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House of Representatives

Information about members, committees, and organizations of the House. Information on legislative process includes full text of bills and amendments, bill status, full text of Congressional Record, recent committee and floor action, floor and committee schedules, and full text searches of the U.S. Code

House of Representatives- 1st Congressional District

Web site for Jo Ann Davis, who represents the 1st District of Virginia, the home district of Swem Library.

House of Representatives Office of the Clerk Online Information Center

Historical information about the House of Representatives

LexisNexis Congressional

Combines the features of a legislative searching system (bill status, bill texts, bill sponsors) with the indexing, abstracting and full texts of congressional committee publications. Available to William and Mary community and other subscribers.

Senate

Information about members, committees, support offices, and Senate history and procedures. Offers searches of current session bills by keyword and number.

Thomas

Full text of Congressional bills, Congressional Record, and information about Congressional committees. "Bill Summary and Status" portion offers tracking of legislation from 1973 to date.. Sponsored by the Library of Congress.

U.S. Legislative Information Sources on the Internet

Compiled by a former federal agency librarian, this site organizes material from free legislative sites by publication type or stage of legislative process.

Architect of the Capitol

Also known as the U.S. Capitol home page. Offers information about the history, contents, and current projects of the U.S. Capitol building.

Congressional Budget Office

Offers full text of CBO non-partisan budget analyses, budget projections, and other studies on the financial implications of policy and program options.

Congressional Research Service

Though devoted to "employment opportunities, this is the only page with general information about CRS, its history, structure and annual reports. It works exclusively for members of Congress.

Government Accountability Office

Index and archive of GAO reports and abstracts. GAO investigates and analyzes value and efficiency of federal government programs at request of members of Congress.

Government Printing Office

Information about the products and services of the parent agency for the Federal Depository Library Program.

GPO Access and Other Resources (Superintendent of Documents)

Extensive set of free, federal government full text databases including the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Congressional bills, reports and documents, Public Laws, U.S. Code, General Accounting Office Reports and other titles. Most files begin with early to mid 1990s material.

Library of Congress

Offers resources of the nation's leading library including the American Memory project materials.

U.S. Capitol Police

Information about the mission and career opportunities with the Capitol Police force.