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Commercial Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet Public Law Number Order

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:01:05 GMT

The list below includes those of Westlaw (WL), Lexis (Lex) and HeinOnline (Hein). These 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 Click here for Popular Name Order Public Law Number Order 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...

Commercial Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:30 GMT

The list below includes those of Westlaw (WL), Lexis (Lex) and HeinOnline (Hein). These 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. Click here for Public Law Number Order Popular Name Order PL 079-324 – Administrative Procedure Act, 1946 (Hein) PL 095-256 – Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amdts of 1978 (Hein) PL 090-202 – Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Hein) PL 092-203 – Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 1971 (Hein) PL 069-254 – Air Commerce Act of 1926 (Hein) PL 111-005 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - 2d item (Hein) PL 101-336 – Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Disability Law (WL) (Hein) PL 106-113 – Anticybersqatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 - Div. B (Hein) PL 085-630 – Antidumping Act - 1958 amendments (Hein) PL 104-132 – Antiterrorism &...

A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:34:00 GMT

Part of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book By Richard J. McKinney Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board Last revised on January 28, 2010 Originally published by the Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. as an article in the Fall, 2002 issue of Law Library Lights, Vol. 46, No. 1, p. 10-15 [History of FR] [History of CFR] [Contents/Org] [Electronic Sources] [Finding Older Issues] [Citations & ID#s] [Indexing] [LSA] [Notes] [Guide in PDF] Historical Development of the Federal Register In earlier times U.S. Executive branch agencies and the Office of the President would each publish their own regulations in various separate publications, be they gazettes, bulletins, rulings, digests, pamphlets, notices, codes, certificates, orders, and the like. This profusion of authoritative documents, especially as agency regulations began to mushroom in the 1930's, made it extremely difficult for the public to determine where a U.S. regulation could be found, when...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:49:49 GMT

link LLSDC Executive Board 2009-2010 President, Cameron Gowan Groom Law Group, Chartered Vice President, Christine Ciambella George Mason University School of Law Corresponding Secretary, Matthew Braun Library of Congress Recording Secretary, Shannon O’Connell Williams & Connolly Treasurer, Edward O'Rourke Baker Botts L.L.P. Assistant Treasurer, Emily Phillips Wilmer Hale Immediate Past President, Frances Brillantine 2009-2010 Board Members Jennifer McMahan United States Department of Justice Tricia Peavler Jenner & Block LLP Judith Weiss Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Meeting Minutes Please note: These are not the official minutes. Any Society member can obtain a copy of the official minutes by contacting the Recording Secretary, Shannon O'Connell, at soconnell@wc.com February 22, 2010 January 12, 2010 December 15, 2009 November 10, 2009 October 13, 2009 September 10,...

Website Committee

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:16:15 GMT

Purpose
The Web Committee is responsible for the maintenance of the Society's website. The Web Committee welcomes your feedback and input. Send general comments, suggestions, and corrections to the webmaster.

Chairperson

Len Davidson

E-Mail: webadmin@llsdc.org

Committee Members:

Ben Almoite

Past Chairperson:
Paul Weiss
Mary Elizabeth Woodruff

Explanatory Notes to Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:08:05 GMT

The Legislative Histories site to non-commercial and to commercial legislative histories is jointly sponsored by the Society's Federal Law Libraries Special Interest Section and Legislative Research Special Interest Section. Many of the non-commercial histories come from Federal agency libraries with special thanks to the Department of Commerce Law Library. It is hoped that other agencies and firms will add their collections to it in the future. Commercial legislative histories listed are from Westlaw, LexisNexis and HeinOnline. Federal legislative histories are generally considered compilations of related documents to a specific U.S. public law that precede the law's enactment and that is how the term is used here. The chronology of the bill's (or bills') development is normally set out as well, including related legislation in previous Congresses. Legislative histories assist Federal agencies and the courts to interpret the Congressional intent of various Federal laws or a law's...

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws, Cases, and Resources

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:14:46 GMT

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws 29 U.S.C. § 621 et. seq..... - Age Discimination in Employment Act (ADEA) 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et. seq.. - Americans with Disabilities Act - s.a. ADA Amdts Act of 2008 42 U.S.C. § 206(d) - sex ds - Equal Pay Act of 1963 - part of Fair Labor Standards Act 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 1981a ... - Equal Rights Under Law - Damages for Intentional Empl. Discrim 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et. seq. - Federally Assisted Prog's - no discrm. - Title VI of Civil Rights Act 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq. - Federal Equal Employment Oppor. - Title VII of Civil Rights Act 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff et. seq. - Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act of 2008 - (GINA) 29 U.S.C. § 791 et. seq..... - Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Rigts of Disabled- Sec. 501,505,508.. See also: 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et. seq... - Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et. seq... - Uniform Services Empl. & Remployment Rights Act (USERRA) ...

Scholarships and Grants Committee

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:43:20 GMT

Purpose The Scholarships and Grants Committee reviews the eligibility of candidates for receipt of educational funds under the Society's Scholarships and Grants Program. April 1, 2010 is the next application deadline. LLSDC Scholarship/Grants Application Form LLSDC Scholarship/Grants Procedures and Guidelines Deadlines are April 1, August 1, and December 1 Winter 2010 Recipients Eileen Santos Jill Smith Ms. Joan Sherer (Chair) U.S. Department of State Phone: (202) 647-1146 FAX: (202) 647-2971 E-Mail: shererjm@state.gov Committee Members Alyssa Altshuler Karen Hinson Ropes and Gray Alston & Bird E-Mail: alyssa.altshuler@ropesgray.com E-Main: karen.hinson@alston.com Andrea Bender Matthew Mantel Williams & Connolly George Washington University Law Library E-Mail: abender@wc.com E-Mail: mmantel@gwu.edu John Cannan Karen Silber Library of Congress ...

United States Statutes and the United States Code Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and SourcesPart of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:30:49 GMT

Compiled by Richard J. McKinney Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board Last revised in August 2009 The U.S. Statutes at Large is a chronological arrangement of all laws enacted by Congress. The U.S. Code is an updated, subject arrangement of all general and permanent U.S. law so enacted. Historical Outlines, Explanatory Notes, Lists Basic Overview on How Federal Laws Are Published, Organized and Cited [PDF] How to Find U.S. Statutes and U.S. Code Citations [PDF] (Fourth Rev. Ed, 1980; Office of the Federal Register) Positive Law Codification in the United States Code [PDF] (Office of the Law Revision Counsel) United States Code: Historical Outline and Explanatory Notes [PDF] United States Code: List of Positive Law Titles with Enacting Cites and Location to Revision Notes [PDF] Unraveling the Mysteries of the U.S. Code (a Q&A) [PDF] United States Statutes: Historical Outline and Source Notes [PDF] U.S. Statutes at Large: List of Documents and Information...

Open/Closed Information

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:58:10 GMT

Snow-Armageddon II - 2/5/2010 Federal Government is open with liberal leave but is closing 4 hours early. Alston & Bird - Closing at 1 Arent Fox - Closing at 12:30. ILL already closed. Arnold & Porter - Closing @ 1pm. AU Washington College of Law Library - Closing at Noon Friday. Closed Saturday. Sunday TBD. Baker & Hostetler - Closing at 3:00 pm Baker Botts L.L.P. - Closing ILL at Noon. Bingham - Closing at 1pm. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP - Open until 3pm. Chadbourne & Parke LLP - Closing 1 pm Cleary Gottlieb - Closing at 2:00. ILL closed until further notice. Covington & Burling LLP - Open until further notice. Crowell & Moring - Closing at 3:00 today. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Closing at 1:30 Dickstein - Closing at 1:00 pm DLA Piper LLP - Closing at 1pm EPSTEINBECKERGREEN - Closing at 1:30 pm Fairfax Public Law Library - Closing at 12 noon. Federal Reserve Board - Closing 4 hours early. ILL shutting down at Noon. Fried Frank - Closing at 1:30 Fulbright & Jaworski's library -...

Law Library Lights - Past Issues

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:06:14 GMT

The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C., Inc., publishes Law Library Lights for the education and enjoyment of its members. Law Library Lights, formerly published five times a year, began quarterly publication in Fall 2001. Please find below past issues. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the current editor, Sara Sampson, at sas235@law.georgetown.edu. Current Issue Accommodations Vol. 53, No. 2 (Winter 2010) FEATURES: Working with Isaac: A Visually Impaired Law Clerk and the Supreme Court Linda C. Corbelli & Melissa A. Williams Is There a Future for the e-USC Andy Zimmerman & Trevor Rosen Points of Order: Congressional Rules Governing the Legislative Process John Cannan OCLC Digital Forum West: A Review Alyssa Altshuler Price's Tips for Law Librarians Refugio Ramirez In Memoriam: Michael J. Petit William T. Ryan Universal Truths I Learned on the Mat: What Being a Yoga Instructor Taught Me About Teaching Jill Smith COLUMNS: From...

Law Library Lights

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:05:10 GMT

Vol. 53, No. 2 (Winter 2010): Accommodations: What Libraries Do to Serve Patrons with Disabilities 2009-10 Editorial Staff: Editor Sara Sampson Georgetown University Law Library sas235@law.georgetown.edu 202/662-9144 Assistant Editor Ripple Weistling American University Pence Law Library rweistling@wcl.american.edu 202/274-4382 If you would like to write an article for Lights in 2009-10, please contact Sara Sampson at sas235@law.georgetown.edu. The themes for the 2009-2010 issues of Lights are: Fall 2009: The Economy and Law Libraries Review of the AALL program on the new economic reality; an overview of competitive intelligence; free and low-cost legal research; using archival techniques in libraries; and team twittering. Winter 2010: Accommodation: What Libraries Do to Serve Patrons with Disabilities Working with SCOTUS' first visually impaired law clerk; future of an e-USC; Congressional Rules; A Review of OCLC Digital Forum West; candidate biographies;...

Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:10:56 GMT

Part of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book Public Law Number Listing - Commercial Histories - Explanatory Notes Popular Name Listing Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1933 & subsequent farm legislation Pub. L. 73-10, May 12, 1933, 48 Stat. 31 (NALC Leg. Hist.) (7 USC § 601 et. seq.) (7 CFR Pt. 900 et. seq.) Animal Welfare Act, 1966 & subsequent amdts (USDA Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 89-544, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 350 (7 USC § 2131 et. seq.) (9 CFR pts. 1, 2, 3, 4) Antidumping Act of 1921 (DoC Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 67-10, May 27, 1921, ch. 14, Title II, 42 Stat. 11 (19 USC §§ 160-171, repealed; see 19 USC § 1671 et. seq.) (19 CFR pt. 351, 354) Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 Pub. L. 109-8, April 20, 2005, 119 Stat, 23 (FRB Leg. Hist) (S. 256 -LoC) (11 USC § 101, et. seq.) Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 & amdts (Hse Judiciary/U Md - Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 98-183, Nov. 30, 1983; 97 Stat. 1301 (H.R. 2230 - LoC) (42...

LLSDC's LEGISLATIVE SOURCE BOOK Table of Contents

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:07:38 GMT

Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Bill, 2009 - House Bill - H.R. 4173 Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) - CBO cost est. - Republican Response - - H.R. 3590 Sen. amdt - Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act - CBO cost est. - Minority Response American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - H.R. 1, Recovery.gov / FinancialStability.gov Current Legislative and Regulatory Activity (PDF - issued weekly when Congress is in session - concerns banking, finance, economic policy, and federal government operations and personnel policies) (previous issue) Current Status Table on Selected Legislation (111th Congress - PDF - concerns banking, finance, economic policy, and federal government operations and personnel policies) - - Final Status Table on Selection Legislation (all in PDF): - - - 110th Congress, 109th Congress, 108th Congress, 107th Congress, 106th Congress Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area (Library Update Form) ...

An Overview of the Congressional Record and Its Predecessor Publications

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:16:08 GMT

Part of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book by Richard J. McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian Federal Reserve Board Law Library Last revised in January, 2010 Originally published by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. Law Library Lights; Winter 2002, Vol. 46, No. 2, p. 16-22 PDF Version [Annals] [Register] [Globe] [Record] [Contents] [Digest] [Index] [Appendix] [Electronic CR] [Citing] [Senate] [House] [Notes] House and Senate Journals Article I, section five of the Constitution of the United States provides that each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings and from time to time publish the same. Pursuant to this clause, the Journal of the United States House of Representatives and the Journal of the United Sates Senate have provided legislative action proceedings for their respective bodies since 1789. They include no verbatim or summary remarks of debates - just the legislative minutes, including congressional votes, history of bills, procedural matters,...

Membership Confirmation

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:18:49 GMT

Payments should be mailed to:

Frances M. Brillantine
Catholic University of America
Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library
3600 John McCormack Rd., N.E.
Washington, DC 20064

Selected Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and Its Procedures

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:25:48 GMT

Part of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book (Links to most other CRS Reports on the Internet) RL33724 Administrative Issues Related to a Change in Majority in the House of Representatives (15 p.) RS21243 Ad Hoc Select Committees: Use in the House of Representatives (4 p.) RL30378 African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-20+ (65 p.) 98-995 Amending Process in the House of Representatives, The (50 p.) 98-853 Amending Process in the Senate, The (32 p.) 98-812 Amedments Between the Houses (3 p.) R41003 Amedments Between the Houses: Procedural Options and Effects (30 p.) 98-426 Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions (2 p.) 98-648 Appropriations Bills: What Are General Provisions? (2 p.) 98-558 Appropriation Bills: What Is Report...

Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Bill, 2009

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:06:50 GMT

March 25 - Proposed Legislation for Resolution Authority March 26 - Framework for Regulatory Reform May 13 - Regulatory Reform for Over-the-Counter Derivatives June 17 - Obama's Remarks on Financial Regulatory Reform Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation - Executive Summary June 17, 2009 Press Release, White Paper and Fact Sheets Sep. 3 - Principles for Reforming the U.S. and International Regulatory Capitol Framework Oct. 27 draft (PR) - Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009 Nov. 3 - H.R. 3996 - Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009 Nov. 10 - Sen. Dodd draft (PR) - Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009 - Summary Dec. 02 - H.R. 4173 - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Financial Regulatory Reform - Treasury Department Web Site Financial Regulatory Reform - House Financial Services Committee Website Reforming the Nation's Financial System: A Timeline by the St. Louis Fed Divsion A - Improvements to Supervision of...

Archive of Board Meeting Minutes

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:11:10 GMT

Please note: These are not the official minutes. Any Society member can obtain a copy of the official minutes by contacting the Recording Secretary, Shannon O'Connell, at soconnell@wc.com

June 2008 - May 2009

Selected Telephone Numbers and Web sites with Useful Legislative Information

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:19:21 GMT

Part of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book Prepared by the Legislative Research Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. Last updated in November 2009 Congress - Cong. Support Organizations - Executive Branch State & Local - Non-Subscription Web Sites - Subscription Sources Congress U.S. Senate Home Page (http://www.senate.gov/) - - Schedule, Senators, Leadership, Committees, - - Roll Call Votes, Rules, Glossary, History U.S. House of Representatives Home Page (http://www.house.gov/) - - Schedule, Members, Leadership, Committees, - - Roll Call Votes, Rules, Historical Highlights Capitol Switchboard - - Senate: 202-224-3121 (Operator assistance) - - House: 202-225-3121 (Operator assistance) Daily Floor Action & Scheduling Information Senate: 202-224-6191 (Republican Cloakroom) - - 202-224-8601 (Republican Cloakroom recording) - - 202-225-4691 (Democratic Cloakroom) - - 202-224-8541 (Democratic Cloakroom recording) House:...