Government Documents: U.S. Federal Government

Bills and Legislation

• Congress.gov:  Get full text of legislation (1993 - present), plus info on committee activities and floor votes
• United States Statutes at Large: Lower Level Ref KF50 .U55 (1963–present)

Budget of the United States Government

• govinfo:  Browse the federal budget (1996–present)
• Print version: Ref HJ2051 .B8

Code of Federal Regulations:  All current federal regulations, organized by subject

Committee Reports:  Search or browse online (1995-present)

Congressional Hearings: Browse the full text of selected hearings (1985-present).  To do keyword searching, use the Advanced Search on the govinfo homepage and limit to Congressional Hearings.

Congressional Record:  Transcript of the House and Senate

• Congress.gov:  Search or browse online (1989–present)
• Print version: Lower Level X1.1 (selected years from 1876–2001)

Congressional Research Service Reports:  Issue analysis reports geared toward legislators

• CRS Reports Collection:  A large searchable database of CRS reports
• Every CRS Report:  Another database, organized by topic
• Congress.gov:  New public website for CRS reports. (Full migration targeted for completion by spring 2019.)

United States Code:  The current law of the land

• govinfo: Browse the current US Code.  To keyword search the Code, use the Advanced Search on the govinfo homepage and limit to the United States Code.
• Office of the Law Revision Counsel:  Advance Search and Search Tips
• Print version:  Ref KF62 .A2

White House:  Transcripts of speeches, press releases, statements, and other documents expressing the current president's perspective.

American Presidency Project:  A historical archive of executive orders, proclamations, state of the union addresses, and the Public Papers of the President.

Public Papers of the Presidents:  Official versions of presidential speeches and writings

• govinfo:  Browse the Public Papers (1991-present)
• Print version: General Collection J82 (1929–present)

Compilation of Presidential Documents:  Browse presidential statements, messages, and remarks since 1992.  To do keyword searching, use the Advanced Search on the govinfo homepage and limit to Compilation of Presidential Documents.

Supreme Court of the US:  Search here for the text of opinions and orders issued by the Supreme Court.

Constitution Annotated:  Analysis and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

Cornell Supreme Court Collection:  An archive of decisions from 1990 through the present, which can be either searched by keyword or browsed by topic.

FedWorld Supreme Court Decision Archive:  Another archive, covering decisions between 1937 and 1975.

Supreme Court Database: A massive dataset of court decisions and associated information from 1953 to the present.

NOTE: In addition to these websites, you can access federal and state court cases via Geisel Library's subscription to Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus Research

Browse Supreme Court Nomination Hearing:  This page contains Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from 1971 to the present.