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Commercial Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet
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The list below includes those of Westlaw (WL), Lexis (Lex) and HeinOnline (Hein).
These direct links are accessible only via password or credit card - see Explanatory Notes.
See also list & links to free Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet
Note: Direct links to Westlaw and Lexis histories may not function on earlier browser versions.
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PL 000-000 – Bank of United States - Acts of 1780, 1791, 1815 (Hein)
PL 060-349 – Copyright Act - 1909 Leg. Hist. of ... (Hein)
PL 064-377 – Excess Profits Tax Act, 1917 & amdts to 1946 (Hein)
PL 065-091 – Trading with the Enemy Act, 1917 & amdts until 1952 (Hein) (Hein2)
PL 069-254 – Air Commerce Act of 1926 (Hein)
PL 069-257 – Railway Labor Act of 1926 (Hein)
PL 069-639 – McFadden Act, 1927 - Banking Acts 1913-1956 (Hein)
PL 071-798 – Davis-Bacon Act, 1931 (Hein)
PL 073-066 – Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) (Hein)
PL 073-072 – Securities Act of 1933 (Hein)
PL 073-291 – Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Hein) (Hein2)
PL 073-416 – Fairness Doctrine - Sec. 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (Hein)
PL 073-485 – Railroad Retirement Act, 1934 & amdts to 1975 (Hein)
PL 074-198 – National Labor Relations Act, 1935 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein) (Hein2) (Hein3)
PL 074-401 – Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 1935 (Hein)
PL 074-403 – Davis-Bacon Act Amdt, 1935 (Hein) (Hein2)
PL 074-521 – Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 074-621 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts of 1936 (Hein)
PL 075-717 – Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act & its amdts, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 075-718 – Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Hein) (Agric. Employee Exclusion - Hein2)
PL 075-719 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts of 1938 (Hein)
PL 076-768 – Investment Company Act of 1940; Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (Hein)
PL 076-801 – Second Revenue Act of 1940 (Hein)
PL 079-304 – Employment Act of 1946 (Hein)
PL 079-324 – Administrative Procedure Act, 1946 (Hein)
PL 080-101 – Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 080-773 – Title 28 USC - Judiciary codification, 1948 (Hein) (WL - end of T. 28 ToC)
PL 081-047 – Economic Cooperation Act amdts, 1949 (Hein)
PL 081-142 – Bretton Woods Agreement Act Amdts, 1949; Leg Hist of (Hein)
PL 081-393 – Fair Labor Standards Act Amdts of 1949 (Hein)
PL 081-797 – Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 1950 (had been pt of Fed Res Act) (Hein)
PL 083-577 – Securities Acts Amdts, 1954 (Hein)
PL 083-591 – Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 68A Stat 3 (Hein - Summary)
PL 083-703 – Atomic Energy Act of 1954 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 084-381 – Fair Labor Standards Act Amdts of 1955 (Hein)
PL 084-511 – Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (Hein
PL 085-630 – Antidumping Act - 1958 amendments (Hein)
PL 085-836 – Welfare and Pensions Plans Disclosure Act of 1958, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 086-114 – Federal Reserve Act amdt, 1959 - Banking legislation Pt. 1 (Hein)
PL 086-251 – Natinal bank amdts, 1959 - Banking legislation, Pt. 2 (Hein)
PL 086-267 – Labor-Mangement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Hein - Hein2 -NLRB)
PL 086-374 – Savings & Loan reg amdts, 1959 - Banking legislation, Pt. 3 (Hein)
PL 087-196 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts, 1961 (Hein)
PL 087-420 – Welfare and Pensions Disclosure Act Act Amdts, 1962 (Hein)
PL 087-834 – Revenue Act of 1962 (Hein)
PL 088-349 – Davis-Bacon Act Amdt Fed. Construction, 1964 (Hein)
PL 088-352 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Leg. Hist. of Titles VII & XI of (Hein)
PL 088-452 – Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Hein)
PL 088-467 – Securities Act Amdts of 1964 - more investor protections (Hein)
PL 089-062 – Tariff Act amdt, 1965 - returning U.S. residents duty exemptions (Hein)
PL 089-110 – Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Hein)
PL 089-216 – Labor-Mang. Reporting & Disclosure Act Amdts, 1965 - Bonding (Hein)
PL 089-243 – Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1965 (Hein)
PL 089-272 – Solid Waste Disposal Act, 1965 as amended - 1974 & 1991 (Hein - Amdts)
PL 089-368 – Tax Adjustment Act of 1966 (Hein)
PL 089-485 – Bank Holding Company Act amendments, 1966 (Hein)
PL 089-487 – Freedom of Information Act, 1966 (Hein)
PL 089-695 – Financial Institutions Supervisory Act of 1966, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 089-719 – Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966 (Hein)
PL 089-794 – Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1966 (Hein)
PL 090-059 – Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1967 (Hein)
PL 090-202 – Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Hein)
PL 090-225 – Bank Holding Company Act amendments of 1967 (Hein)
PL 090-437 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts of 1968 (margin req.) (Hein)
PL 091-172 – Tax Reform Act of 1969 (Hein)
PL 091-184 – Export Administration Act of 1969 & amdts to 1985 (Hein)
PL 091-190 – National Enviornmental Policy Act of 1969 (Lex) (Hein)
PL 091-351 – Emergency Home Financing Act of 1970 (Hein)
PL 091-547 – Investment Company Amdts Act of 1970; Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 091-565 – Securities Act Amdts - 1970 - increase exemption to $500,000 (Hein)
PL 091-567 – Securities Act Amdts - 1970 - investor protection in corp. takeovers (Hein)
PL 091-596 – Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Hein)
PL 091-598 – Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (Hein)
PL 091-604 – Clean Air Amendments of 1970 (Lex) (Hein)
PL 091-607 – Bank Holding Company Act Amdts of 1970 (Hein)
PL 092-178 – Revenue Act of 1971 (Hein)
PL 092-203 – Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 1971 (Hein)
PL 092-210 – Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971 (Hein)
PL 092-261 – Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 092-500 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amdt, 1972, (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 092-532 – Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (Hein)
PL 092-583 – Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 w 1974 & 76 amdts (Hein)
PL 093-224 – Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 093-406 – Employees Retirement Income Security Act - ERISA (WL) (Hein)
PL 093-438 – Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Hein)
PL 094-012 – Tax Reduction Act of 1975 (Hein)
PL 094-455 – Tax Reform Act of 1976 (Hein)
PL 094-469 – Toxic Substances Control Act, 1976 (Lex) (Leg. Hist. of - Hein)
PL 094-553 – Copyright Act – 1976 Revision (WL) (Hein - Kaminstein & Grossman)
PL 094-580 – Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 (Lex)
PL 095-095 – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 (WL) (Lex)
PL 095-188 – Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977; Bank Holding Co amdts (Hein)
PL 095-217 – Clean Water Act of 1977 (Hein - 2 editions C&B & GPO/Hein - Leg. Hist. of)
PL 095-256 – Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amdts of 1978 (Hein)
PL 095-598 – Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (WL) (Lex)
PL 095-600 – Revenue Act of 1978 (Hein)
PL 096-364 – Multiemployer Pension Act of 1980 (WL)
PL 096-494 – Coastal Zone Management Zone Act Amdts of 1980 (Hein)
PL 096-499 – Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (Hein)
PL 096-510 – Comprehensive Enviornmental Response .. CERCLA (WL) (Lex, Hein)
PL 096-589 – Bankruptcy Tax Act of 1980 (Lex)
PL 096-613 – Tax laws, miscellaneous changes (Hein)
PL 097-248 – Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 097-290 – Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 097-320 – Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 097-425 – Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 098-353 – Bankruptcy Amdts & Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 (WL) (Lex)
PL 098-369 – Tax Reform Act of 1984 (Hein)
PL 098-376 – Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984 (Hein)
PL 098-616 – Hazardous & Solid Waste Amdts of 1984 (Lex)
PL 099-177 – Balanced Budget & Emergency Defict Control Act of 1985 (Hein)
PL 099-499 – Superfund Amdts & Reauthorization Act of 1986 (WL) (Lex)
PL 099-509 – Tax Reform Act of 1986 (WL) (Hein) (Hein)
PL 099-554 – Bankruptcy Judges, U.S. Trustees & Family ... of 86 (WL) (Lex)
PL 099-562 – False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 (WL)
PL 099-571 – Government Securities Act of 1986 (WL) (Hein)
PL 100-004 – Water Quality Act of 1987 (Lex)
PL 100-119 – Balanced Budget & Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Hein)
PL 100-418 – Omnibus Trade and Competiveness Act of 1988 - Trade Reform Legis. (Hein)
PL 100-627 – Marine Protection, Research & Sanctuaries Act Amdts 1988 (Hein)
PL 100-647 – Technical & Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (Hein)
PL 100-704 – Insider Trading and Securities Enforcement Act of 1988 (WL) (Hein)
PL 101-073 – Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery & .. FIRREA (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 101-336 – Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (WL) (Hein)
PL 101-432 – Market Reform Act of 1990, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 101-549 – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 101-649 – Immigration Act of 1990 (Hein)
PL 102-166 – Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Hein)
PL 102-300 – Medical Device Amendments of 1992 (Hein)
PL 103-066 – Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Title VIII of OBRA) (Hein)
PL 103-068 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts, 1993 - Managed Account Restrictions (Hein)
PL 103-003 – Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (WL) (Hein)
PL 103-182 – North American Free Trade Agreement Imp. Act (NAFTA) (WL) (Hein)
PL 103-202 – Government Securities Reform Act of 1993 (WL)
PL 103-325 – Riegle Community Development & Reg. Improv. Act of 94 (WL)
PL 103-328 – Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking & Branching Eff. Act of 94 (WL) (Hein)
PL 103-394 – Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (WL)
PL 103-438 – International Antitrust Enforcement Asistance Act of 1994 (Hein)
PL 103-465 – Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 1994 (Hein)
PL 104-039 – Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 (Hein)
PL 104-067 – Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Hein)
PL 104-104 – Telecommunication Competition & Deregulation Act of 1996 (WL)
PL 104-132 – Antiterrorism & Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Hein)
PL 104-134 – Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 - Leg. Hist. of (Hein)
PL 104-182 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amdts of 1996 (Hein)
PL 105-034 – Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Hein)
PL 105-147 – No Electronic Theft (NET) Act - Federal Copyright Law (Hein)
PL 105-298 – Sonny Bono Copyright Term Ext. Act, 1998 - Fed. Copyright Law (Hein)
PL 105-304 – Digital Millenium Copyright Act, 1998 - Fed Copyright Law (Hein - v. 3,4,5)
PL 105-353 – Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (Hein) (Hein2)
PL 106-102 – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 1999; Leg. Hist of the (Hein)
PL 106-113 – Intelectual Propery & Communications Omnibus Reform Act 1999 (Hein)
PL 106-113 – Div. B - Anticybersqatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 (Hein)
PL 106-229 – Electronic Signatures in Global & Natl Comrce Act, 2000 - Law of E-Sign (Hein)
PL 107-016 – Economic Growth & Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) (Hein)
PL 107-056 – USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (WL) (Hein)
PL 107-204 – Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (WL) - Corp. Fraud Responsibility (Hein)
PL 107-275 – Technology, Educ. & Copyright Harmoniz. Act of 2002 (Sec. 13301) (Hein)
PL 107-296 – Homeland Security Act of 2002 (WL)
PL 108-010 – Do Not Call Implementation Act, 2003 (WL)
PL 108-159 – Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (Hein)
PL 108-173 – Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvemnt & Modernization Act (WL)
PL 108-237 – Standards Development Org. Advancement Act of 2004 (WL)
PL 108-275 – Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, 2004 (Hein)
PL 109-002 – Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (WL)
PL 109-058 – Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Hein)
PL 109-280 – Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Hein)
PL 110-289 – Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Hein)
PL 110-343 – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Div. A (Hein
PL 111-005 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - 2d item (Hein)
See also special collected histories below:
Appropriations Legislative Histories: 1992 to Current (Lex)
Banking Acts, 1913-1956 (law & repts - 1913, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1956) (Hein)
Barton's Federal Tax Laws, 1913-1954 (text of IRC over time) (Hein)
CIS Legislative Histories - all U.S. laws 1970+ (abstract/doc links begin 1984-90) (Lex)
Davis-Bacon & related statutes (history discriptions & excerpts 1931-1956 (Hein)
Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act & Amdts, PL 75-717 et. seq. (Hein)
Federal Immigration - Leg. Hist. (selected committee reports from 1948 - WL)
Federal Immigrartion - Cong. Record (selected excerpts from 1985 - WL)
Federal Legislation to End Strikes: A Documentary History - 1967 cmte print GPO (Hein)
Federal Taxation - Leg. Hist (selected committee reports from 1948 - WL)
Federal Taxation - Cong. Record (selected excerpts from 1985 - WL)
Federal Taxation - Joint Cmte on Taxation repts & bluebooks from 1976 - WL)
GAO Legislative Histories (some 18,000; 68th - early 104th Cong.) (WL - FED-LH file)
(Caution: many significant histories missing; others have missing docs - premium database)
Immigration and Nationality Acts - 1950-78, 1977-86 (Hein1, Hein2)
Internal Revenue Acts of the U.S., 1909-1950 (laws, bills, hrngs, repts, regs) (Hein/Fox)
Internal Revenue Acts of the U.S., 1909-1950 (laws, bills, hrngs, repts, regs, Index) Hein2)
Internal Revenue Acts, 1950-1951 by B. Reams (laws, bills, repts, hrngs, regs) (Hein)
See Explanatory Notes on Legislative Histories.
Compiled and maintained by Rick McKinney, Assistant Law Librararian, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
Last updated on March 11, 2010
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