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Congressional Record Index (CRI): About
The Congressional Record Index (CRI) is an index of the daily issues
of the Congressional Record. In print, it is published biweekly by the
Joint Committee on Printing when Congress is in session. However, the
online CRI databases are cumulative from the beginning of each congressional
session. The current year's database is updated daily, usually the day
after publication of the Congressional Record.
The CRI consists of two parts: the index proper, which lists individuals,
organizations, and topics mentioned in the Congressional Record, and the
History of Bills, which lists legislative actions reported in the Congressional
Record. The History of Bills is maintained as a separate database on GPO
Access.
NOTE: Each CRI entry refers to a page number in the Congressional
Record and the date of the daily issue in the format "S1234 [19JA]"
(page 1234 in the Senate section from the January 19 issue for that
year).
NOTE: Entries in the 1998 Congressional Record Index are available
in HTML format. Each reference to a Congressional Record page is a hyperlink
that will retrieve that single page of the Congressional Record. Once
a PDF file is open, navigational tools at the bottom of the screen allow
you to view the previous page, next page, or a page number that you
enter in the "Go to page" box.
Members of Congress are listed alphabetically by last name in the Congressional
Record Index. Thus, users must search for individuals by entering the
last name before the first name. Additionally, users should include all
forms of an individual’s first name, since Members of Congress may
choose how they want their name to appear in the Congressional Record.
For instance, in the 1991 Congressional Record Index , Bob Dole is listed
as both“Dole, Bob” and “Dole, Robert”.
GPO Access contains CRI issues from 1983 to the present. Each
year of the Congressional Record Index can be searched individually, however,
selecting the historical database searches all years except for the current
year. All documents are available as ASCII text files. In addition, documents
from the 1998 CRI are available as HTML files with links to pages in the
Congressional Record.
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