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THOMAS (Library of Congress)

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About THOMAS

THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.

Search Bill Text for Current Congress

About: This home page feature searches the text of legislation for the current Congress by word/phrase or bill number. This is a "quick and dirty" search for those who do not want the advanced features found on the Advanced Bill Text Search page.

Search Bill Summary & Status

About: Bill Summary & Status contains information about bills and amendments. The summary and status information includes: sponsor(s); cosponsor(s); official, short and popular titles; floor/executive actions; detailed legislative history; Congressional Record page references; bill summary; committees of referral; reporting and origin; subcommittees of referral; links to other committee information provided by the House of Representatives; amendment descriptions (and text, when available); subjects (indexing terms assigned to each bill); a link to the full text versions and if the bill has been enacted into law, a link to the full text of the law on the Government Printing Office Web site (in both text and .PDF formats).

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English

Contact

Edwin L. Young, Ph.D.

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