Legislative History / How a bill becomes a law Pull a public law by number Locate a bill Bill number format School House Rock Committee reports Secondary U.S.C.C.A.N. sources, existing compilations Using annotations and history notes in U.S. Code Finding public law numbers through code Bill versions, mark-up Components Understanding the questions Legislatures’ website (Congress.gov, FDsys; the state legislature sites) Ask questions before start Legislative v. regulatory history Jurisdiction Bill v. act v. code v. regulation v. register

Testing Make user pull … (Known item searches) Public Law Bill Code section annotations Report Draw a flow chart of legislative process Watch time, review methodology Review online search statements How does one test print use while still automating?

Legislative History Code U.S. Code Annotated U.S. or state code Locate laws listed at end of code sections Read laws & find what added section that you want to interpret *Public law number or session law Conference committee reports House & Senate committee reports Congressional record Hearings/testimony Cases interpreting News articles FDsys Congress.gov

Questions Where would I find legislative history? FDsys Congress.gov U.S.C.C.A.N. All of above What would I use to find legislative intent? History at the end of code section How would I find public law number(s) for a code section? Annotated code