Comparison: The United States and Washington State

Legislative and Regulatory Resources on the Web

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES	WASHINGTON STATE RESOURCES
BILLS	BILLS
Bills through GPO Access http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong009.html (1993- )	Washington Bills through access.wa.gov http://search.leg.wa.gov/basic/textsearch/default.asp (last 2 sessions only)
Bills through Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html (1989- )
Bills through Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/ (1989- )
LAWS AS PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS	LAWS AS PASSED THROUGH LEGISLATURE
Laws through GPO Access http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html (1995- )	Laws of Washington (also referred to as session laws or chapters) http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1999-00/chapter_to_bill_table.htm (Current legislative session only.)
Laws through Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/home/bdquery.html (1989- )	Laws of Washington through Lexis-Nexis (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe under Legal Research, then State Codes (select Washington), then Washington Advanced Legislative Service.
Statutes at Large and Public Laws through Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/ (1789- )
LAWS (CODIFIED) = U.S. CODE	LAWS (CODIFIED) = RCW
U.S. Code through GPO Access http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html (Select United States Code {2000} for most recent edition.)	RCW (searchable) through the Office of the Code Reviser http://search.leg.wa.gov/basic/textsearch/default.asp
U.S. Code through the Office of the Law Revision Counsel http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm	RCW (browsable) through the state legislature's site http://search.leg.wa.gov/basic/textsearch/default.asp
U.S. Code Service (commercially enhanced service) through Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/	RCW through Lexis-Nexis (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe under Legal Research, then State Codes (select Washington), then Washington Code.
PROPOSED REGULATIONS = FEDERAL REGISTER	PROPOSED REGULATIONS = WASHINGTON STATE REGISTER
Federal Register through GPO Access http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html (1994- )	State Register through state legislative site http://search.leg.wa.gov/basic/textsearch/default.asp
Federal Register through Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/ under Regulations (1980- )
FINAL REGULATIONS (CODIFIED) = CFR	FINAL REGULATIONS (CODIFIED) = WAC
CFR through GPO Access (searchable) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html (current edition)	WAC through state legislative site http://search.leg.wa.gov/basic/textsearch/default.asp
CFR through GPO Access (browsable) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 (1996- )
CFR through Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW only) http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/ under Regulations (1981- )

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