Congress.gov

The official website for U.S. federal legislative information.

Access Locations:

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center;

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;

Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at SNFL;

All Branch Libraries;

Outside the Library

Subjects:

Government and Law;

Law

Notes:

The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service. Congress.gov is usually updated the morning after a session adjourns. Congress.gov supersedes the THOMAS system which was retired on July 5, 2016. Congressional documents from the first 100 years of the U.S. Congress (1774-1875) can be accessed through A Century of Lawmaking.

Dates of Coverage:

The start date for bill records is 1973, bill texts is 1993, and the Congressional Record is 1995.

Update Frequency:

Continuously

Print Equivalent:

Print editions of the Congressional Record, Public Laws, Committee Prints, Statutes at Large, etc can be found in the Science Industry and Business Library. for details.

Format:

Web

Language:

English

Output type:

Print