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and services, used in legislative research. It does not deIine or describe the purpose oI various
government documents; that inIormation can be Iound in companion CRS Report R41865,
Legislative Historv Research. A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff, and CRS Report
RL33895, Researching Current Federal Legislation and Regulations. A Guide to Resources for
Congressional Staff. This report is not intended to be a deIinitive list oI all resources, but rather a
guide to pertinent subscriptions available in the House and Senate in addition to select resources
Ireely available to the public. This report is intended Ior use by Members and congressional oIIice
staII and will be updated annually.

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Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1
Legislative Research: Documents and Resources ............................................................................ 1
News and Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 6
Training and Services ...................................................................................................................... 9

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Figure A-1. The Course oI Legislation in Congress ...................................................................... 15

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Table 1. Legislative and Executive Branch Documents .................................................................. 2
Table 2. Selected Resources Ior News and Analysis and Relevant Legislative Research ............... 7
Table 3. Finding Experts and Contacts ............................................................................................ 7
Table 4. Training and Services ......................................................................................................... 9
Table A-1. Legislative Research Resources ................................................................................... 11
Table A-2. Related CRS Products .................................................................................................. 14

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During the legislative process, many documents are prepared by Congress and its committees.
Governmental and non-governmental entities track and record congressional activities, and many
more entities chronicle and analyze the development oI public policy. The wide availability oI
such inIormation can be overwhelming to those involved in legislative research. The purpose oI
this report is to assist Members and congressional staII in identiIying and accessing key resources
used during legislative research.
The report does not deIine or describe the purpose oI the various inIormation resources and
documents; that inIormation can be Iound in companion CRS Report R41865, Legislative Historv
Research. A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff, and CRS Report RL33895, Researching
Current Federal Legislation and Regulations. A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff.
This report is not a comprehensive catalog oI resources Ior conducting legislative research;
instead it provides a selection oI widely used resources. Some oI the resources mentioned are
only available with a paid subscription while others are Iree: this availability is noted in the report
along with the access points Ior Members and congressional staII. The inclusion oI resources in
this report does not imply endorsement by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) oI the
content or the products listed. In addition, CRS does not acquire or manage congressional oIIices`
access to subscription resources.
CRS is available Ior consultation on legislative research or to perIorm legislative research upon
request. CRS can also advise Members and congressional staII on the use oI the resources listed
in this report, including advice on how to select the best resource to use, how to search Ior
inIormation within a resource, or how to develop the most eIIective research methodology. This
report is one oI a series oI reports on legislative process and research; see !"#$% '() Ior other
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documents can be Iound. The third column contains typical citations Ior the documents listed in
the Iirst column. The Iourth column contains explanatory notes and reIerences to other
inIormation.
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State Laws ano
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LLSDC: State Leglslatures,
Laws, ano Regulatlons
For asslstance on
loentltylng state laws ano
regulatlons, call CRS at 7-
5700.
Treatles L|S.gov
Senate.gov
Law Llbrary ot Congress
(or call CRS: 7-5700)
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avallable ln most House ano Senate ottlces, ano also at CRS researcb centers.
a. More oetalleo oescrlptlons ano olrect llnks to tbese resources are avallable ln !"#$% ;A'.
b. For ottlclal legal cltatlon style, reter to: LC+ D2*+K%%<J 5 O.09%)& N7,-+& %9 !0-1-0%.
(bttps://www.legalbluebook.com). Tbe Government Prlntlng Ottlce Style Manual ls anotber guloe tor ottlclal
cltatlon tormats ano ls avallable onllne at bttp://www.gpo.gov/tosys/searcb/pageoetalls.actlon?granule|o=&
package|o=GPO-STYLLMANUAL-2008.
c. Reter to tbe Congresslonal Operatlons sectlon ot tbe CRS webslte tor a llst ot reports provlolng analysls,
resources, ano lntormatlon on key leglslatlve ano aomlnlstratlve processes ano proceoures ot tbe Congress.
o. For turtber lntormatlon, reter to tbe Law Llbrary's page on mlcrotet collectlons at bttp://www.loc.gov/law/
tlno/mlcrotet.pbp.
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legislative process. Resources in this table may contain editorial content and discussion. Inclusion
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Polltlco bttp://www.polltlco.com/
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Polltlcal blogs bttp://tecbnoratl.com/blogs/
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at bttp://eresources.loc.gov/
Leglslatlve Support Agency Analysls
& Resources
Congresslonal Researcb Servlce
(CRS)
bttp://www.crs.gov/
Congresslonal 8uoget Ottlce (C8O) bttp://www.cbo.gov/
Government Accountablllty Ottlce
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resources below include directories, databases, and lists available through House and Senate
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or analysis. Inclusion oI these sources does not imply endorsement oI the views held by contacts
Iound using these tools.
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Contact lntormatlon tor over 500,000
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nonprotlt organlzatlons.
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see !"#$% O tor locatlons
Senate Llbraryonllne access
Detalleo lntormatlon concernlng 23,000+
nonprotlt Amerlcan membersblp
organlzatlons ot natlonal scope.
Natlonal Dlrectory ot Nonprotlt
Organlzatlons (Gale)
CRS Reterence Centersonllne
access onllne access vla klosk PCs,
see !"#$% O tor locatlons
Contact ano baslc tactual lntormatlon on
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Natlonal Traoe ano Protesslonal
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House Llbraryprlnt verslon
Llsts more tban 7,500 traoe assoclatlons,
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slmllar natlonal groups.
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CRS Reterence Centersprlnt
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House Llbraryprlnt verslon
Senate Llbraryprlnt verslon
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governmental ano prlvate organlzatlons ls
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eacb area, pertlnent teoeral oepartments
ano agencles, ano prlvate nonprotlt
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contacts ot U.S. traoe assoclatlons,
protesslonal socletles, labor unlons,
corporatlons, ano varlous speclal lnterest
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ottlces ls lntenoeo to belp congresslonal
ottlces ln contactlng government agencles.
(For congresslonal use only.)
Soclal Sclences Cltatlon |noe
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ano proposeo rules lncluoe contact
lntormatlon tor tbe relevant agency
eperts.
Congresslonal Researcb Servlce bttp://www.crs.gov For contloentlal, autborltatlve, ano
objectlve researcb ano analysls on lssues
betore Congress. Contact analysts
tbrougb Flno an Analyst on CRS.gov,
trom autbor contact lntormatlon reports,
or by calllng CRS at 7-5700.
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services on Capitol Hill.
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Researcb ano analysls relateo to leglslatlve lssues.
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La Follette Congresslonal
Reaolng Room (LCRR)
Llbrary ot Congress,
Maolson 8ullolng: LM-202
Pbone: 7-7100
M-Tb 10a-8p
F 10a-6p
Sat 10a-5p wben
Congress ls ln
sesslon
Database access, reterence ano researcb
asslstance.
Rayburn Reterence
Center (RRC)
House, Rayburn 807
Pbone: 5-6958
M-F 10a-4p Database access, reterence ano researcb
asslstance.
CRS Senate Center Senate, Russell 8335
Pbone: 7-5978
M-F 10a-4p Database access, meetlng space tor CRS tralnlng
ano prlvate brletlngs.
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Congresslonal Relatlons
Ottlce (CRO)
bttp://www.loc.gov/lcnet/
(202) 707-6577
8:30a-6p 8ook loans, tours ot tbe Llbrary ot Congress,
constltuent servlces, eoucatlonal resources.
Law Llbrary Llbrary ot Congress,
Maolson 8ullolng: LM-201
202-707-2700
bttp://www.loc.gov/law/
M-F 8:30a-9:30p
Sat 8:30a-5p, ano
wbenever
Congress ls ln
sesslon
Asslsts Congress wltb lntormatlon ano analysls
on U.S., torelgn, comparatlve, ano lnternatlonal
law.
Tralnlng ln tbe tollowlng toplcs:
-Leglslatlve researcb
-Statutory researcb
-Orlentatlon to Law Llbrary collectlons
- Congress.gov
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202-226-3800
HLC@mall.bouse.gov
bttps://bousenet.bouse.gov/
tralnlng
M-F 8:30a-5:30p Leglslatlve tralnlng toplcs lncluoe:
-Leglslatlve Concepts (taugbt by CRS)
-Leglslatlve |ntormatlon System (L|S.gov) ano
Congress.gov
-ProQuest
-Natlonal [ournal
-GAO: An |ntroouctlon to tbe Congresslonal
Watcboog
Otber toplcs sucb as Constltuent
Corresponoence, etblcs, ano many more are also
avallable tor onllne ano ln-person tralnlng.
House Llbrary 263 Cannon
202-225-9000
llbrary@mall.bouse.gov
bttp://etranet.clerk.bouse.g
ov/llbrary
M-F 9a-6p Researcb asslstance, subject guloes, oatabase
access, ano tralnlng.
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202-224-7106
reterence@sec.senate.gov
bttp://webster/llbrary
M-F 9a-6p (ano
wbenever tbe
Senate ls ln
sesslon)
Researcb asslstance ano tralnlng.
Tralnlng lncluoes
-News resources
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-Desktop researcb tools
-L|S.gov ano Congress.gov
-Otber classes ano custom tralnlng ls avallable
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Congress.gov Congress.gov ls tbe ottlclal source tor teoeral
leglslatlve lntormatlon. |t wlll eventually
replace L|S.gov, tbougb botb sltes are
currently up to oate ano ln use. Tbe new
Congress.gov provloes (1) a slngle searcb
across all avallable lntormatlon ano all oates,
(2) meanlngtul, permanent URLs, (3) taceteo
searcb, (4) Member protlles, ano (5) leglslatlve
blstorles. Tbe new slte permlts leglslatlve
brancb oevlces to access CRS reports ano
prooucts trom blll recoros, tbe bomepage, ano
belp pages. |t currently lncluoes all oata sets
avallable on L|S.gov ano THOMAS, wltb tbe
eceptlon ot treatles ano communlcatlons,
wblcb wlll be aooeo ln 2015. For now,
treatles ano communlcatlons can be accesseo
on L|S.gov.
bttp://www.congress.gov/
C8O Tbe Congresslonal 8uoget Ottlce (C8O)
proouces lnoepenoent analyses ot buogetary
ano economlc lssues to support tbe
congresslonal buoget process. C8O ooes not
make pollcy recommenoatlons.
bttp://www.cbo.gov/
CQ Tbls subscrlptlon oatabase provloes blll tets,
summarles, tracklng, ano analysls. Also
lncluoes (but not llmlteo to) roll-call votes,
leglslatlve blstorles, tloor ano commlttee
scbeoules, oetalleo commlttee coverage,
bearlng transcrlpts. Coverage varles by
lntormatlon category. CQ.com ls avallable ln
all Senate ano ln most House ottlces.
bttp://www.cq.com
Catalog ot Feoeral
Domestlc Asslstance
Tbe CFDA ls tbe prlmary source ot
lntormatlon on teoeral grants ano nontlnanclal
asslstance programs, actual tunolng oepenos
upon annual buoget approprlatlons. Atter
grantseekers loentlty teoeral programs ln
CFDA ano contact state agency
representatlves, tbey may reglster ano apply at
websltes sucb as Grants.gov
(bttp://www.grants.gov) or FeoConnect
(bttp://www.teoconnect.net).
bttps://www.ctoa.gov
Cornell L|| Tbe Cornell Legal |ntormatlon |nstltute
provloes an unottlclal but treely avallable,
searcbable, ano easy to navlgate verslon ot tbe
O#N# !%4+.
bttp://www.law.cornell.eou/
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C-SPAN C-SPAN ls a prlvate, nonprotlt company tbat
provloes publlc access to tbe polltlcal process.
|ncluoes a searcbable vloeo llbrary ot bearlngs,
tloor oebate, press conterences, speecbes, ano
otber types ot news programs ano events.
bttp://www.c-span.org
Feoeralreglster.gov Tbls slte ls jolntly aomlnlstereo by tbe
Natlonal Arcblves ano Recoros Aomlnlstratlon
ano tbe U.S. Government Prlntlng Ottlce
(GPO) to provloe an unottlclal, HTML eoltlon
ot tbe oally Feoeral Reglster to make lt easler
tor cltlzens ano communltles to unoerstano
tbe regulatory process ano to partlclpate ln
government oeclslon-maklng.
bttp://www.teoeralreglster.gov
GPO's FDsys Tbe Government Prlntlng Ottlce Feoeral
Dlgltal System provloes tree onllne access to
ottlclal publlcatlons trom all tbree brancbes ot
tbe teoeral government.
bttp://www.gpo.gov/tosys/
Law Llbrarlans' Soclety ot
Wasblngton, DC
LLSDC provloes a treely avallable llst ot state
leglslatures, laws, ano regulatlons websltes ano
contact lntormatlon. |n aooltlon, tbe LLSDC
provloes a set ot leglslatlve researcb guloes
calleo tbe Leglslatlve Source 8ook
(bttp://llsoc.org/sourcebook/).
bttp://www.llsoc.org/state-leglslatlon
L|S.gov Tbe purpose ot tbe Leglslatlve |ntormatlon
System (L|S) ls to provloe Members ot
Congress ano tbelr statt wltb access to
leglslatlve lntormatlon tbat ls accurate, tlmely,
ano complete. L|S ls not avallable to tbe
publlc. L|S wlll be replaceo by Congress.gov
sometlme atter tbe close ot 2014.
bttp://www.lls.gov/
Natlonal Arcblves ano
Recoros Aomlnlstratlon
Dlsposltlon Tables contaln lntormatlon about
Lecutlve Oroers beglnnlng wltb tbose slgneo
by Presloent Franklln D. Roosevelt ano are
arrangeo accorolng to presloentlal
aomlnlstratlon ano year ot slgnature. Tbe
tables are complleo ano malntalneo by tbe
Ottlce ot tbe Feoeral Reglster eoltors.
bttp://www.arcblves.gov/teoeral-
reglster/eecutlve-oroers/
Ottlce ot Management ano
8uoget
Tbe OM8 webslte provloes tbe Presloent's
8uoget, lncluolng, tor eample: 5.127-0$12
(+),A+$-0@+, (bttp://www.wbltebouse.gov/omb/
buoget/Analytlcal_Perspectlves), tbe 5AA+.40R
(bttp://www.wbltebouse.gov/omb/buoget/
Appenol), ano >0,-%)0$12 L1K2+,
(bttp://www.wbltebouse.gov/omb/buoget/
Hlstorlcals).
bttp://www.wbltebouse.gov/omb/
buoget
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ProQuest Congresslonal Tbls subscrlptlon oatabase contalns oetalleo
abstracts ano llnks to tbe tull tet ot many
congresslonal ano teoeral oocuments, sucb as
tbe !%./)+,,0%.12 3+$%)4, congresslonal bearlng
transcrlpts, commlttee prlnts, ano leglslatlve
blstorles. Lengtb ot coverage varles oepenolng
on tbe category ot lntormatlon, altbougb most
categorles are covereo startlng ln 1789 or at
some polnt ln tbe 1800s. ()%"*+,-
!%./)+,,0%.12 ls avallable to all House ano
Senate ottlces.
bttp://congresslonal.proquest.com
Reglnto.gov Tbls slte provloes lntormatlon about tbe
status ot agency oocuments unoergolng Ottlce
ot |ntormatlon ano Regulatory Attalrs (O|RA)
revlew.
bttp://www.reglnto.gov/publlc/
Regulatlons.gov Tbls slte provloes a government-wloe portal
tor tbe publlc to revlew ano comment on
publlsbeo regulatory actlons ano to vlew any
supportlng materlals provloeo by tbe agency.
bttp://www.regulatlons.gov
Senate Amenoment
Tracklng System
Tbe Amenoment Tracklng System (ATS) ls a
web appllcatlon tbat olsplays lmages ot
submltteo ano proposeo amenoments to
leglslatlon penolng betore tbe U.S. Senate.
Amenoments are avallable on ATS
approlmately tltteen mlnutes atter tbe 8lll
Clerk recelves tbem.
bttp://ats.senate.gov/
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CRS Report 98-305, N+.1-+ !%&&0--++ 3+A%)-,J 3+T*0)+4 !%.-+.-,, by Lllzabetb Ryblckl
CRS Report 98-429, LC+ N+.1-+U, !12+.41) %9 D*,0.+,,, coorolnateo by Lllzabetb Ryblckl
CRS Report 98-437, !12+.41), %9 -C+ >%*,+ %9 3+A)+,+.-1-0@+,, by Cbrlstopber M. Davls
CRS Report 98-438, LC+ N+.1-+U, SR+$*-0@+ !12+.41), coorolnateo by Lllzabetb Ryblckl
CRS Report 98-446, !%./)+,,0%.12 M010,%. =990$+, %9 N+2+$-+4 8+4+)12 5/+.$0+,, by Auorey Celeste Crane-Hlrscb
CRS Report 98-706, D022, 1.4 3+,%2*-0%.,J SR1&A2+, %9 >%? S1$C V0.4 B, O,+4, by Rlcbaro S. 8etb
CRS Report 98-728, D022,W 3+,%2*-0%.,W P%&0.1-0%.,W 1.4 L)+1-0+,J !C1)1$-+)0,-0$,W 3+T*0)+&+.-,W 1.4 O,+,, by Rlcbaro S.
8etb
CRS Report R40897, !%./)+,,0%.12 ()0.-0./J D1$</)%*.4 1.4 B,,*+, 9%) !%./)+,,, by R. Lrlc Petersen ano Amber Hope
Wllbelm
CRS Report R41865, M+/0,21-0@+ >0,-%)7 3+,+1)$CJ 5 :*04+ -% 3+,%*)$+, 9%) !%./)+,,0%.12 N-199, by [ulla Taylor
CRS Report R43075, 8EFGHX D*4/+- 6%$*&+.-,J B.-+).+- 1.4 :(= 5@1021K020-7, by [areo C. Nagel
CRS Report R42638, 5AA)%A)01-0%.,J !3N SRA+)-,, by [ennlter L. Lake ano [ustln Murray
CRS Report RL30787, (1)201&+.-1)7 3+9+)+.$+ N%*)$+,J >%*,+ %9 3+A)+,+.-1-0@+,, by Rlcbaro S. 8etb ano Megan S. Lyncb
CRS Report RL30788, (1)201&+.-1)7 3+9+)+.$+ N%*)$+,J N+.1-+, by Megan S. Lyncb ano Rlcbaro S. 8etb
CRS Report RL30812, 8+4+)12 N-1-*-+,J ;C1- LC+7 5)+ 1.4 ;C+)+ -% 80.4 LC+&, by Cassanora L. Foley
CRS Report RL33895, 3+,+1)$C0./ !*))+.- 8+4+)12 M+/0,21-0%. 1.4 3+/*21-0%.,J 5 :*04+ -% 3+,%*)$+, 9%) !%./)+,,0%.12 N-199,
by [erry W. Manstlelo
CRS Report RL34012, 3+,%*)$+, 9%) :)1.-,++<+),, by Merete F. Gerll
CRS Report RS20120, M+/0,21-0@+ N*AA%)- 3+,%*)$+,J =990$+, 1.4 ;+K,0-+, 9%) !%./)+,,0%.12 N-199, by [ennlter L. Mannlng
ano Mlcbael Greene
CRS Report RS20991, M+/0,21-0@+ (21..0./J !%.,04+)1-0%., 9%) !%./)+,,0%.12 N-199, by [uoy Scbneloer
CRS Report RS21363, M+/0,21-0@+ ()%$+4*)+ 0. !%./)+,,J D1,0$ N%*)$+, 9%) !%./)+,,0%.12 N-199, by [ennlter L. Mannlng ano
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InIormation Research Specialist
acornellcrs.loc.gov, 7-3742

Laura A. Hanson
InIormation Research Specialist
lhansoncrs.loc.gov, 7-7072
Michael Greene
InIormation Research Specialist
mgreenecrs.loc.gov, 7-9188