Federal Legislative History Materials

Select coverage from 1975-present (PDF).

Access to House and Senate documents, excluding treaty documents, from 104th Congress to present. Requires personal password (restricted by our contract to currently enrolled law students and law faculty only).

Select House and Senate Documents are in the GAO Legislative History database for public laws enacted between 1921 and 1995 and PL 104-191 (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). Requires personal password (restricted by our contract to currently enrolled law students and law faculty only).

American Memory Project has digitized the American State Papers, which includes legislative documents for 1789-1838, as well as selected documents from the U.S. Serial Set for 23rd Congress (1833-1835) to 64th Congress (1915-1917).