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GPO Access
has recently made available on its website the
Conference Reports
for the 109th (2005-2006) Congress. A conference report is a compromise on legislation that is negotiated between the House and Senate
via conference committees. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval. To learn
more about Conference Reports, see the
About Conference Reports
page on the GPO Access website. Links to active (“unofficial”) and archived (“official”) conference reports are provided. Conference
reports are available to the public as a filed version prior to official printing. Documents are available in ASCII Text format and Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF).
In addition, GPO Access provides access to
Congressional Reports.
These reports originate from congressional committees and deal with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. There are two
types of reports: House and Senate Reports and Senate Executive Reports. The database for the current Congress is updated irregularly,
as electronic versions of the documents become available. Reports are available in ASCII text format and PDF. Use the
Congressional Reports Search
page for easier searching. Coverage is from the current Congress back to the 104th (1995-96) Congress.
THOMAS,
an online directory of legislative resources provided by the
Library of Congress,
offers a
Committee Reports
page that provides access to House, Senate, Conference, and Joint Reports. You can browse or search reports from the current
Congress back to the 104th Congress. To see a list of all reports, use the browse feature; for each report listed, you will see a
House Report number as well as links to Bill Summary and Status and Full Text of Bill (when available). The search feature allows you
to search by keyword or report number and limit your search to a particular House or Senate Committee and/or a date range.
A past tip, GPO Access, provides information about additional resources on the GPO Access website.
Another tip provides information about THOMAS.
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