Legislation

Formally introduced bills and laws of the United States.

Resources in this category:

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

"The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation."

Congressional Bills
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/

"GPO Access contains all published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward." Search for bills by subject or by bill number.

Congressional Bills: Glossary
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/glossary.html

A guide to abbreviations for types of legislation, abbreviations for versions of bills, definitions of types of legislation, and definitions of common versions of bills.

FedLaw
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

Menu-based guide to Internet sites related to United States laws and regulations and other legal resources. Part of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE).

Public and Private Laws
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html

"Public and private laws are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). GPO Access contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress to the present."

Public Participation in Rulemaking
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/public_participatio...

"This list of Federal agency web sites, gathered from Rule or Proposed Rule documents that appeared in the Federal Register, is presented as a guide to electronic rulemaking initiatives. Most of these sites offer the text of Proposed and Final Rules, along with other regulatory information, and some enable the public to comment online."

Regulations.gov
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main

"Regulations.gov is the U.S. Government web site that makes it easier for you to participate in Federal rulemaking - an essential part of the American democratic process. On this site, you can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government’s legal newspaper."

THOMAS
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Contains full text of bills of the present Congress, searchable by keyword or bill number; also includes bills of past Congresses, Congressional Records, presidential nominations, treaties and other sundries such as "How Our Laws are Made," a Congressional classic.

United States Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

An electronic version of the United States Code (USC) generated from the most recent publication made available by the US House of Representatives. Provides searching capabilities on Title and Section of the USC and a popular names table for finding laws by their more common names.

United States Code
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

"The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives."