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Research Aids & Tools
Finding Congressional Reports and Documents Serial Set Using CIS index
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Definitions
- Reports: A report is a printed record of a House or Senate committee's actions and views on a bill. Reports can contain discussions of legislative intent or a short history of a bill. Reports are assigned separate numbers for each chamber and congress (i.e.: H. Rpt.-107-25 or S. Rpt.-103-45).
- Document: House and Senate Documents are special reports issued by the full chamber. They can contain Presidential messages on new legislation or vetoes, special reports of executive branch agencies, or biannual reports on committee activities. Documents are assigned separate numbers for each chamber and congress (i.e.: H. Doc.-104-27 Or S. Doc.-102-37).
Online Alternatives to full text in LexisNexis
- FDsys (U.S. Government Printing Office)
[see also: Holdings comparison between GPO Access & CIS Congressional Universe]
- THOMAS (U.S. Library of Congress)