Branch Web Sites
http://www.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Current Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/--
Searching National Archives and Records Administration.
Current Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
-- For Browsing National Archives and Records Administration.
LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/lsa/aboutlsa.html
-- For updating the Code of Federal Regulations.
FEDERAL REGISTER
Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
-- 1995 to the present. Searchable by date and keyword.
Federal Register via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
-- Multi-databases searchable by keyword from 1994.
Helpful Hints for Searching the Federal Register via GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/fr.html
Today's Federal Register National Archives and Records
Administration
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
COMPREHENSIVE SITES FOR FEDERAL INFORMATION
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1 -- On one page, there are links to federal court opinions, legislation, regulations and court rules.FedLaw
http://www.legal.gsa.gov/ -- This
site was developed to provide cost-effective researching for federal
lawyers and other federal employees. It features shortcuts to frequently
accessed sites such as the U.S. Code, public laws, federal regulations and
state laws.
FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html
-- Links to federal court opinions, legislation and regulations.
SITES THAT LINK TO U.S. GOVERNMENT HOME PAGES
GPO Pathway Services — By Topic
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/topics/index.html
-- A directory of federal government Internet sites, arranged by topic.
SITES THAT SEARCH U.S. GOVERNMENT WEB PAGES
FedWorld Information Network
http://www.fedworld.gov/ -- Searches
U.S. Government web pages.
SITES THAT SEARCH FOR GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Government Information Locator Services (GILS)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html
-- From the U.S. Government Printing Office, searches GILS
records which identify and describe federal government public information
resources including Internet sites, CD-ROMS, books and periodicals.
Helpful Hints for Searching GILS
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/help/hints/gils.html
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications via GPO
Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/cgp/index.html
ADDITIONAL
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/ -- Statistics
from more than 70 federal agencies.
The United States Government Manual
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html
-- Beginning with the 1995-96 Government Manual.