Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources

By Davis, Carol D.

Book Id: WPLBN0000134191
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources
Author:	Davis, Carol D.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago D. Davi, B. C. (n.d.). Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Introduction: Tracking the status of current federal legislation and regulations is often viewed as a tough task requiring a vast library of costly resources, in-depth knowledge of the issues, and strong familiarity with the federal government’s inner workings. This is not necessarily so. Although access to sophisticated databases and comprehensive knowledge of the federal government may help, it is possible for most constituents to follow an issue by using a variety of resources available locally. The scope of the issue will determine how complicated and time-consuming the process will be.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tracking Current Federal Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Printed Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Telephone Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Daily Calendar Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Public Laws Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Status of Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Switchboard in the U.S. Capitol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 White House Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Tracking Current Federal Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Printed Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Telephone Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Federal Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 White House Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Selected Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Other Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Reference Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Media Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15