Statutes & Legislation
Handouts
Federal
Legislation
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A collection of early bills and resolutions, debates (summaries and/or transcripts) from the 1st-43d Congresses, the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, and other 18th and 19th Century congressional documents. Includes the Congressional Globe, Register of Debates and Annals of Congress. From the Library of Congress.
Congressional Universe
CQ Library
Access to the full-text periodicals CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher. Both offer in-depth coverage of Congress and its legislative process. Published by Congressional Quarterly.
GPO Access
Official government information from the U.S. Government Printing Office, including the text of bills and the Congressional Record. From the U.S. Government Printing Office.
LexisNexis Congressional
CIS indexes, abstracts and legislative histories with links to recent full text documents; also includes LexisNexis files with recent full text congressional bills and bill tracking reports, unofficial hearings, reports and other documents, Congressional Record, US Code Service, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Register.
LexisNexis Congressional: Sessions of Congress
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
Access to bills, committee reports and the Congressional Record; includes current Congress and some retrospective files (full text files of bills from 1993). From the Library of Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Official web site of the House of Representatives offers information about House leadership and members, committees and committee publications, schedules and votes.
U.S. Senate
Official web site of the Senate offers information about Senate leadership and members, committees and committee publications, schedules and votes.
Statutes
GPO Access
Official government information from the U.S. Government Printing Office, including Statutes at Large (public laws) and the US Code (which is not as current as the U.S. Code Annotated on Westlaw or the U.S. Code Service on LexisNexis and Congressional Universe). From the U.S. Government Printing Office.
LexisNexis
Includes Statutes at Large (public laws) and the current U.S. Code Service (USCS).
Westlaw
Includes Statutes at Large (public laws) and the current U.S. Code Annotated (USCA).
State & Local
Legislation
District of Columbia Council
Includes information about current legislation, calendars and Council members.
Maryland General Assembly
Includes bill status information; information about bills from previous sessions; legislative proceedings, schedules and agendas; and information about legislators.
State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations
Offers legislative sites from all 50 states. From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
Virginia General Assembly
Bill status information; information about legislative meetings, calendars and minutes; and information about legislators.
Statutes
LexisNexis
Includes session laws from all 50 states and the most current state codes.
Westlaw
Includes session laws from all 50 states and the most current state codes.
District of Columbia Council
Includes a searchable version of the D.C. Code from Westlaw.
Maryland General Assembly
Includes a searchable version of the Maryland Code from LexisNexis.
Montgomery County, MD Charter, Code and Zoning Ordinance
Made available by Montgomery County via the web site of American Legal Publishing.
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
NCCUSL uniform laws, drafts and implementing state legislation, searchable by state; multistate status reports on uniform laws; news about NCCUSL projects and committees.
State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations
Offers legislative and code sites from all 50 states. From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
Virginia General Assembly
Includes the Virginia Code.