LIS 4362 Assignment 3

 

1. Using Thomas, Congress.gov (keep in mind that Congress.gov is the replacement for Thomas, but it does not yet have all the earlier content that Thomas contains), or the DU online catalog only, provide legislative history information for the Tsunami Warning and Education Act. [This shows how you can do legislative history research with free resources].

a) Provide "Major Actions"

 

b) Locate a hearing related to this bill and give the SuDocs number.

 

 

c) Find a Congressional Report and give:

Report number:

SuDocs number:

Serial set number: [this serial set volume not yet published, so no answer here]

d) This became Public Law ____ - _____ = ____ Stat. ____

 

3) This law is codified at:

 

e) Why was this law needed?

 


For the following questions you may use Thomas, Congress.gov, FDsys, or ProQuest Legislative Insight.

2. Public Law No: 107-201 = _____ Stat. _____

Short title:

Codified at: _________________________

 

3. Short title: National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997

Public Law No.: _______-______ = _____ Stat. ______

Codified at: ______________________________

 

4. Short title: Civil Rights Act of 1964

Public Law No: _______________ = _____ Stat. _____

 

5. A student is researching the Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act of 2001. Using LexisNexis Congressional suggest:

a) the congressional report providing the legislative intent of the act. H. Rpt. ____-____

b) SuDocs number of this report:

c) Serial Set number where this report is found.

c) Why was this act needed? [from the above report]

 

d) What is the Public Law number of this Act?

e) Where is it found in Statutues at Large?

f) Where is it codified in the US Code?

6. Do a legislative history on any Public Law between 1995 and 2005. Your Public Law must meet these criteria:

Your legislative history should include all relevant materials: House or Senate Reports or Documents, Hearings, Committee Prints, Congressional Debate, and comments from the President if available. Be sure to include SuDocs numbers or Serial Set numbers (as appropriate). You don't have to find the actual documents, just to identify the relevant parts of the legislative history. [use LexisNexis Congressional]

7. Considering the Public Law you selected in question 6, what parts of this legislative history could have been found using Thomas (and Congress.gov)? What parts could not be found using Thomas (and Congress.gov)?