Outline of this guide: Congressional Documents Regulations Presidential Documents Other Resources

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• General Tools
  • GPO Access
    Provides access to the official versions of government documents published by the Government Printing Office (GPO); includes the full text of many Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch resources, including the Congressional Record, Congressional bills, the U.S. Code, the Economic Report of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the Federal Register, and more.
  • LexisNexis Congressional
    Indexes congressional documents published from 1789 to the present. Includes the full text of congressional testimony and selected transcripts of hearings (1988 to present), committee reports (1989 to present), bill tracking (1989 to present), selected committee prints (1995 to present), public laws (1988 to present), biographical information, voting records (1988 to present), and the text of the Congressional Record, (1985 to present), Roll Call (1989 to present), the Federal Register (1980 to present), and the current Code of Federal Regulations, among other documents.
    Note: Most of the full-text documents in LexisNexis Congressional date from the late 1980s to the present. Many of the older documents indexed by LexisNexis Congressional can be found in the United States Congressional Serial Set; note that the earlier volumes of the Serial Set are still being digitized.
  • THOMAS:Legislative Information on the Internet, from the Library of Congress
    Provides the full text of major legislation, including bills (1989/90 to present), public laws (1973 to present), the Annals of Congress, Congressional Record and Congressional Record Index (1989/90 to present), roll call votes, and Congressional committee reports (1995/96 to present). Also provides bill summary and status information from 1973 to the present and the full text of important historical documents.
• Hearings
  • Congressional Hearings, from GPO Access
    1995/1996 to present. Contains the full text of published hearings.
  • LexisNexis Congressional
    1833 to present [indexing]; selected testimony and transcripts from 1988 to present. Includes information about published hearings as well as information about hearings described in the Congressional Record.
  • See also:
    • C-Span
      Includes Capital Hearings.
    • Quick Links to House and Senate Committee Hearings and Other Publications, from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC
• The Congressional Record
  • Congressional Record, from GPO Access
    1994 to present; updated daily.
  • Congressional Record, from THOMAS:Legislative Information on the Internet, from the Library of Congress
    1989 to present; updated daily.
  • LexisNexis Congressional
    Contains the Congressional Record from 1985 to present.
• Links to Congressional Committee sites
  • House Committee on Financial Services
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • See also:
    • C-Span
    • Quick Links to House and Senate Committee Hearings and Other Publications, from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC

• Federal Regulations
  • GPO Access
    Provides access to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA), the Federal Register, and more.
  • LexisNexis Congressional
    Includes the full text of the Federal Register (1980 to present) and the current Code of Federal Regulations.
  • Regulations.gov
    A clearinghouse of new and proposed Federal Register regulations that are open for comment.
  • See also:
    • Banking Law, from the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell University Law School
      Provides links to relevant sections of the CFR, Federal Register, and more.
• Links to Agencies that Create and Issue Rulings on Regulations
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
    • Laws & Regulations
    • Speeches & Testimony
  • Federal Reserve
    See especially Banking Information & Regulations.
  • U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
    See the Regulatory Actions in particular.
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
    See especially the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act page.

• GPO Access
  Provides access to the official versions of government documents published by the Government Printing Office (GPO); includes the full text of many Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch resources, including the Congressional Record, Congressional bills, the U.S. Code, the Economic Report of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the Federal Register, and more.
• USA.gov
  The official portal to U.S. Government information.
• The White House

• Indexes & Databases page for Economics
• LexisNexis Academic
  (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles in trade publications as well as newspapers. To search industry publications, click on the "Sources" tab in the upper left-hand corner of the main search page. For step one, click on the "Industry" radio button, then, for step two, for country choose "United States," and for Publication Type choose "Industries & Markets." For step three, click on "Banking and Finance," then choose the publications you want to search. Finally, click the red "OK continue" button.
• National Journal Group's Policy Central
  Provides up-to-date coverage of U.S. government activities and policies through Congress Daily (updated twice daily), The Hotline (updated daily), which highlights media coverage of political affairs, Markup Reports for every Congressional committee and subcommittee, and Daybook, which provides a daily calendar of Capital Hill events and activities.
• USA.gov
  The official portal to U.S. Government information.