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Legislative Process Resources: Text of Bills

This guide explains the various documents that are produced during the legislative process and points to where they can be found in BGSU Libraries and electronically (subscription & free).

Key Legislative Databases

See Databases tab above for descriptions and additional databases.

Congress.gov
ProQuest Congressional Publications
Search across current and historical documents of the United States Congress.
Govinfo
C-SPAN Video Library

Finding the text of Bills online

Bill Text, Summary & Status (Congress.gov)
Contains new public laws, pending bills, and status of bills.
Congressional Bills (Govinfo.gov)
Search full text of bills from 103st Congress (1993-1994) to present.
ProQuest Congressional
Search bills and public laws from 1987 to present.

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