CLASS SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT
The Executive Branch lecture, including the Presidency, will be part of the 26 Oct class.
We'll begin the Census on 26 Oct and continue on 2 November.

INTERNET APPETIZER

Cyber Cemetary, University of North Texas. http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm

Hot Docs: Government Documents in the News, Columbia University Libraries. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/hotdocs.html

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (continued)

LEGISLATION

• Who uses Congressional information?
• Congress
• Responsibilities of Congress
• Groups/Caucuses
  
  • Congressional Member Organizations and Caucuses: CIS Guide to Publications and Policy Materials.
    Congressional Information Service, 1991- Index and Microfiche in the UNC-CH Law Library.
  • These are listed in the Congressional Staff Directory. Few have websites.
• Unofficial actors: Lobbyists and Interest Groups.
• Nomenclature
• Who proposes legislation?
• What forms do legislation take?
  • Bill: Private bills. Public bills. Companion Bills:
  • Joint Resolutions. HJR or SJR.
  • Concurrent Resolutions: HCR, SCR.
  • Resolutions (simple)
• Three informal Categories of Legislation
  • Bills Lacking Wide Support
  • Noncontroversial bills.
  • Major Legislation
• Availability of Texts of Bills and Resolutions.
• Public Service Issues relating to bills:

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Glossaries of terms
C-SPAN Congressional Glossary. http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/alphalist.htm

LexisNexis Congressional. Click on Help. http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?EIDID=145 Legislative Glossary. Click on "Help."

Citation Finder for Government Information. Reference Dept. Davis Library. http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/finder.html

The Legislative Process:

• Legislation introduced in one chamber.
• Sent to a Committee.
• Reported out of the Committee, or not.
• Floor debate.
• Vote.
• Sent to other chamber.
• Sent to a committee.
• Reported out of the Committee, or not.
• Vote.
• Conference Committee (possibly).
• President: For signature or veto.

• Bills: Availability of Texts.
  • Historical bills that did not become public law.
  • Issued in paper until 1978.
  • Microfiche 1979-present.
  • Congressional Universe.
  • Thomas
  • GPO Access
• Public Service Issues relating to bills:

• Status of Current bills
• Calendars
  • Calendar of the United States House of Representatives and
    History of Legislation. Davis Reference J47.A3
  • Senate Calendar of Business.
  • Committee calendars. House & Senate.

• Committee Publications
  • Hearings
  • Reports
  • Documents
  • Prints

• Debates and Proceedings on House/Senate floor.
  • These are available at: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
    • Annals of Congress, 1789-1824.
    • Register of Debates, 1824-1837.
    • Congressional Globe, 1833-1873.
    • Congressional Record, 1873-1875.
  • Congressional Record.
    • Paper: 1873-present.
    • Thomas (Library of Congress). 101ST Congress, 1989/90-present. http://thomas.loc.gov/
    • GPO Access, 1994-present. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html

• Journals. Early issues available at: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
  
  • Senate Journal, 1789-1875.
  • House Journal, 1789-1875.
  • Executive Journal of the Senate, 1789-1875.
  • Journals of the Continental Congress , 1774 and 1775-1789. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html

• Public Laws
  • Slip Laws: Print version of individual laws, as published.
  • United States Statutes at Large. (title varies over time)
    Davis Reference, KF50.A3.
    Internet at GPO Access.
    This is labeled: "Public and Private Laws."
    http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html. 1995-present.

  • United States Code. Davis Reference, KF62.
    Internet at GPO Access. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html. 1994-present.

1. Congressional Index. 1947- Wall Shelving 15. Commerce Clearing House (CCH).
2. CIS/Annual. KF49.C62 1970- Wall Shelving 18
   Two vols: abstracts and index.
   Since 1984, 3 vol; abstracts, index and legislative histories.
   Internet version is LexisNexis Congressional. (See below)
3. CIS Cumulative Index. KF49.C62 wall Shelving 18
   Revises and supersedes the CIS/Annual Index but not the Abstracts.
4. CQ Weekly Report. Congressional Quarterly, 1951-present. Davis Reference, JK1.C66.
5. CQ Almanac. Congressional Quarterly, 1948-present. Davis Reference, JK1.C663.

Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet , from the Library of Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/

GPO ACCESS, from the Government Printing Office. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

LexisNexis Congressional, UNC-CH Library "Electronic Index and Documents" page at: http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/list.php?letter=L

Legislative Branch Internet Resources, from the Library of Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, from the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789.,
from the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

Congresional Quarterly. Federal Regulatory Directory. Davis Reference KF5406.A15F4.

Federal Register. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
Published 1936-present. Depository libraries have fiche, 1984-present.

Code of Federal Regulations. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.

Administrative decisions and or adjudications.

Commercial publishers: Commerce Clearinghouse, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)

Some sample federal titles:

• Agriculture Decisions (semiannual) 1942- A1.58/a
• Federal Energy Guidelines, FERC Reports. 1977-, E2.17:

A selection of major paper reference ources

• Biskupic, Joan. Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. Congressional Quarterly, c1997. Davis, UL Reference: KF8742 .W567 1997.
• Jacobstein, J. Myron. Fundamentals of legal research. 7th ed. Foundation Press, 1998. Law Reference: KF240 .J32 1998.
• Olson, Kent C. Legal Information: How to Find it; How to Use it. Oryx, 1999. Davis Reference Desk. KF240 .O365 1999.
• Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names: Federal and State. 4th ed. Shephard's/McGraw-Hill, 1992. Davis Reference Desk: KF90 .S52

Style Manuals/Help with Citations, Citing

• Citations to Supreme Court cases are in this format:
  470 U.S. 1530 [Volume 470, U.S. Reports, page 1530.]

• Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Citations. 5th ed. William S. Hein & Co., 1993. Davis and Law Reference: KF246.P73 1997.
• The Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation, Harvard Law Review Association, 2000. Davis Reference Desk: KF245 .B58.
• Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. University of Chicago Press, 2003. Davis Reference Desk: Z253 .U69 2003.
• The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources, Diane Garner, et.al.
  rev. ed. CIS, 2002. Davis Reference Desk J9.5 .C546 2002.
• Periodical Title Abbreviations. 13th ed. Gale Research. 2001. Davis Reference Desk, Z6945.A2P47.

Internet Resources

• Supreme Court of the United States. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
  • Supreme Court Opinions, 1893-present. http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html. From FindLaw.
    
  • Selected Historic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, (pre 1893) from Cornell Law School. http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
    
  • Supreme Court Nominations, from the U.S. Senate. http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/nominations/Nominations.htm.
    
  • Transcripts of Nomination Hearings for Supreme Court Justices. Senate Judiciary Committee. http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/generic/SChrgs.htm
• Understanding the Federal Courts, http://www.uscourts.gov/UFC99.pdf, an overview of the organization, operation, and administration of the federal court system.
  
• Judicial Branch, http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/federal.html#3, from the Documents Section Home page.
  
• U.S. Constitution, GPO Access, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html.