Selected Public Laws and Legislative History Databases

U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News

Contains documents published in U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News (coverage varies by document type)

U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News–Public Laws

Contains the text of public laws as set forth in enrolled bills passed by both houses of Congress, beginning with the First Session of the 93rd Congress (1973) (includes documents from US-PL and US-PL-OLD).

U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News–Legislative History Reports

Contains all congressional committee reports, including reports on bills that did not become law, beginning with 1990. Also sets out the legislative history of public laws as reprinted in USCCAN from 1948 through 1989, as well as the legislative history of securities laws beginning with 1933.

U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News–Legislative History Table

Contains USCCAN Table 4, which lists each public law, its date of approval, United States Statutes at Large page number, Senate or House bill number, and other legislative history information, beginning with the Second Session of the 106th Congress (2000).

U.S. Code Congressionaland Administrative News–Session Highlights

Contains monthly updating supplements to USCCAN that summarize new laws, pending legislation, presidential actions, and other highlights of a congressional session, beginning with the Second Session of the 106th Congress (2000).

United States Public Laws

Contains the text of enrolled bills passed during the current Congress that have been signed into law by the president.

United States Public Laws 1973–2006

Contains the text of public laws passed in previous sessions of Congress, beginning with the First Session of the 93rd Congress in 1973.

Legislative History–U.S. Code, 1948 to Present

Contains all congressional committee reports, including reports on bills that did not become law, beginning with 1990. Also sets out the legislative history of public laws as reprinted in USCCAN from 1948 through 1989, as well as the legislative history of securities laws beginning with 1933. Includes presidential signing statements reprinted in USCCAN beginning with 1986.