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Legislative History Source Chart

 
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a. CIS Index
b. Congressional Directory
c. Congressional Quarterly
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d. Congressional Record
e. Digest of Public
General Bills
f. Public Papers of
the President
g. Serial Set
h. Slip Laws
i. U.S. Code (USC)
j. U.S. Code Annotated
(USCA)
k. U.S. Code Congressional
and Administrative News
(USCCAN)
l. U.S. Statutes at Large
m. Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents
n. GPO Access
o. LC Thomas
p. CIS Congressional
Compass

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Bill number

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Title of bill

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Report citation

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Report summary

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Law - date approved

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   Public Law number

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   Summary

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Return to Legislative History of U.S. Law for descriptions of these sources and for their locations in the library or on the Internet.