1. SEMINAR: STATUTORY INTERPRETATION PROF. NOURSE GUEST INSTRUCTOR: AMY FLICK OCTOBER 14, 2009 Legislative History

2. Legislative History Documents Compiled legislative histories Statutes at Large and Public Laws Congressional Reports Hearings Congressional Record Historical Documents

3. Sources for Congressional Documents Emory Law Library Guide: Legislative HistoryLegislative History Hein Online  U.S. Federal Legislative History  U.S. Congressional Documents Lexis Congressional  Lexis US Code Congressional and Administrative News  Westlaw Thomas FDSys (GPO Access) Serial Set  Readex Serial Set database

4. Starting Points Citations: Statutes at Large, Public LawsStatutes at Large, Public Laws  U.S. Code: History NotesHistory Notes  Popular Names Tables Popular Names Tables Citations: Bill Number  Statutes at Large, Public Laws, compiled histories Statutes at Large Compiled Legislative Histories: Citations, sometimes documents  Lexis Congressional, USCCAN, Thomas, Hein

5. Original Documents Original Documents and PDFs  Government Documents  FDSys/GPO Access  Most newer documents  Hein  Stat., Cong. Record  Lexis Congressional  Older hearings and Cong. Record  Readex Serial Set  Older reports

6. Statute: RLUIPA Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 114 Stat. 803 P.L. 106-274 S. 2869 (106 th Cong.) September 22, 2000 Documents available in most legislative history sources

7. 2000 Act: Compiled Histories Guide: Compiled Legislative HistoriesCompiled Legislative Histories Lexis Congressional  All related documents, including previous Congresses  Citations, SuDocs, document text  Also on Lexis Thomas  Free  Bill Summary & Status: All Congressional Actions  Links to GPO Access for PDFs USCCAN  Selected documents, excerpted reports  Westlaw also links to other legislative history documents Westlaw Hein  PDF documents  Sources of Compiled Legislative History Sources of Compiled Legislative History  Statutes at Large: notes Statutes at Large/Public Laws  Legislative History notes Legislative History notes  FDSys/GPO Access, GovDocs

8. RLUIPA: Committee Reports House and Senate Reports  No report on the enacted bill, but related report H. R. Rpt. 106-219H. R. Rpt. 106-219  Committee reports for section-by- section analysis, background, purpose, definitions  Lexis Congressional: citations to all related reports, text Lexis Congressional  FDSys/GPO Access : pdf, retrieve by citation FDSys  Fields to search include bill, Stat., and USC citations  Serial Set volumes  Major reports may be excerpted in USCCAN

9. RLUIPA: Other Documents Hearings  Official version (print or pdf) varies from unofficial transcripts  Time lag before official publication  FDSys: pdfs of many hearings FDSys  Search by fields, including committee, witness, member of Congress  Lexis Congressional: separate database for pdfs of official hearings Lexis Congressional Congressional Record  Note different pagination Daily and Bound editions  Hein: Daily to Bound Locator with date or citation Hein  FDSys:  PDF: Daily Edition Field search including bill number  PDF: Bound edition (1999-2001)Bound edition  Index for page citations, then retrieve by citation Index

10. Historical Statute: Civil Rights Act Civil Rights Act of 1964 78 Stat. 241 P.L. 88-352 H.R. 7152 (88 th Cong.) July 2, 19964 Documents available in multiple sources, mostly as print or pdf

11. 1964 Act: Compiled Histories Hein Federal Legislative Histories Hein Federal Legislative Histories  Compiled legislative history volumes with documents: Titles VII and XI  Congressional Record Congressional Record  Use dates or citations from other sources  Use the Index/History of Bills to find datesIndex USCCAN  Volumes Range 301, selected reports, excerpts  Westlaw LH database: USCCAN reportsLH  Westlaw FED-LH database: GAO compiled legislative historiesFED-LH

12. Civil Rights Act: More Documents Serial Set  US Docs Y1: Find by Congress, House or Senate, report number  Readex Serial Set database Readex  PDFs, search by bill or report number  Reports: S. Rpt. 88-352 and H.R. Rpt. 88-914  Summary and Section-by- Section Analysis, background, history Lexis Congressional  Search Publications related to PL 88-352Publications  CRS Reports, committee print  Separate databases for pdf hearings and Congressional Record hearings Congressional Record Guide: Historical Congressional SourcesHistorical Congressional Sources

13. Historical Statute: Alien Contract Labor Law Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885 23 Stat. 332 H.R. 2550 (48 th Cong.) February 26, 1885 Few publications, few sources Most sources don’t go back that far

14. 1885 Act: Sources Hein Online  No compiled history, no legislative history notes in Statutes at Large  Congressional Record Congressional Record  Index/ History of Bills  H.R. 2550: Cong. Record volumes 15 and 161516  Use the citation navigator with page citations Readex Serial Set  Search by publication or bill number  S. Rpt. 820 and H.R. Rpt. 444  Appendices to reports include testimony summaries Lexis Congressional  Citations only, including the bill and report numbers  Cong. Record: pdf Cong. Record