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Legislative Branch

Last Updated: May 31, 2006
  1. Searching Congressional Bills, House & Senate Reports, and Other Laws & Regulations
    1. Thomas (Legislative Information)
    2. GPO Access Databases
    3. Regulations.gov
  2. About The U.S. Congress
    1. Members of Congress
      1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present
      2. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
      3. Senators
      4. House of Representatives
    2. Committees of Congress
      1. Senate Committee Information
      2. House Committee Information
    3. Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
      1. Searching CBO
        1. Searching Cost Estimates
        2. Searching Publications
        3. Site Map
      2. Cost Estimate (by Bill no.)
        1. Searching Cost Estimates
      3. The Economic and Budget Outlook
      4. Historical Budget Data
      5. Studies and Reports
      6. Technical Papers
      7. Testimony
    4. Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
      1. General Searches
        1. CRS Find (via 2act.org)
        2. OpenCRS.com
        3. via Counting California (1994 - 1998)
        4. via The Memory Hole
        5. via the U.S. Senate. Tom Daschle's Democratic Policy Committee
        6. via House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
        7. via House of Representatives Rules Committee
        8. via Department of State's Foreign Press Center
        9. via Federation of American Scientists
        10. via Penny Hill Press
          (check our online catalog or SUMMIT before you decide to purchase)
        11. via Senator Richard Lugar's website
        12. via University of North Texas
      2. Specific Topics
        1. Congress and Its Procedures [via Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC)]
        2. Environment (via National Council for Science and the Environment)
        3. First Amendment Topics (via First Amendment Center)
        4. Foreign Policy (via U.S. Embassy in Italy)
        5. Homeland Security (via Global Security.org)
        6. Homeland Security, Legal, Military, Asia (via Air War College)
        7. Homeland Security/Terrorism and Health Law & Policy (via Thurgood Marshall Law Library)
        8. Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw, and Electronic Commerce (1993 - Present)
          (via Franklin Pierce Law Center)
        9. Japan, China, and Korea (1990 - 1996) (via Gateway Japan)
        10. Palestine and Israel (via American Task Force on Palestine)
    5. Congressional Schedules and Calendars
    6. E-Mail Addresses for Congress
      1. House of Representatives
      2. Senate
    7. Forms of Address & Salutations to Federal & State Officials
    8. House and Senate Floor Proceedings
    9. House and Senate Rules
    10. Legislation: Bills, Amendments and Laws
    11. Legislative Process
    12. Voting Records of Members of Congress
  3. Architect of the Capitol
    1. Botanic Garden, United States
  4. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
    (formerly General Accounting Office, 1921 - July 2004)
    1. Searching GAO
      1. Find GAO Reports
      2. Searching GAO Archives via GPO Access (1995 - Present)
    2. GAO Reports and Testimonies
  5. Government Printing Office (GPO)
    1. Bookstore Locations, U.S. Government
    2. Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
      1. Administrative Notes
      2. Administrative Notes--Technical Supplement
      3. Federal Depository Libraries
      4. Inactive or Discontinued Items Lister
      5. List of Classes by SuDocs Number
      6. Locator Tools and Services
      7. Monthly Catalog of Government Publications(MOCAT)
      8. Needs & Offers
      9. Publications Reference File (PRF) - Government Publications for Sale (GPO Bookstore)
      10. Superseded List
      11. World War II Posters Database
    3. GILS (Government Information Locator Service)
    4. GPO Access Databases
    5. Superintendent of Documents
  6. House of Representatives
    1. About the House of Representatives
      1. Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1873
      2. Forms of Address & Salutations to Federal & State Officials
      3. Legislative Process
      4. Offices, Officers, and Commissions of the House of Representatives
        1. Clerk of the House
        2. Commissions
          1. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
          2. National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service
          3. National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
          4. Select Committee on Technology Transfer to the People's Republic of China
        3. Committee Offices
        4. House Majority Leader
        5. Houe Majority Whip
        6. House Minority Leader
        7. House Minority Whip
        8. House Organizations
        9. Member Offices
        10. Speaker of the House
          1. Speaker of the House Biographical Directory (Washington - Present)
      5. Schedules
      6. Who's Who and How to Contact Them
    2. Educational Resources
      1. Election Statistics: Presidential and Congressional by State
      2. Guide to the Records of the
        United States House of Representatives at the National Archives
      3. Historical Documents of the United States
      4. Historical Information
      5. House Journal
        1. Journals of the Continental Congress (1774 - 1789)
        2. 1789 - 1873
        3. 1991 - Present
      6. How Our Laws are Made
    3. Representatives on the Web
      1. Archival Websites of former Washington State Congressmen
        1. Dunn, Jennifer -- 8th Congressional District
        2. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. -- 5th Congressional District
      2. Forms of Address & Salutations to Federal & State Officials
      3. Baird, Brian. Washington 3rd Congressional District
      4. Dicks, Norman D. Washington 6th Congressional District
      5. Hastings, Doc. Washington 4th Congressional District
      6. Inslee, Jay. Washington 1st Congressional District
      7. Larsen, Rick.Washington 2nd Congressional District
      8. McDermott, Jim. Washington 7th Congressional District
      9. McMorris, Cathy. Washington 8th Congressional District
      10. Reichert, Dave . Washington 5th Congressional District
      11. Smith, Adam. Washington 9th Congressional District
    4. Starr Report
      1. via Government Printing Office (searchable)
      2. via House of Representatives
      3. via THOMAS
    5. Visitor Information - House of Representatives
  7. John C. Stennis Center for Public Services
    1. John C. Stennis Biography
  8. Library of Congress
    1. American Memory Collections
      1. Search American Memory Exhibits
      2. America's Library: Fun Site for Kids and Families
      3. American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
      4. American Life Histories: Manuscripts from
        the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
      5. Civil War Photographs
      6. Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1873
      7. Documents from the Continental Congress and the
        Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
      8. Geroge Washington Papers, 1741 - 1799
      9. Map Collections, 1500 - 1999
      10. Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
    2. Catalogs, Library of Congress
    3. Copyright Office
      1. Application Forms
      2. Circulars
        1. Copyright Basics (Circular 1)
      3. Copyright Office FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
      4. Publications
      5. Registration Procedures
    4. Country Studies. Area Handbook Program
      1. Searching Country Studies
        1. Searching Country Studies
        2. Browse Country Studies
    5. Exhibitions, Library of Congress
    6. Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
      1. Searching HLAS
    7. Law Library of Congress
      1. Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
      2. Guide to Law Online
        1. International and Multinational
        2. Nations of the World
    8. Library Services, Library of Congress
      1. Research and Reference
      2. Special Programs and Services
        1. Center for the Book in The Library of Congress
        2. Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
        3. FLICC (Federal Library and Information Center Committee) /FEDLINK (Federal Library and Information Network)
        4. National Film Preservation Board
          1. National Film Registry, Titles
      3. National Digital Library Federation
    9. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
    10. Publications
    11. Vietnam Era Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Database
  9. Office of Technology Assessment (archival website)
  10. Senate, U.S.
    1. Activities of the Senate
      1. Calendar and Schedules
      2. Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1873
      3. Glossary
      4. Historical Documents of the United States
      5. Legislative Process
      6. Nominations
      7. Treaties
    2. About the Members of the Senate
      1. Members of the Senate
        1. by State
        2. How to Contact U.S. Senators
        3. Washington State Senators
          1. Cantwell, Maria
          2. Murray, Patty
      2. Offices and Officers of the U.S. Senate
        1. Chaplain of the Senate (Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie)
        2. Committee Offices
        3. Forms of Address & Salutations to Federal & State Officials
        4. Organizational Chart
        5. Senate Majority Leader (Sen. Bill Frist (R) -- TN)
        6. Senate Majority Whip (Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) -- KY)
        7. Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Harry Reid (D)-- NV)
        8. Senate Minority Whip (Sen. Dick Durbin (D) -- IL )
        9. Senate Organizations
        10. President of the Senate (Vice President of the United States)
        11. President Pro Tempore (Sen. Ted Stevens (R) -- AK)
        12. Secretary of the Senate
        13. Sergeant at Arms, Senate
    3. Art & History
    4. Senate Executive Journal
    5. Senate Journal
      1. Journals of the Continental Congress (1774 - 1789)
      2. 1789 - 1873
    6. Senate Manual


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