Beyond Westlaw and Lexis for Online Research: Federal Legislation Sources

The American Congress Digital Archives Portal is a collaborative, non-partisan project that makes congressional archives available online, bringing the history of the People’s Branch to the people. We provide open access to archival materials and the descriptive information (metadata) about those materials.

Contains bills from 1993-present.

Includes member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data, and the full-text of regulatory and statutory resources - bills, laws, debates, hearings, reports, documents, committee prints, legislative histories, federal regulations.

Includes Bill Summary & Status (1973 - present); Bills - Full Text (1989-present); Congressional Record (1989-present), among other documents and publications.

Includes the "Congressional Record, Congressional Globe, Annals of Congress, American State Papers, and the Journals of the Continental Congress."

U.S. Congressional documents from 1774-1875.

Contains Congressional Hearings, Congressional Records, Congressional Reports, and History of Bills, among other publications. Dates of coverage vary.

Includes House and Senate Journals from 1789-1817 and Senate Executive Journals from 1789-1980.