Legislative
History Research
For
an excellent review of federal legislative materials and resources, see
Federal Legislative
History, Sources & Treasures, developed by Schuyler Cook,
Technical Services Librarian, available on the Cleveland-Marshall College
of Law Library Web site.
Introduction
- Purposes of Legislative History & The Legislative Process
Statutes,
Codes, and Legislative Resources - Federal
Statutes,
Codes, and Legislative Resources - Ohio
OhioLINK
Resources
Treatises,
Practice Guides, and Study Aids
Journals
and Current Awareness Services
Other
Web Resources
Introduction
- Purposes of Legislative History & The Legislative Process
Purposes
of Legislative History:
(a)
Determination of legislative intent
(b)
Determination of meaning of particular statutory provisions
(c)
Guideline for judicial interpretation
(d)
If tracking pending bills, legislative history research can be lobbying
or current awareness tool.
At
the federal level, the process of a bill/resolution becoming a law generally
follows this course:
(a)
Introduction of bill, resolution, joint bill/resolution, concurrent bill/resolution
into House of Representatives and/or Senate.
(b)
Referral to House/Senate/Joint/Conference Committee(s), which may produce
-
Committee
Hearings - witness testimony
Committee
Prints - background studies
Committee
Documents - activity accounts
*
Committee Reports - explanations; key to legislative intent
(c)
House/Senate Floor Debates - look for Committee members' statements.
(d)
Passed by House and Senate.
(e)
Presidential approval or veto; 2/3 vote of House and Senate overrides
veto.
(f)
If passed and approved, given Public Law number (eg, 101-650), issued
as a Slip Law, and published in the Statutes at Large (eg, 104 Stat 5128).
Public
Law Number refers to number of Congress (eg, 101st Congress) and chronological
sequence of the law's enactment (eg, 650th law of 101st Congress).
Also
published by subject in the US Code (eg, 17 USC 106A) - it's broken up
into parts, as needed, to fit the subject classification of the US Code.
Public
Law / Statute divided into parts called “Titles” and Sections” – these
have nothing to do with Titles and Sections of US Code.
(g)
If not passed by the end of the 2-year Congressional term, loss of active
status; sponsor(s) must reintroduce.
In
Ohio, legislative materials are “not of record”; they are not “required”
to be retained. However, there are still valuable Ohio Legislative history
resources available.
In
Ohio, the legislative process is very much the same as the federal process
except:
(a) 3/5
vote of House and Senate overrides Governor's veto.
(b)
If passed and approved, published in session laws (ie, "Laws of Ohio").
(c)
Still retains bill number, rather than being assigned “act” or “public
law” number.
Similar
to the federal process, if not passed by the end of 2-year Ohio General
Assembly, loss of active status; sponsor(s) must reintroduce.
Statutes,
Codes, and Legislative Resources - Federal
United States Statutes at Large
KF50
.U5 (2nd Floor) & Microforms
Official permanent publication of enacted public and private laws.
“Public and Private Laws” (104th Congress onward) available via GPO
Access.
Remember:
(a)
Public Law Number refers to number of Congress and chronological sequence
of the law's enactment. [Americans with Disabilities Act - PL101-336
- the 336th law enacted by the 101st Congress.]
(b) Public Law / Statute divided into parts called “Titles” and Sections”
– these have nothing to do with Titles and Sections of US Code.
(c)
US Code changes with time; Public Law / Statute is singular historical
document.
United States Code
KF62
2000 (2nd Floor) & Microforms
1st
ed. 1926. Subject compilation of federal legislation into 50 Titles.
Titles divided into Sections.
Each
Section includes Statutes at Large source.
Includes
historical notes and cross references.
Annual cumulative supplements of selected volumes.
Completely revised publication every six years (approximately 35 volumes).
The
USC has a very slow publication process – the annotated commercial publications
are much quicker.
1994-"current" editions are
provided in an unannotated form by the US Government Printing Office via
GPO Access. Note that the "current" edition is 2000, the general and permanent
laws in effect as of 2 January 2001.
The most recent "official" version is also available from the US
House of Representatives, Cornell Law School's Legal
Information Institute (arranged by section with links to updated legislation),
and FindLaw.
Note: Consult the annotated codes, particularly for their cross
references to regulations and case notes.
Annotated
Code Features:
a.
Frequent supplementation by "pocket parts" or pamphlets.
b.
Extensive index and parallel reference tables.
c.
Each code section followed by extensive annotations -- can include citations
to cases, administrative code sections, attorney general opinions, legislative
history materials, as well as numerous secondary sources.
United States Code Annotated
KF62.5
.W45 (Reference & 2nd floor) & Microforms
Available
on Westlaw.
Includes Constitution and Amendments, as well as several sets of court
rules (eg, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure).
Last volume of “General Index” includes “Popular Name Table” – provides
Public Law number, Statutes At Large citation, and US Code sections.
“Table 2" volumes provide Public Law Chapter numbers, Public Law numbers,
Statutes At Large citations, US Code sections, and status (eg, repealed).
United States Code Service
KF62
.L38 (Reference)
Available
on LexisNexis.
Includes Constitution and Amendments, as well as several sets of court
rules (eg, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure).
Includes Table of “Popular Names” – provides Public Law number and US
Code sections; does not always provide citations to Statutes At Large.
“Statutes at Large” volumes provide Public Law Chapter numbers, Public
Law numbers, US Code sections, and status (eg, repealed).
Congressional Record
KF35
.U57 (2nd Floor) &
Microforms
US
Government Printing Office publication; 1873- (43rd Congress- )
1994 onward available via GPO
Access.
Note: Only print source of full-text of Congressional floor debates.
However, like official US Code, print publication very slow.
Note: Page numbers of individual issues not same as page numbers
in permanent bound volumes.
"History of Bills and Resolutions" published in fortnightly index –
(a) Includes bill digest/abstract and sponsor(s), as well as committee(s)
to which referred and other legislative actions; also specifies Congressional
Record page at which action reported.
(b) Does not reference hearings.
(c) At end of each Congressional session, completely cumulated in index
volume of Congressional Record's permanent bound set.
US
Senate Web Site
Note link to “Legislation & Records.”
US House of Representatives Web
Site
Note links to United States Code and “Thomas” (see below).
“Thomas”
Legislative Web site maintained by Library of Congress.
Provides Public Laws as well as bill summary and status for 93rd Congress
onward.
Provides bill text for 101st Congress onward.
Provides US Congressional Committee Reports for 104th Congress onward.
Links
to other resources and historical documents, such as A
Century of Lawmaking For A New Nation: US Congressional Documents and
Debates 1774-1875.
CIS Index, Abstracts, and Microfiche Library
Index
& Abstracts KF49 .C62 (Microforms) & Microfiche
Library
Congressional Information Service publication; 1970- . Index published
monthly; with quarterly, annual, and 5-year cumulations.
Used
to be available as OhioLINK Research Database “Congressional Universe”
(see OhioLINK Resources below).
Most
complete and detailed indexing and abstracting of Congressional publications.
Includes
Committee Hearings, Committee Prints, House and Senate Reports, House
and Senate Documents, Senate Executive Documents and Reports, special
publications, and Public Laws.
Subject/name index lists subjects, geographic names/sites, witnesses'
names/affiliations, individual and corporate authors, government agencies,
subcommittees, names of Bills and Public Laws, and special information
sources.
Eight
supplementary indexes - titles of Congressional publications, Bill numbers,
Report numbers, Document numbers, Committee and Subcommittee Chairpersons,
Senate Hearing numbers*, Senate Print numbers*, and Superintendent of
Documents numbers. [*House Hearings and Prints not covered in supplementary
indexes because they're not numbered.]
Note: Since 1984, also publishes annual "Legislative History"
volume.
Note:
Full-text microfiche copies of Congressional publications.
How
To Use:
(a)
Use Indexes to identify publications relevant to your search. Note
each publication's year of publication and "Accession Number"
(eg, H360-9).
(b)
Use Accession Numbers to locate publications in CIS Abstracts volumes.
Review abstracts to determine which publications you would like to read
in their full-text version.
(c)
Use year of publication and Accession Number to retrieve desired microfiche.
CIS microfiche are filed by year of publication, then Accession Number
within each year. Each Accession Number may encompass several microfiche.
Accession Numbers appear on upper left of microfiche.
CIS
US Congressional Committee Hearings Index and Microfiche Library
Microforms
Congressional
Information Service publication.
Indexes,
and provides full-text microfiche copies of, published Congressional hearings
from 1833 to 1969.
Committee
hearings publications contain full transcripts of hearings proceedings
including texts of oral and written statements; transcripts of committee
questions and discussions between committee members and witnesses; exhibits
and submitted materials presented for the record; and related reports,
studies, and correspondence.
Indexes
in eight parts:
(1)
1833 - March 1917 (23rd-64th Congress)
(2)
April 1917 - March 1925 (65th-68th Congress)
(3)
December 1925 - 1934 (69th-73rd Congress)
(4)
1935-1944 (74th-78th Congress)
(5)
1945-1952 (79th-82nd Congress)
(6)
1953-1958 (83rd-85th Congress)
(7)
1959-1964 (86th-88th Congress)
(8)
1965-1969 (89th-91st Congress)
Each
Index in four sections:
(a)
Reference Bibliography - bibliographic data, annotations, notes, subject
descriptors, bill numbers, and witness names and affiliations.
(b)
Index by Subjects and Organizations
(c)
Index by Personal Names
(d)
Supplementary Indexes - title, bill number, Superintendent of Documents
classification number, Report number, and Document number
Microfiche
in four groups:
(1)
Senate Library's 1869-1934 (41st-73rd Congress) bound collection of hearings
and 1833-1934 bound US Serial Set Collection of "documented hearings."
[Groups 1(A) and 1(B); Index parts 1-3]
(2)
1839-1934 (25th-73rd Congress) hearings publications not contained in
the Senate Library. [Group 2; Index parts 1-3]
(3)
Senate Library's 1935-1969 (74th-91st Congress) bound collection of hearings.
[Group 3; Index parts 4-8]
(4)
Other 1800s-1969 hearings publications identified by CIS researchers.
[Group 4; Index parts 1-8]
How
To Use:
(a)
Use Indexes to identify publications relevant to your search. NOte
each publications' microfiche "Accession Number."
(b)
Use Accession Number to retrieve desired microfiche. CIS US Congressional
Committee Hearing microfiche are filed by group, then Accession Number
within each group. Each Accession Number may encompass several microfiche.
Accession Numbers on microfiche differ by microfiche group - have to get
a "feel" for these Accession Numbers as to which group they
refer.
Examples:
Group
1(A) H200-1 -- Within header at top of microfiche, look for House
fiche volume 200.
Group
1(B) (23-1) S.Doc. v.5 n.422 -- Within header at top of microfiche,
look for 23rd Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document volume 5, number
422.
Group
2 HAg 50-A -- At top right corner of microfiche, look for HAg 50A.
Group
3 (87) S1482-1 -- At top right corner of microfiche, look for 87th
Congress; within header at top of microfiche, look for Senate volume 1482.
Group
4 (89) HAp-1 -- At top right corner of microfiche, look for (89)
HAp-1.
CIS
United States Serial Set Index and Microfiche Library
Microforms
Congressional
Information Service publication.
Indexes,
and provides full-text microfiche copies of, Congressional publications
from 1789 to 1969.
Includes
Committee reports, Congressional Journals, and other Congressional publications
(eg, investigation records, directories, manuals, and histories).
Also
includes Executive branch and nongovernmental publications (eg, annual
reports, official communications, and periodical publications).
Indexes
in four sections:
(a)
Index of Subjects and Keywords
(b)
Private Relief and Related Actions - Index of Names of Individuals and
Organizations.
(c)
Numerical List of Reports and Documents
(d)
Schedule of Serial Volumes
How
To Use:
(a)
Use Index volumes to identify Congressional publications relevant to your
search. Note each publication's "Serial Volume Number"
(eg, 2107-3) and "Publication Series Number" (eg, H.rp. 500).
(b)
Use Serial Volume Number and, if needed, Publication Series Number to
retrieve desired microfiche. CIS US Serial Set microfiche are filed
by Serial Volume Number. Each Serial Volume Number may encompass
several microfiche. Serial Volume Numbers appear on upper right
of microfiche. Publication Series Numbers appear on upper left of
microfiche.
United States Code Congressional And Administrative News
KF48
.U5 (Reference & 2nd Floor)
West publication; 1941- . [1941-50 publication titled "US Code Congressional
Service."]
Also
available on Westlaw.
Reprints texts of federal acts in “Public Laws” volumes. Does not
include bills which were not passed.
Reprints committee reports on selective basis in “Legislative History”
volumes.
Occasionally reprints Presidential signing statements.
Reprints Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders.
Congressional Index
KF49
.C6 (2nd Floor)
Commerce Clearing House looseleaf service; 1937- .
Indexes all public general bills by subject and sponsor.
Digests/abstracts of each bill.
Multiple finding aides, including status table of actions taken on bills
(eg, hearings) and list of pending reorganization plans, treaties, and
nominations.
Does not have actual text of bills, debates, reports, or laws.
Presidential
Signing Statements
United
States Code Congressional And Administrative News
Occasionally
reprints Presidential signing statements.
Title
3 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Annual
compilation of Presidential documents.
CFR
available from this library (KF70
.A3), as well as from GPO
Access (1996- ), LexisNexis
(1981- ), and Westlaw
(1984- ).
Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents (WCPD)
Office
of the Federal Register publication; 1965- .
Available
from this law library (J80
.A284) as well as GPO
Access (1993- ).
Public
Papers of the President (PPP)
Selected
Presidential publications; materials from Hoover administration and all
administrations since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Office of the Federal
Register publication.
Since
the Carter administration, the also annually cumulates the WCPD.
Available
from this law library (J80
.A283; 1929-2001), as well as GPO
Access (1992-2001) and LexisNexis
(1979- ). Some signing statements included in Westlaw Daily
Presidential Documents database (1993- ).
Statutes,
Codes, and Legislative Resources - Ohio
Laws of Ohio (or) Acts of the State of Ohio
KFO25
.A23
Official publication of laws passed by Ohio General Assembly (OGA); published
at end of biennial OGA session.
Includes laws vetoed by Governor and “uncodified laws.”
“Uncodified Law” not intended to be permanent; referred to by bill number;
not given code section. [Example: Sub.H.B.8 of 124th OGA.]
1927-69 statute deletions indicated by asterisks, new language indicated
by italics; 1969- deletions indicated by line striking, new language in
upper case.
Note: Ohio Revised Code changes with time; bill/law is singular
historical document.
Note: No Ohio “official” code – must use annotated code.
Ohio Secretary of State certifies language of commercial annotated codes.
Baldwin’s Ohio Revised Code Annotated
KFO30
(Ohio & Reserve & Reference)
Includes numerous court rules (eg, Superintendence for Courts of Common
Pleas) and practice rules (eg, Code of Professional Responsibility).
Available
on Westlaw.
Page’s Ohio Revised Code Annotated
KFO30
(Ohio & Reserve & Reference)
Includes Civil Rules.
Available
on LexisNexis.
Unannotated
version available on State of Ohio - Government Web site.
Page's
Ohio General Code Annotated (1937-1952)
KFO30
.A4 P3
Includes
Ohio Constitution.
Revised
Statutes and Other Acts of a General Nature of the State of Ohio, in Force
January 1, 1880
KFO30
1880 .D38
First
codification of Ohio laws officially published for state in 1879; 2nd
edition 1882.
Note:
There are lots of other Ohio "historical codes" - see
Melanie K. Putnam's and Susan M. Schaefgen's Ohio Legal Research
Guide (Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co, Inc., c1997).
Reference
KFO75 .P88
The
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library has many of these historical
codes. Use the online catalog SCHOLAR to determine call numbers
and exact locations.
Ohio General Assembly
Web Site
Allows
one to search for current bills by bill number, as well as current bills
and analyses by keyword.
Also
provides easy access to Ohio's
Legislative Agencies (such as the Legislative Service Commission)
and "Laws, Acts,
and Legislation," which includes the Ohio
Constitution (1851-1999 Amendments), Ohio
Revised Code, and Ohio
Acts (122nd-current General Assembly; 1997- ).
Legislative Service Commission
Web Site
LSC
formed in 1953 by merger of Commission on Code Revision, Bureau of Code
Revision, and Ohio Program Commission.
Speaker of House, President of Senate, and 12 other appointed by Speaker
and President.
Has bill drafting responsibility for Ohio General Assembly.
Drafts majority of bills; must review others’ bills before introduction.
“LSC Bill Analysis” – Summary on bill written when it goes to committee;
revised as bill revised.
Web
site provides links to Bill Documents, Budget Documents, Status Report
of Legislation, and Publications.
Bill
Documents (122nd-current General Assembly; 1997- ) include Bill Analyses
and Fiscal Notes.
Publications link
includes Annual & Biennial Reports, such as the Digest
of Enactments (1997-current; see also pre-1997 print Summary of Enactments
KFO15
.L43 and Digest of Enactments KFO15
.L42), which provides summaries of all laws passed by the Ohio General
Assembly and abridged versions of LSC bill analyses. Also under Publications
are "Legislative Information Guides" - such as A
Guidebook for Ohio Legislators (see, in particular, Chapter 5, "Enacting
Legislation," and Appendix C, "Legislative Information Sources"), Legislative
Information Sources Available to the Public, and Navigating
a Bill in Ten Easy Steps and "Periodicals," such as Members
Only Briefs (see, in particular, A
Guide to Legislative History in Ohio, Members Only Briefs, volume
122, issue 5, 24 July 1998).
Legislative
Budget Office Web Site (part of LSC Web site)
Established in 1973 to assist in writing and analyzing fiscal language.
“Fiscal Note” – Often issued with bill; details fiscal feasibility.
Baldwin’s Ohio Legislative Service Annotated
KFO30
.A4 B31 (Ohio & Reference & Reserve)
Monthly.
Reprints texts of laws and selected Legislative Service Commission analyses
and rules.
“Status Report of Legislation and Index to Bills”
Subject index and miscellaneous finding aides.
Page’s Ohio Revised Code Annotated [Bulletin]
KFO30
1953 .P3 (Ohio & Reference & Reserve)
Approximately
10 issues per year.
Reprints texts of laws and rules.
“Legislative Status Sheet”
Subject index and miscellaneous finding aides.
Bills of the Ohio General Assembly
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library has 1888- (68th General Assembly
- ) in Microforms.
Publication of all laws and bills (ie, not just the bills that became
laws) .
1st-49th
(1803-1851) General Assembly sessions were annual; starting with 50th
(1852) General Assembly, sessions changed to biannual (eg, 1852/3).
Analyses of Bills of the Ohio General Assembly [1961/62-
(104th General Assembly - )]
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library has full series in Microforms.
For each bill, can include Legislative Service Commission bill analyses,
and/or Legislative Budget Office Fiscal Notes, and/or committee hearing
testimony.
Ohio House Journal (and) Ohio Senate Journal
Law Library has miscellaneous holdings 95th General Assembly- (1943- ).
KFO18
.O34
Official
procedural record of Ohio House and Senate. Published after each session
day; culminated in one volume at end of biennial OGA session.
Includes bill sponsor(s), bill introduction, bill referral to committee(s),
committee reports, committee and floor votes, floor motions, texts of
amendments.
Does not include bill text.
Bulletin [of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio]
Law Library has 107th General Assembly- (1967- ); some missing issues.
KFO18
.O44
Irregularly
published during biennial OGA session; last “Final” issue culminates previous
two years.
Lists, and summarizes, all bills. Documents dates of legislative actions
on bill.
Includes subject index. Cross-references to "Journal."
Digest of Enactments [1953-93 publication titled
"Summary of Enactments."]
KFO15
.L42
Published annually by Legislative Service Commission (LSC).
Current issues available
on Legislative Services Commission Web site.
Summaries of all laws passed by OGA; abridged versions of LSC bill analyses.
Includes “uncodified” laws and laws vetoed by Governor.
[Gongwer News Services] Ohio Report
Gongwer News Service publication/production.
Current issues available on Gongwer
News Service Web site. "Public Services" links in left
column.
Covers committee hearing testimony, reports, and other legislative news.
Note: Ohio Historical Society is repository of bills and legislative
materials from 1838 to present.
OhioLINK
Resources
OhioLINK is
a consortium of Ohio academic public and private libraries, as well as
the State Library of Ohio, established in 1992. The collections of the
participants - including legal, medical and other special collections
- are integrated into a central catalog providing access to over 4500
simultaneous users and serving over 500,000 students, faculty and staff.
The OhioLINK Central Catalog is
freely available on the Web. Students, faculty, and staff of OhioLINK
member institutions may request OhioLINK catalog materials to be delivered
to their home institution libraries. You may want to search the
OhioLINK catalog with the subject headings Legislation
- United States or Legislation
- Ohio.
OhioLINK
also provides access to nearly 100 Research
Databases. Many are bibliographic or citation services,
rather than full-text. "Off-site" access to these databases
is restricted to OhioLINK member users associated with a member library
(eg, student of Cleveland State University); member users are asked by
the system to provide authentication information (eg, affiliated organization,
name, ID). However, many OhioLINK member libraries provide on-site
workstations, from which the OhioLINK research databases are freely available.
The OhioLINK Research Databases cover a comprehensive range of subjects,
including Business, Computer Science, Education, International Studies,
Medicine and Health, Nursing, Political Science, Science and Technology,
Social Sciences, and Statistics.
Key OhioLINK "Law
and Legislation" Research Databases
Gongwer
News Service
"Public
Services" links in left column. Covers committee hearing testimony,
reports, and other legislative news.
LexisNexis
Academic
Provides access to a myriad of legal, news, business, medical, and reference
materials, most in full text.
Oxford
Reference, Law
Reference books on Law. Includes or has links to full text.
Treatises,
Practice Guides, and Study Aids
SCHOLAR is the name of the electronic catalog of the CSU University Library
and Law Library. You may want to search the SCHOLAR catalog with the subject
headings Legislation
- United States or Legislation
- Ohio. Selected significant treatises and practice guides in
the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection which provide
a foundation in legislation research include the following:
The
American Legislative Process: Congress and the States / William
J. Keefe and Morris S. Ogul. Prentice Hall, c2001. JK1001
.K4 2001
A
Chill in the House: Actor Perspectives on Change and Continuity
in the Pursuit of Legislative Success / Lewis G. Irwin. State University
of New York Press, c2002.
KF4945 .I79 2002
Congress
Confronts the Court: the Struggle for Legitimacy and Authority in
Lawmaking / Colton C. Campbell and John F. Stack, Jr., eds. Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers, c2001. KF8748
.C565 2001
Congress
of the United States: Powers, Structure, and Procedures / N.O. Kura,
ed. Nova Science publishers, c2001. KF4935
.A75 C66 2001
Congressional
Procedures and the Policy Process / Walter J. Oleszek. CQ Press,
c2001. KF4937
.O43 2001
Constitutional
Deliberation in Congress: the Impact of Judicial Review in a Separated
System / J. Mitchell Pickerill. Duke University Press, c2004.
KF4945
.P53 2004
The
Dance of Legislation / Eric Redman. University of Washington Press,
c2001. KF4980
.R4 2001
Doing
the Right Thing: Collective Action and Procedural Choice in the
New Legislative Process / Lawrence Becker. Ohio State University
Press, c2005. KF4945
.B43 2005
Hitching
a Ride: Omnibus Legislating in the U.S. Congress / Glen S. Krutz.
Ohio State University Press, c2001. KF4945
.K78 2001
How
Our Laws Are Made / Robert Ney and Charles W. Johnson. US Government
Printing Office, 2003. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS41418
Landmark
Legislation, 1774-2002: Major U.S. Acts and Treaties / Stephen W.
Stathis. CQ Press, c2003.
KF68 .S73 2003
Legislation
and Statutory Interpretation / William N. Eskridge, Jr., Philip P. Frickey,
and Elizabeth Garrett. Foundation Press, c2000. KF425
.E834 2000
Legislative
Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives / Gregory Wawro.
University of Michigan Press, c2000. JK1319
.W38 2000
Legislative
Law and Statutory Interpretation: Cases and Materials / Otto J.
Hetzel, Michael E. Libonati, and Robert F. Williams. Lexis Publishing,
c2001. KF4930
.A7 H47 2001
Materials
on Legislation: Political Language and the Political Process / William
D. Popkin. Foundation Press and Thomson/West, c2005.
KF4945
.A7 P66 2005
Legislative
Law and Process in a Nutshell / Jack Davies. Thomson West, c2006.
KF4933
.Z9 D38 2007
Reckless
Legislation: How Lawmakers Ignore the Constitution / Michael A.
Bamberger. Rutgers University Press, c2000. KF4945
.B36 2000
Statutes
and Statutory Construction / Norman J. Singer. West Group, c2000-.
KF425 .S92
Unorthodox
Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress / Barbara
Sinclair. CQ Press, c2000. KF4945
.S58 2000
A
Guidebook for Ohio Legislators. Ohio Legislative Service Commission,
c2003. JK5531
.O37 2003
The
Lawyer as Lobbyist: Working with Ohio's Government. Ohio State Bar Association
CLE Institute, c2005. KFO421.5
.L6 L29 2005
Journals
and Current Awareness Services
Selected
specialty journals and current awareness materials concerning Legislation
and Legislative History in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library
collection include the following:
American
Landmark Legislation / Irving J. Sloan, ed. Oceana, c1975- .
KF42.2
1976- and KF42.2
1984-
Harvard
Journal on Legislation. Harvard Student Legislative Research Bureau,
1964- . K8
.A687 & Electronic
Judicial/Legislative
Watch Report. National Legal Center for the Public Interest, 1981-
. [Law Library has 2003- .] JK1
.J83
NCSL
Legisbrief. National Conference of State Legislatures, 1993- .
[Law Library retains current year.] KF85
.N47
State
Legislative Sourcebook. Government Research Service, c1985- .
[Law Library has 1994- .] JK2495
.S689
Statutes
and Statutory Construction / Norman J. Singer. West Group, c2000-
. KF425
.S92
Suggested
State Legislation. Council of State Governments, 1941- .
KF165 .C68
Aggregate
Databases and Other Web Resources
Cornell
Law School's Legal Information Institute: Law about: Legislation
FindLaw:
Federal Resources: Legislative
Branch
Jurist:
Legal Research: Law Guides: Legislation/Public
Law
LexisNexis:
Legislation & Politics: U.S.
Congress
Includes
bills and bill tracking 101st Congress onward; committee reports 103rd
Congress onward; committee hearings and selected committee prints 103rd
Congress onward; Congressional Record 99th Congress onward; and selected
compiled legislative histories (eg, Clean Water Act of 1977 Legislative
History). See the "CIS/Historical Index" source file for
1789-1980 Congressional materials.
LexisONE:
Legal Web Site Directory: Legislative
Resource Center
Westlaw:
U.S. Federal Materials: Legislative
History
Includes
Legislative History - U.S. Code (ie, "United States Code Congressional
and Administrative News"); Congressional Record 99th Congress onward;
committee hearings 1996 onward; US Statutes at Large 1789-1972; and selected
compiled legislative histories (eg, Federal Securities & Blue Sky
Law).
Westlaw:
U.S. Federal Materials: Bill
Tracking
Includes
bills and bill tracking 104th Congress onward.
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