Federal Research: Federal Legislative History - part 2

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This microfiche set, frequently called CIS, reproduces all hearings, reports, documents, committee prints, and debates from 1970 to the present with companion index and abstract volumes issued to aid in locating materials. Contained in each "abstract" volume is a list of all hearings and reports issued for each law enacted during that year. Also listed are dates of House and Senate debates for use in the Congressional Record and references to the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.

This covers all hearings issued from 1833 to 1969. The hearings are issued on microfiche with a hard copy index. The Law Library has the index, but does not have the hearings themselves. They can be found at other nearby federal depository libraries. Check with a reference librarian for locations.

Prints issued by committees for internal use (and not published in the Serial Set) have been reproduced on microfiche in this set. You can use a five-volume hard copy index to locate prints by subject, title, bill number, Congress and committee. Included are all prints issued through 1969; prints issued from 1970 to date are found in the CIS Microfiche set.

All reports and documents issued by the Congress are eventually bound in the Serial Set. The Serial Set does not contain hearings or committee prints. The CIS U.S. Serial Set Index covers the years 1789 through 1969. All materials published in the Serial Set from 1970 to date are reproduced in CIS microfiche. The Law Library has the 86th Congress throguh the 91st Congress, first session (1959-1969), available on microfiche. Earlier years are available at other depository libraries.