U.S. Congress

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• Run by the Library of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office, this is the "official website for U.S. Federal legislative information."

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Congressional Collections

• NARA is the "nation's record keeper" of all publications and materials that were created by the U.S. Government during its "course of business." Its congressional collection includes official records of the U.S. Congress, and private and personal papers of congressional members.

Congressional Budget Office

Recurring Reports

• These reports project "economic and budget outcomes" based on the assumption that the "current law regarding federal spending and revenues generally remains in place." A projection covers a 10-year period.

Congressional Research Service

Reports

• Established in 1914, the mission of CRS is to "serve Congress with the highest quality of research, analysis, information and confidential consultation to support the exercise of its legislative, representational and oversight duties in its role as a coequal branch of government." Reports range in topics, including defense, energy, science, health care, and more.

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Reports & Testimonies

• Congressionally mandated, the purpose of these publications is to "improve government operations and save taxpayers billions of dollars" with non-partisan, fact-based information.

H.R. 2272 (EH) – 21st Century Competitiveness Act of 2007

• Date: May 21, 2007
• Quoted excerpt: "The prosperity the United States enjoys today is due in no small part to investments the Nation has made in research and development over the past 50 years... Corporate, government, and national scientific and technical leaders have raised concerns that current trends affecting the science and technology enterprise of the Nation could result in erosion of this past success and jeopardize future prosperity."

H.R. 2751 (EH) – Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act

• Date: June 9, 2009
• Quoted excerpt: "To accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high polluting automobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel efficient and less polluting automobiles."

H.R. 2954 (EH) – Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act

• Date: January 18, 2018
• Quoted excerpt: "To amend the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to specify which depository institutions are subject to the maintenance of records and disclosure requirements of such Act, and for other purposes."

H.R. 774 (EH) – Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

• Date: July 27, 2015
• Quoted excerpt: "To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention, and for other purposes."

H.R. 1975 (EH) – Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021

• Date: November 2, 2021
• Quoted excerpt: "To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes."

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Report)

• Publication Date: July 22, 2004
• Quoted excerpt: "We have come together with a unity of purpose because our nation demands it. September 11, 2001, was a day of unprecedented shock and suffering in the history of the United States. The nation was unprepared. How did this happen, and how can we avoid such tragedy again?"

2021 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

• Publication Date: December 1, 2021
• Quoted excerpt: "This Report responds to our mandate 'to monitor, investigate, and report to Congress on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.'"

Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster And The Future Of Offshore Drilling - Report to the President (BP Oil Spill Commission Report)

• Publication Date: January 11, 2011
• Quoted excerpt: "This report is the result of an intense six-month effort to fulfill the President’s charge. From the outset, the Commissioners have been determined to learn the essential lessons so expensively revealed in the tragic loss of life at the Deepwater Horizon and the severe damages that ensued."

Unclassified Version of the Report of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Publication Date: March 31, 2005
• Quoted excerpt: "We live in an information age, and the United States needs an Intelligence Community willing and able to support the demands of our public diplomacy efforts. Moreover, we need a sophisticated capability to defend our own information environments and infrastructures from attack."

COVID–19 Variants and Evolving Research Needs

• Hearing Date: May 12, 2021
• Quoted excerpt: "The purpose of this hearing is to discuss how variants develop, how researchers identify and sequence variants, and how this information can be utilized by public health officials, government agencies, and medical practitioners to make decisions."

Dyslexia and the Need to READ: H.R. 3033, the Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act

• Hearing Date: September 30, 2015
• Quoted excerpt: "The purpose of this hearing is to discuss H.R. 3033, the Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act. Topics for the hearing include: the need for federal legislation to address dyslexia in the American populace, the importance of early identification for children and students with dyslexia, professional development needed for teachers and administrators for students with dyslexia, and what special curricula and educational tools would be most helpful."

Space Shuttle Operational Planning, Policy, and Legal Issues

• Hearing Date: September 25–26, 1979
• Quoted excerpt: "Government policies and agencies, regulations, user charges, provisions for launch assurance and priorities, user liabilities insurance and indemnity provisions, protection of individual and private property as well as patent and proprietary rights involve questions of legal and business importance which can have a significant effect on the extent to which this new system will promote private venture. It is essential that, while assuring U.S. interests are adequately protected, all reasonable opportunities must be available to encourage full utilization of the Space Shuttle and the space environment."

Voting Machines: Will the New Standards and Guidelines Help Prevent Future Problems?

• Hearing Date: July 19, 2006
• Quoted excerpt: "The purpose of the hearing is to review new federal voluntary standards for voting equipment, which were issued late last year, to see if they are likely to improve the accuracy and security of voting, and to see if states are likely to adopt the standards."

Y2K: What Every Consumer Should Know to Prepare for the Year 2000 Problem

• Hearing Date: September 24, 1998
• Quoted excerpt: "The Year 2000 problem places at risk certain computers and consumer products that use embedded chips, microprocessors that store or process data. As a result, in the typical American home, there are a number of consumer products that may be affected by the Year 2000 problem, ranging from personal computers to air conditioners, televisions, fax machines, and digital clocks, among many others."

106th Congress

• January 1, 1999
• President of the Senate: Al Gore
• President pro tempore of the Senate: Strom Thurmond
• Congressional members from the state of Wyoming: Sen. Craig Thomas, Sen. Michael B. Enzi, and Rep. Barbara Cubin

108th Congress

• January 1, 2003
• President of the Senate: Richard B. Cheney
• President pro tempore of the Senate: Ted Stevens
• Congressional members from the state of Wyoming: Sen. Craig Thomas, Sen. Michael B. Enzi, and Rep. Barbara Cubin

112th Congress

• July 25, 2012
• President of the Senate: Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
• President pro tempore of the Senate: Daniel K. Inouye
• Congressional members from the state of Wyoming: Sen. Michael B. Enzi, Sen. John A. Barrasso, and Rep. Cynthia M. Lummis

115th Congress

• March 26, 2018
• President of the Senate: Michael R. Pence
• President pro tempore of the Senate: Orrin G. Hatch
• Congressional members from the state of Wyoming: Sen. Michael B. Enzi, Sen. John A. Barrasso, and Rep. Liz Cheney

117th Congress

• December 7, 2021
• President of the Senate: Kamala D. Harris
• President pro tempore of the Senate: Patrick J. Leahy
• Congressional members from the state of Wyoming: Sen. John A. Barrasso, Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, and Rep. Liz Cheney

Impeachment of William W. Belknap

• Publication Date: August 1, 1876
• Quoted excerpt: "Senate will proceed to the consideration of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. The Senate then proceeded to the trial of the impeachment of William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. The Senate sitting for the trial of the impeachment of William W. Belknap having adjourned then resumed its legislative session."

Impeachment of Harold Louderback

• Publication Date: May 24, 1933
• Quoted excerpt: "The Senate having tried Harold Louderback, judge of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, upon five several articles ·of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, and two thirds of the Senators present not having found him guilty of the charges contained therein: It is therefore Ordered and adjudged, That the said Harold Louderback be, and he is, acquitted of all the charges in said articles made and set forth."

Impeachment of Halsted L. Ritter

• Publication Date: April 17, 1936
• Quoted excerpt: "The Senate having tried Halsted L. Ritter, United States district judge for the southern district of Florida, upon seven several articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, and two-thirds of the Senators present having found him guilty of charges contained therein: It is therefore Ordered and adjudged, That the said Halsted L. Ritter be, and he is hereby, removed from office."

Impeachment of Harry E. Claiborne

• Publication Date: October 9, 1986
• Quoted excerpt: "On or about June 15, 1980, Judge Harry E. Claiborne did willfully and knowingly make and subscribe a United States Individual Income Tax Return for the calendar year 1979, which return was verified by a written declaration that the return was made under penalties of perjury; which return was filed with the Internal Revenue Service; and which return Judge Harry E. Claiborne did not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter in that the return reported total income in the amount of $80,227.04 whereas, as he then and there well knew and believed, he received and failed to report substantial income in addition to that stated on the return in violation of section 7206(1) of title 26, United States Code."

Volume 127 Part 26

• Date: September 21, 1981 
• 97th Congress, First Session
• Senate confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor: 99 yeas to 0 nays

Volume 139 Part 24

• Date: August 3, 1993
• 103rd Congress, First Session
• Senate confirmed the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 96 yeas to 3 nays

Volume 155, Issue 122

• Date: August 6, 2009
• 111th Congress, First Session
• Senate confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor: 68 yeas to 31 nays

Volume 156, Issue 118

• Date: August 5, 2010
• 111th Congress, First Session
• Senate confirmed the nomination of Elena Kagan: 63 yeas to 37 nays

Volume 166, Issue 184, Book 2

• Date: October 26, 2020
• 116th Congress, Second Session
• Senate confirmed the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett: 52 yeas to 48 nays

Volume 168, Issue 62

• Date: April 7, 2022
• 117th Congress, Second Session
• Senate confirmed the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson: 53 yeas to 47 nays

Subtitle A—General Military Law

• Published in 2020
• Quoted excerpt: "§ 117. Readiness reporting system (a) REQUIRED READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM.— The Secretary of Defense shall establish a comprehensive readiness reporting system for the Department of Defense. The readiness reporting system shall measure in an objective, accurate, and timely manner the capability of the armed forces to carry out— (1) the National Security Strategy prescribed by the President in the most recent annual national security strategy report under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); (2) the defense planning guidance provided by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 113(g) of this title; and (3) the National Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

Subtitle B—Army

• Published in 2020
• Quoted excerpt: "§ 7063. Basic branches (a) The Secretary of the Army may assign members of the Army to its basic branches. The basic branches are— (1) Infantry; (2) Armor; (3) Artillery; (4) Corps of Engineers; (5) Signal Corps; (6) Adjutant General’s Corps; (7) Quartermaster Corps; (8) Finance Corps; (9) Ordnance Corps; (10) Chemical Corps; (11) Transportation Corps; (12) Military Police Corps; and (13) such other basic branches as the Secretary considers necessary."

Subtitle C—Navy and Marine Corps

• Published in 2020
• Quoted excerpt: "§ 8061. Department of the Navy: composition The Department of the Navy is composed of the following: (1) The Office of the Secretary of the Navy. (2) The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. (3) The Headquarters, Marine Corps. (4) The entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the Navy and of the Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces. (5) All field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. (6) The Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy."

Subtitle D—Air Force and Space Force

• Published in 2020
• Quoted excerpt: "§ 9081. The United States Space Force (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a United States Space Force as an armed force within the Department of the Air Force. (b) COMPOSITION.—The Space Force consists of— (1) the Regular Space Force; (2) all persons appointed or enlisted in, or conscripted into, the Space Force, including those not assigned to units, necessary to form the basis for a complete and immediate mobilization for the national defense in the event of a national emergency; and (3) all Space Force units and other Space Force organizations, including installations and supporting and auxiliary combat, training, administrative, and logistic elements. (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Space Force shall be organized, trained, and equipped to— (1) provide freedom of operation for the United States in, from, and to space; (2) conduct space operations; and (3) protect the interests of the United States in space."

Subtitle E—Reserve Components

• Published in 2020
• Quoted excerpt: "§ 10101. Reserve components named The reserve components of the armed forces are: (1) The Army National Guard of the United States. (2) The Army Reserve. (3) The Navy Reserve. (4) The Marine Corps Reserve. (5) The Air National Guard of the United States. (6) The Air Force Reserve. (7) The Coast Guard Reserve."

Oregon. Report of Lieut. Neil M. Howison, United States Navy, to the commander of the Pacific Squadron

• Publication Date: 1848
• Quoted excerpt: "As the season advances the [salmon] fish become meagre and sickly, and only those not strong enough to force a passage against the torrent at the Cascades, and other falls, remain in the lower waters of the river. In September they are found at the very sources of the Columbia, still pressing up stream, with tails and bellies bruised and bloody by the long struggle they have had against the current and a rocky bottom."

Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department

• Publication Date: 1854
• Quoted excerpt: "Between peaks of perpendicular strata, flocks of llama are pasturing. Yonder is a lake of clear snow-water, and there stands five beautiful vicuna, looking intently at us."

Appropriation to pay certain claims to Sioux Indians for loss of horses

• Publication Date: 1925
• Quoted excerpt: "This bill is a final effort to secure the settlement of some old Indian claims which had their inception in the unauthorized killing of 465 head of Indian horses upon the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota at the instance of the United States acting through its Bureau of Indian Affairs."

Shorter contributions to general geology 1925

• Publication Date: 1926
• Quoted excerpt: "The fossils are unusually well preserved... The collection is of particular value because it comes from a locality not before studied in detail and gives evidence bearing on the geologic age of the vast lava flows that form the Columbia Plateau of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho."

Contamination of natural waters and mud with Pasteurella tularensis and tularemia in beavers and muskrats in the northwestern United States

• Publication Date: 1951
• Quoted excerpt: "In general, the results and data gained from the field observations and laboratory experiments indicate that water and mud contamination, and the occurrence of tularemia in muskrats and beavers are widespread phenomena in the Northwestern States. Water and mud contamination may be present at any season of the year and may persist for at least 16 months."