Legislative Histories - Step-by-Step

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Step 7

Skip step 7 unless the Public Law you are researching is earlier than P.L. 91-1 (1969)

LexisNexis Congressional, Historical Indexes, 1789-1969

• This online index can be used to identify Congressional publications prior to 1969.  The UCF Library has the full text of the Serial Set and published committee hearings available on microfiche.  The unpublished hearings and pre-1969 committee prints are not currently available at UCF.  NOTE:  The indexing by keyword and bill number is not comprehensive, so be creative in your search strategy.
• CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index, 1833-1969.  This print index is located in the UCF Library on the shelves below the Serial Set Index described in step 6.  The index identifies the pre-1969 published committee hearings, all of which are available in the UCF Library on microfiche.  Similar index access is available online in LexisNexisCongressional, but you will still need to use the microfiche for access to the full text.

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Prepared by:  Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian

Last update:07/28/08 01:17:16 PM

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