Week 4 Notes

Conversion Tables

From Statutes to U.S.C. (and vice versa)

U.S. Code Classification Tables: http://uscode.house.gov/classification/tables.shtml. Tables for prior years: http://uscode.house.gov/classification/priortables.shtml

Popular Names of Acts in the U.S. Code: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/

Prior Editions of the U.S. Code (back to 1988): http://uscode.house.gov/search/prevcode.shtml

From U.S.C to C.F.R. and (vice versa)

Use the Parallel Table of Authories and Rules: http://www.gpo.gov/help/parallel_table.pdf  to find U.S.C. authority in C.F.R.

List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA) via FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=LSA

Regulations

After Congressional bills become laws, Federal Departments and Agencies are responsible for enforcing those laws through regulations.

• Code of Federal Regulations: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR
• Federal Register: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR
• List of CFR Sections Affected: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=LSA
• Unified Agenda: http://1.usa.gov/mVazhS The Unified Agenda (also known as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda), published twice a year (usually in April and October) in the Federal Register (FR), summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next year.

• Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov/ Regulations.gov, the public face of the Federal E-Government eRulemaking Program, facilitates public participation in the Federal regulatory process by improving the public's ability to find, view, and comment on Federal regulatory actions. Produced by NARA
• RegInfo.gov: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ Produced by the OMB

Three Branches of Government Clickable Chart

Presidential Documents

Background Sources

The American Presidency Project: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/

Contains unique materials such as Roosevelt Fireside Chats (1933-1944), Saturday Radio Addresses, Party Convention Addresses, and powerful browse features for executive orders, proclamations, and other categories.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - The Papers of the Presidents of the United States: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/presiden.asp

Extremely selective coverage of selected presidents: Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Polk, T. Roosevelt, F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Clinton, George W. Bush

NARA Presidential Documents Guide: http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/research/guide.html

Specific Sources

Compilation of Presidential Documents (incorporates the former Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents)

FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CPD 1993 - present

HeinOnline: http://0-www.heinonline.org.bianca.penlib.du.edu/HOL/Index?index=presdocs/presdocs&collection=fedreg 1965-present

Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents

FSsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CPD 

Public Papers of the Presidents

FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PPP 1991 onward

See DU online catalog for other online access

HeinOnline: http://0-www.heinonline.org.bianca.penlib.du.edu/HOL/Index?index=presidents/pubpapers&collection=presidents 1929 (Hoover) to present

Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders

Available via NARA. Excellent site for presidential proclamations, executive orders, and disposition tables. Browsable by USC title and also searchable.

Federal Register

FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR 1994 - present; search and browse

HeinOnline: http://0-www.heinonline.org.bianca.penlib.du.edu/HOL/Index?index=fedreg/fedreg&collection=fedreg 1936-present

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 3 The President

FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR 1996 - present; search and browse

HeinOnline: http://0-www.heinonline.org.bianca.penlib.du.edu/HOL/Index?index=presidents/cfrcp&collection=presidents 1936-present

United States Code

Published every six years, with annual supplements.

GPO Access Browse: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/browse.html 

FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionUScode.action?collectionCode=USCODE; Search via FDsys: http://1.usa.gov/nnqTjs

LexisNexis Academic: http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.bianca.penlib.du.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/form_legal_statutes.asp