1. Legislative History / How a bill becomes a law
Pull a public law by number
Locate a bill
Bill number format
School House Rock
Committee reports
Secondary U.S.C.C.A.N. sources, existing compilations
Using annotations and history notes in U.S. Code
Finding public law numbers through code
Bill versions, mark-up
Components
Understanding the questions
Legislatures’ website (Congress.gov, FDsys; the state legislature sites)
Ask questions before start
Legislative v. regulatory history
Jurisdiction
Bill v. act v. code v. regulation v. register

2. Testing Make user pull … (Known item searches)
Public Law
Bill
Code section annotations
Report
Draw a flow chart of legislative process
Watch time, review methodology
Review online search statements
How does one test print use while still automating?

3. Legislative History Code U.S. Code Annotated U.S. or state code
Locate laws listed at end of code sections
Read laws & find what added section that you want to interpret
*Public law number or session law
Conference committee reports
House & Senate committee reports
Congressional record
Hearings/testimony
Cases interpreting
News articles
FDsys
Congress.gov

4. Questions Where would I find legislative history?
FDsys
Congress.gov
U.S.C.C.A.N.
All of above
What would I use to find legislative intent?
History at the end of code section
How would I find public law number(s) for a code section? Annotated code