Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories

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Johnson, Nancy P. & the American Association of Law Libraries. 1979. Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories: A Bibliography of Government Documents, Periodical Articles, and Books. Littleton, Colo: F.B. Rothman.

REF KF42.2 1979
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Part I includes a bibliography of some commercial and government sources for federal legislative histories. Part II, the real gem of the work, is an extensive list of compiled legislative histories. The legislative histories identified cover major federal laws from the 1st U.S. Congress (1789 – 1791) through the 108th Congress (2003-2004). Although few legislative histories for earlier Public Laws are listed (none are identified for the 2nd through 36th Congress), coverage increases steadily after the 36th Congress. References to compiled legislative histories are organized by Public Law Number. An index to the names of the covered Public Laws also exists. In addition to the Public Law Number, each entry includes the Bill Number, Statute at Large Number, name of the Congressional Act, and the type of information included in the legislative history (e.g., full text of reports, hearings, citations, etc.).

Most of the citations are to law review articles. Among the other types of legislative histories referenced are federal documents, including congressional reports, monographs or treatises, and the IHS Legislative Histories Microfiche Program (described on the Law Librarians of Washington D.C. website at http://www.llsdc.org/Fed-Leg-Hist/#Finding).