Includes a walkthrough of the federal legislative process, research strategies, where to find documents, and finding already compiled federal legislative histories.
Compiled Legislative Histories
Don't reinvent the wheel! In many cases, legislative histories have already been compiled for major laws. Check these resources for starters:
On microfiche and also available on Westlaw; this is one of the most comprehensive collections of compiled legislative histories; some going back to 1915; digitized on Westlaw in PDF through part of the 104th Congress (1995).
Research project by John Cannan (Villanova Law) reviewing how laws were passed based during the 111th-116th Congresses (2009-2020) and the information sources that were generated for each law. Site contains downloadable spreadsheets where you can see data about committees, votes, amendments, reports, and more.
