Coverage Dates for Legislative Information
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Legislation
Data Set | Estimated Update Time | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Amendment Status (metadata) | 8:00 a.m. | 1981 | 97th - present |
Amendments (full text) | 10:00 a.m. | 1995 | 104th - present |
Bill Status (metadata) | 8:00 a.m. | 1973 | 93rd - present |
Bill Summaries | varies | 1973 | 93rd - present |
Bill Text (full text) | varies1 | 1989 | 101st - present |
Law (full text) | varies | 1995 | 104th - present |
Bill History in the Congressional Record | varies | 1995 | 104th - present |
Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV) | not updated | 1973 | 93rd – 110th (2008) |
Legislative Subject terms | varies | 2009 | 111th - present |
Policy Area terms | varies | 1973 | 93rd - present |
Committee
Data Set | Estimated Update Time | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Committee Hearings and Meetings (House video) | varies | 2012 | 113th - present |
Committee Reports | varies | 1995 | 104th - present |
Committee profiles | 8:00 a.m. | 2015 | current only |
Congressional Record
Data Set | Estimated Update Time2 | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Congressional Record Index | varies | 1995 | 104th - present |
Daily edition (full text) | 10:00 a.m. | 19953 | 104th - present |
Member's Remarks in the Congressional Record | varies | 2005 | 109th - present |
Executive and Other Communications
Data Set | Estimated Update Time | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Executive and Other Communications (Senate) | 8 a.m. | 1979 | 96th - present |
Members
Data Set | Estimated Update Time | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Member profiles | 8 a.m. | 19734 | 93rd - present |
Nominations
Data Set | Estimated Update Time | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Nominations | 8:00 a.m. | 1981 | 97th - present |
Treaty Documents
Data Set | Estimated Update Time | Start Year | Congresses Covered |
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Treaty Document Status (metadata) | 8:00 a.m. | 19755 | 94th - present |
Treaty Document (full text) | varies | 1995 | 104th - present |
Treaty Document Resolution of Ratification (full text) | 8:00 a.m. | 1985 | 99th - present |
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Bill Text (full text) - House bills are generally available a day or two after they are introduced. Delays can occur when there are a large number of bills to prepare or when a very large bill has to be printed. Texts not yet published by GPO may be available from Bills to Be Considered or committee web sites.
Senate bills usually take at least 5 business days. Please note that Senate bills are not made available before GPO has completed printing them. Online copies and printed copies are usually made available at the same time. Texts not yet published by GPO may be available from committee web sites. (Return to text)
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New daily issues, reporting business from the previous day if either the House or Senate or both met, are usually available by 10:00 am. Late availability, often due to a late night Congressional session, is announced on the Most Recent Issue page. (Return to text)
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Congressional Record issues for 1989-1994 predate authenticated digital publishing. Prior to retirement of THOMAS, the Congressional Record for 1989-1994 will be available from the Library of Congress Public Web Archive Collections. (Return to text)
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Includes Members from 71st to 92nd Congresses (1929 to 1972) who were serving still in 1973. (Return to text)
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Includes Treaty Documents submitted since 1949 (81st Congress) that were pending in 1975. (Return to text)
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