House and Senate Bills
- Congress.govSearch Congressional bills and resolutions, public laws, roll call votes, the Congressional Record, Committee Reports, Treaties, or explore a variety of other useful links. Earliest coverage is from the 6th Congress, 1799-1801.
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- govinfo: Congressional BillsAll published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward.
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For the texts of Congressional Bills please consult the following:
1st - 70th Congress (1789-1929) Microfilm, ALEXANDER DOC M-FILM Cabinets 20 and 21 near stack 49.
6th - 42nd Congress (1799-1873) Online through Congress.gov from the Library of Congress. Senate Bills begin with the 16th Congress.
71st - 95th (1929-1979) Alexander Library does not own the bills. On occasion, the text of a bill may be found at the beginning of a hearing or in the Congressional Record.
96th (1979-1981) Microfiche, ALEXANDER DOCUSM X 96-Sess.#:H.R.# (House bills) and X 96:Sess.#:S#. (Senate bills)
97th - 106th (1981-2001) Microfiche, ALEXANDER DOCUSM Y 1.4/6: (House bills) and Y 1.4/1: (Senate bills)
To obtain the fiche number on which a bill from the 96th - 106th Congress appears, consult the Cumulative Finding Aid shelved in ALEXANDER DOCUSR GP3.28.
101st - present (1989 - present) Online through Congress.gov
103rd - present (1993 - present) Online through govinfo