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GPO Access contains all published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward. The 111th Congress database is updated by 6 a.m. (EST) daily when bills are published and approved for release. The documents in these databases are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

The Congressional Bills documents for the 111th and 110th Congress on GPO Access have been digitally signed and certified. GPO has signed and certified the PDF files to assure users that the online documents are official and authentic. More on GPO’s Authentication Initiative.

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Current Congress Only -- 111th Congress (2009-10)

Previous Congresses -- 103rd (1993-94) Congress forward

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Last updated: February 11, 2009
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