Government Publications

United States Laws


The United States Code - from the House of Representatives' Office of the Law Revision Council
(See About the Office and the U.S. Code database for coverage dates.) The database includes all official U.S. Code notes and appendices, as well as the Table of Popular Names.

The United States Code - from the Government Printing Office
Provides access to the U.S. Code using the GPO interface.

LexisNexis Academic (UW restricted)
Follow the "Legal Research" link. Includes the U.S. Code Service (a commercially annotated edition), state legal codes, case law and constitutions.

LexisNexis Congressional (UW restricted)
Includes Public Laws, the U.S. Code Service (a commercially annotated edition), and legislative histories back to 1970.

U.S. Statutes At Large - from HeinOnline (UW restricted)
Full text of public laws going back to 1789. Browsable and fully searchable.

U.S. Federal Legislative History Library - from HeinOnline (UW restricted)
A collection of full-text histories of historically significant legislation.

Public Laws by Law Number -from THOMAS
Includes Public Laws going back to 1989. Earlier laws (1973-1988) are only available in summary (no full text). A service of the Library of Congress. Includes extensive information on legislation and Congressional committees, as well as internal links to Congressional publications. This is a good place to access the different versions of a bill as it makes its way through Congress.

Public and Private Laws -from GPO
Includes public and private laws going back to 1994.

How Our Laws Are Made -from the U.S. House of Representatives


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