Compiled Federal Legislative History

Research Guide

Selected federal legislative histories are published in United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN). They are arranged by Public Law Number.

Banking Legislative Histories Resources/
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FIRREA: A Legislative History and Section-by-Section Analysis. 3 Vols.

4th Floor

Legislative History of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Public Law No. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338

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Corporate Fraud Responsibility: A Legislative History of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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United States Code Congressional Service Resources/
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Library/Call Number

77th Cong.1st Sess. (1941) - 81st Cong.2nd Sess. (1950)

Not Applicable
  • MICROFICHE
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News Resources/
Location
Library/Call Number

82nd Cong.1st Sess. (1951) - 96th Cong.1St Sess. (1980)

Not Applicable
  • MICROFICHE

96th Cong. 2nd Sess. (1980) - Current

Not Applicable
  • FEDERAL KF48.U54

Social Law Members can also access hundreds of Compiled Legislative Histories by logging into HeinOnline’s U.S. Federal Legislative History Library and browse by Publication Name, Public Law Number, or Popular Name. The Library also owns many separately compiled federal legislative histories in print:

Legislative History

ADA Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Americans with Disabilities Act Annotated: Legislative History, Regulations and Commentary

1st Floor Non-Core

Arbitrage Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Arbitrage: Source and Lecture Materials with Legislative History

1st Floor Non-Core

Banking Legislative Histories Resources/
Location
Library/Call Number

FIRREA: A Legislative History and Section-by-Section Analysis. 3 Vols.

4th Floor

Legislative History of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Public Law No. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338

4th Floor

Corporate Fraud Responsibility: A Legislative History of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

4th Floor

Bankruptcy Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978: A Legislative History

4th Floor

Federal Bankruptcy Law: A legislative History of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, P.L. No. 103-394

1st Floor Non-Core

Bankruptcy Reform: The Legislative History of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

4th Floor

Collier on Bankruptcy, 16th Ed.

4th Floor

Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2d. Vol. 8 Bankruptcy Code

4th Floor

Budget Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Deficit Control and the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act: The Legislative History of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-177). 5 Vols

4th Floor

Federal Deficit Control: a Legislative History of Public Law 100-119. 32 Vols.

4th Floor

Civil Rights Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

The Civil Rights Act of 1991: a Legislative History of Public Law 102-166. 7 Vols.

1st Floor

 

Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History

Documents and materials regarding the creation, structure, and organization of federal courts and the federal judiciary

Congress Legislative Histories Resources/
Location
Library/Call Number

1787 - 1977

4th Floor

1978 - 1984

4th Floor

1985 - 1992, the 99th through the 102nd Congresses

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1993 - 1998, the 103rd through the 105th Congresses

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1999 - 2004, the 106th through the 108th Congresses

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2005 - 2008, the 109th through the 110th Congresses

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2009 - 2010, the 111th Congress

4th Floor

Elections Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Legal History of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act. 2 Vols

1st Floor Non-Core

Environment Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Superfund: A Legislative History: the Evolution of Selected Sections of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. 3 Vols

4th Floor

Legislative history of the Clean Water Act of 1977 [microform] : a continuation of the legislative history of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act : together with a section-by-section index, 95th Cong., 2nd sess. (Comm. print 1978)]

4th Floor
  • Microforms
  • SuDoc #
    Y 4.P 96/10:95-14/v.3-4

ERISA Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

ERISA: The Law and the Code, 2019-2020 Edition

4th Floor
  • KF3512.A29 U55
  • Bloomberg Law: access is restricted to designated terminal in the Library

ERISA: Selected Legislative History, 1974-1986

1st Floor Non-Core

Legislative History of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: P.L. 93-406. 3 Vols

1st Floor Non-Core

The Flag Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

The Flag in the Law: A Documentary History of the Treatment of the American Flag by the Supreme Court and Congress. 3 Vols

1st Floor Non-Core

Freedom of Information Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Freedom of Information Act and Amendments of 1974(P.L. 93-502) Source Book: Legislative History, Texts and Other Documents

1st Floor Non-Core

Government Contracts Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

The Contract Disputes Act: Five Year Annotation: Text, Legislative History, Legal Precedents

1st Floor Non-Core

Immigration Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

 Immigration Reform Law of 1986: Analysis, Text and Legislative History

4th Floor

Intellectual Property Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

The Kaminstein Legislative History Project : A Compendium and Analytical Index of Materials Leading to the Copyright Act of 1976

1st Floor Non-Core

Nimmer on Copyright, Appendices Vols. 7 through 11 (1976 Copyright Act and DMCA)

4th Floor

 Preliminary View of the Copyright act of 1976: Analysis and Text

1st Floor Non-Core

Omnibus Copyright Revision Legislative History. 17 Vols 

MICROFICHE

Gilson on Trademarks. Vols. 7 through 10

Not Applicable Not Applicable

 

International Trade Legislative Histories Resources/
Location
Library/Call Number

United States-Canada Free-Trade Act: a Legislative History of the United-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-44913 Vols

1st Floor Non-Core

Labor Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

 Congress Makes a Law: the Story Behind the Employment Act of 1946

1st Floor Non-Core

Legislative History of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, Public Law 93-259

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Legislative History of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947

1st Floor Non-Core

Legislative History of the National Labor Relations Act, 1935

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Legislative History of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

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Legal Ethics Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

A Legislative History: the Development of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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The Legislative History of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Their Development in the ABA House of Delegates

1st Floor Non-Core

Medicare/Medicaid Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

The Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987: a Legislative History of Public Law 100-93

1st Floor Non-Core

Privacy Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Legislative History of the Privacy Act of 1974, S.3418, Public Law 93-579

1st Floor Non-Core

Securities Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Federal Securities Laws: Legislative History, 1933-1990

1st Floor Non-Core

The Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970(Amendment): Primary Source Material. Vol. 11A, Parts 2E & 2F

1st Floor Non-Core

Securities Primary Law Sourcebook. Vols. A & C

1st Floor Non-Core

Social Security Legislative Histories Resources/
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Legislative History of Titles I-XX of the Social Security Act

4th Floor

Supreme Court Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800

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The Supreme Court of the United States: Nominations, 1917-2012

1st Floor Non-Core

Taxation Legislative Histories Resources/
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Library/Call Number

Internal Revenue Acts of the United States: Legislative Histories (1909-1972)

4th Floor

Legislative History of United States Tax Conventions. (Treaties)

4th Floor

Tax Management Primary Sources: Series V.

4th Floor Main

Tax Reform 1984: a Legislative History

4th Floor

Tax Reform 1986: a Legislative History

4th Floor

For more Tax legislative histories, see MEZZ VERTICAL FILE, “Taxation”.

Telecommunications Legislative Histories Resources/
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Guidebook to the Telecommunications Act of 1996

4th Floor

Telecommunications Act of 1996. PLI 440 Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Literary Property Course Handbook Series

1st Floor Non-Core