The Legislative Process
Here is a brief overview (Infographic) of the legislative process.
Congress.gov offers a video tutorial of the federal legislative process.
Federal Legislative Process
Recommended Resources for Locating Legislation
Federal Legislative Resources
- Congress.govCongress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
- ProQuest CongressionalProQuest Congressional Includes information on bills, laws, regulations, Congressional publications, current and previous Members of Congress, campaign finance information, financial disclosures, voting records, and committee membership. Also includes the full text of some Congressional reports, documents, and testimonies. Dates of Coverage: 1789 - present
Finding existing policy
If you need to reference existing policy, you can view it at the Cornell Law School's U.S. Code resource.
Additional Resources for Finding Legislation
- HeinOnlineHeinOnline, sometimes known as Hein Online, serves as a source of legal information with over 100 million pages of legal history and comprehensive coverage of more than 2,000 law and law-related periodicals. HeinOnline hosts a number of collections, with descriptions of contents available to users who click the question mark next to the collection title.
- LegiScan APILegiScan API is the data service providing structured JSON information for legislation in all 50 states and Congress that is the heart of the turnkey OneVote / GAITS tracking platform. Giving access to raw bill detail information, status, sponsors, full bill texts, roll call records and more to both public and private entities.
- Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus ResearchThomson Reuters Westlaw Campus Research provides full text access to news, business, and legal resources including law reviews and journals, newswires, television and radio transcripts, newspapers, and private and public corporation profiles.