Legal Research

"More Documents Now Available on FDsys"

This post was written by Bonnie Shucha: "FDsys.gov, the Government Printing Office's replacement for the aging GPO Access website, continues to grow. It now covers the following:

Congressional Bills, 103rd Congress (1993-1994) to present; BILLS

104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CCAL

Congressional Committee Prints, 100th Congress (1987-1988) to present; CRPT

Congressional Directory, 104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CDIR

Congressional Documents, 104th Congress (1993-1994) to present; CDOC

Congressional Hearings, if available from committee, 105th Congress (1997-1998) to present; CHRG

Congressional Record (Bound), 1999 to 2001; CRECB

Congressional Record (Daily), 103rd Congress, 2nd session (1994) to present; CREC

Congressional Record Index (Daily), 1983 to present; CRI

Congressional Committee Reports, Senate Executive Reports (includes conference committee reports), 104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CRPT

History of Bills, 1983 to present; HOB

Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives (Hinds, Cannon, Deschler); GPO

Public and Private Laws, 104th (1995-1996) to present; PLAW

Statutes At Large, 2003-2006; STAT

According to a recent article in LLRX, migration is now expected to be complete in April 2010 with a full switchover to FDsys in Summer 2010. See the article for more info, as well as some advanced search tips."