Federal statutory law resource page with links to statutory codes, congressional records, current legislation, and historical statutes.
U.S. Code via GPO Access
U.S. Constitution via GPO Access
Congressional Record via GPO Access
Current Legislation via Thomas
Historical Statutes Library of Congress American Memory Project
- An enlargement to this site last week means that it now has
full-text of all of the predecessors to the Congressional Record (House
Journal, Senate Journal and Senate Executive Journal, Annals
of Congress, Register of Debates, & The Congressional Globe) back to 1873
(1st through 42nd Congresses) as well as full text of the Statutes at
Large back to 1873 (1st through 42nd Congresses).
The site also offers documents on the Continental
Congress and constitutional debates (1774-89) in the Journals of the
Continental Congress, Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of
1787 and The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of
the Federal Constitution (Elliot's Debates), as well as selected
documents from the U.S. Serial Set.
U.S. Laws Organized by Type or Source (Cornell)
- The Legal Information Institute's "Law About"
pages provide brief summaries of law topics with links to key primary
source material, other Internet resources, and useful offnet references.
They can be accessed through: the following set of broad topic categories
(scroll down), through an alphabetical listing of topics, and through a
searchable index.