Government Information

The Congressional Documents collection from FDSys consists of House Documents, Senate Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents from 1975 to the present, though there are gaps in coverage.

Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. FDsys contains Congressional record volumes from 140 (1994) to the present. We also have select volumes available in paper format.

From the University of North Texas, this site is not affiliated with the Congressional Research Service, but aims to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different web sites since 1990.

Information about members, functions, and legislative activitiy of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Information about members, functions, and legislative activitiy of the U.S. Senate.

A product of the Library of Congress' American Memory project, this site compiles documents from the nation's first century.

The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 53 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. The U.S. Code was first published in 1926. The next main edition was published in 1934, and subsequent main editions have been published every six years since 1934. In between editions, annual cumulative supplements are published in order to present the most current information.

The House’s committees consider bills and issues and oversee agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions.

Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, the Senate divides its tasks among 20 permanent committees, 4 joint committees, and occasionally temporary committees.