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LSCM Metadata and Collection Services Information Portal

Overview

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) contains a great amount of information about the operations of the U.S. Federal Government as embodied by the resources that Metadata and Collection Services (MCS) have cataloged. Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) and MCS plan to mine the CGP for data to tell stories about Federal Government information and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and to represent LSCM’s work. In this section, we present various types of CGP statistics and offer several features for viewing and downloading the data.

We will periodically refresh the data on this page and replace the current data and visualizations with new elements. We welcome feedback and recommendations and will take them under advisement. Please submit your questions and suggestions via askGPO in the “Cataloging/Metadata (Policy and Records)” category.

Records for Congressional Publications by Committees and Commissions, 2017-2023 (3/1/2024)

Bills and Resolutions Beta Period, August 2023, 256 Records (10/25/2023)

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Legislation Types Number of Records Percentage of Total (%)
Total types 4 N/A
House bills 222 86.7%
House simple resolutions 30 11.7%
House concurrent resolutions 2 0.8%
House joint resolutions 2 0.8%
Committees Number of Records Percentage of Total (%)
Referred committees 20 N/A
Total referrals 266 N/A
Number of Pages Number of Records Percentage of Total (%)
1 1 0.4%
2 55 21.5%
3 50 19.5%
4 36 14.1%
5 26 10.2%
6 20 7.8%
7 8 3.1%
8 11 4.3%
9 8 3.1%
10 7 2.7%
11-20 22 8.6%
21-30 6 2.3%
31-40 3 1.2%
41-50 2 0.8%
50+ 1 0.4%

Congress.gov Policy Areas Terms in GPO Records, 10/22-7/23 (8/28/2023)

General Data Number of Records Percentage of Total (%)
Total records 1,672 N/A
Total terms used 1,709 N/A
Records with one term 1,635 97.8%
Records with two terms 37 2.2%
Online version records 859 51.4%
Print version records 813 48.6%
Specific Publication Types Number of Records Percentage of Total (%)
House documents 21 1.3%
House hearings 572 34.2%
House prints 21 1.3%
House reports 319 19.1%
Private laws 3 0.2%
Public laws 249 14.9%
Senate documents 2 0.1%
Senate executive reports 0 0.0%
Senate hearings 276 16.5%
Senate prints 0 0.0%
Senate reports 227 13.6%
Treaty documents 0 0.0%
General Publication Types Number of Records Percentage of Total (%)
Documents 23 1.4%
Hearings 848 50.7%
Laws 252 15.1%
Prints 21 1.3%
Reports 546 32.7%

Terms

 

First Term

 

Second Term

 

Total

 

Percentage

of Total (%)

Agriculture and Food 29 0 29 1.7%
Animals 14 2 16 0.9%
Armed Forces and National Security 89 0 89 5.2%
Arts, Culture, Religion 2 0 2 0.1%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14 0 14 0.8%
Commerce 27 0 27 1.6%
Congress 62 0 62 3.6%
Crime and Law Enforcement 112 0 112 6.6%
Economics and Public Finance 98 2 100 5.9%
Education 18 4 22 1.3%
Emergency Management 74 0 74 4.3%
Energy 24 0 24 1.4%
Environmental Protection 74 0 74 4.3%
Families 4 0 4 0.2%
Finance and Financial Sector 35 0 35 2.0%
Foreign Trade and International Finance 10 0 10 0.6%
Government Operations and Politics 324 2 326 19.1%
Health 123 12 135 7.9%
Housing and Community Development 11 0 11 0.6%
Immigration 7 0 7 0.4%
International Affairs 86 0 86 5.0%
Labor and Employment 33 8 41 2.4%
Law 62 1 63 3.7%

Terms (continued)

 

First Term

 

Second Term

 

Total

 

Percentage

of Total (%)

Native Americans 54 0 54 3.2%
Public Lands and Natural Resources 152 0 152 8.9%
Science, Technology, Communications 47 0 47 2.8%
Social Sciences and History 0 2 2 0.1%
Social Welfare 20 2 22 1.3%
Sports and Recreation 0 0 0 0.0%
Taxation 5 2 7 0.4%
Transportation and Public Works 52 0 52 3.0%
Water Resources Development 10 0 10 0.6%