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.
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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 & Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Hein)
PL 083-703 – Atomic Energy Act of 1954 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 099-177 – Balanced Budget & Emergency Defict Control Act of 1985 (Hein)
PL 100-119 – Balanced Budget & Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Hein)
PL 084-511 – Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (Hein
PL 089-485 – Bank Holding Company Act amendments, 1966 (Hein)
PL 090-225 – Bank Holding Company Act amendments, 1967 (Hein)
PL 091-607 – Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970 (Hein)
PL 000-000 – Bank of United States - Acts of 1780, 1791, 1815 (Hein)
PL 073-066 – Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) (Hein)
PL 098-353 – Bankruptcy Amdts & Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 (WL) (Lex)
PL 099-554 – Bankruptcy Judges, U.S. Trustees & Family ... of 86 (WL) (Lex)
PL 095-598 – Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (WL) (Lex)
PL 103-394 – Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (WL)
PL 096-589 – Bankruptcy Tax Act of 1980 (Lex)
PL 081-142 – Bretton Woods Agreement Act Amdts, 1949; Leg Hist of (Hein)
PL 074-521 – Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 088-352 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Leg. Hist. of Titles VII & XI of (Hein)
PL 102-166 – Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Hein)
PL 109-002 – Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (WL)
PL 091-604 – Clean Air Amendments of 1970 (Lex) (Hein)
PL 095-095 – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 (WL) (Lex)
PL 101-549 – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 095-217 – Clean Water Act of 1977 (Hein - 2 editions C&B & GPO/Hein - Leg. Hist. of)
PL 092-583 – Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 w 1974 & 76 amdts (Hein)
PL 096-494 – Coastal Zone Management Zone Act Amdts of 1980 (Hein)
PL 096-510 – Comprehensive Enviornmental Response .. CERCLA (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 060-349 – Copyright Act - Leg. Hist of the 1909 ... (Hein)
PL 094-553 – Copyright Act – 1976 Revision (WL) (Hein - Kaminstein & Grossman)
PL 071-798 – Davis-Bacon Act, 1931 (Hein)
PL 074-403 – Davis-Bacon Act Amdt, 1935 (Hein) (Hein2) (CRS Rept - Hein)
PL 088-349 – Davis-Bacon Act Amdt - Fed. Construction, 1964 (Hein)
PL 104-039 – Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 (Hein)
PL 105-304 – Digital Millenium Copyright Act, 1998 - Fed Copyright Law (Hein - v. 3,4,5)
PL 108-010 – Do Not Call Implementation Act, 2003 (WL)
PL 081-047 – Economic Cooperation Act amdts, 1949 (Hein)
PL 107-016 – Economic Growth & Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) (Hein)
PL 088-452 – Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Hein)
PL 089-794 – Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1966 (Hein)
PL 092-210 – Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971 (Hein)
PL 106-229 – Electronic Signatures in Global & Natl Comrce Act, 2000 - Law of E-Sign (Hein)
PL 110-343 – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Div. A (Hein
PL 091-351 – Emergency Home Financing Act of 1970 (Hein)
PL 093-406 – Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 1974 - ERISA (WL) (Hein)
PL 079-304 – Employment Act of 1946 (Hein)
PL 109-058 – Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Hein)
PL 093-438 – Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Hein)
PL 092-261 – Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 064-377 – Excess Profits Tax Act, 1917 & amdts to 1946 (Hein)
PL 091-184 – Export Administration Act of 1969 & amdts to 1985 (Hein)
PL 097-290 – Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 108-159 – Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (Hein)
PL 075-718 – Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Hein) (Agric. Employee Exclusion - Hein2)
PL 081-393 – Fair Labor Standards Act Amdts of 1949 (Hein)
PL 084-381 – Fair Labor Standards Act Amdts of 1955 (Hein)
PL 073-416 – Fairness Doctrine - Sec. 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (Hein)
PL 103-003 – Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (WL) (Hein)
PL 099-562 – False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 (WL)
PL 074-401 – Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 1935 (Hein)
PL 081-797 – Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 1950 (had been pt of Fed Res Act) (Hein)
PL 093-224 – Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 075-717 – Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act & its amdts, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 086-114 – Federal Reserve Act amdt, 1959 - Banking legislation Pt. 1 (Hein)
PL 095-188 – Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977; Bank Holding Co amdts (Hein)
PL 089-719 – Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966 (Hein)
PL 092-500 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amdt, 1972 (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 101-073 – Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery & .. FIRREA (WL) (Lex) (Hein)
PL 089-695 – Financial Institutions Supervisory Act of 1966, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 089-487 – Freedom of Information Act, 1966 (Hein)
PL 097-320 – Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 099-571 – Government Securities Act of 1986 (WL) (Hein)
PL 103-202 – Government Securities Reform Act of 1993 (WL)
PL 106-102 – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 1999; Leg. Hist of the (Hein)
PL 098-616 – Hazardous & Solid Waste Amdts of 1984 (Lex))
PL 107-296 – Homeland Security Act of 2002 (WL)
PL 110-289 – Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Hein)
PL 108-275 – Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, 2004 (Hein)
PL 101-649 – Immigration Act of 1990 (Hein)
PL 100-704 – Insider Trading and Securities Enforcement Act of 1988 (WL) (Hein)
PL 098-376 – Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984 (Hein)
PL 106-113 – Intelectual Propery & Communications Omnibus Reform Act 1999 (Hein)
PL 089-243 – Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1965 (Hein)
PL 090-059 – Interest Equalization Tax Extension Act of 1967 (Hein)
PL 083-591 – Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 68A Stat 3 (Hein - Summary)
PL 103-438 – International Antitrust Enforcement Asistance Act of 1994 (Hein)
PL 076-768 – Investment Company Act of 1940; Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (Hein)
PL 091-547 – Investment Company Amdts Act of 1970; Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 080-101 – Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 086-267 – Labor-Mangement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Hein - Hein2 - NLRB)
PL 089-216 – Labor-Mang. Reporting & Disclosure Act Amdts, 1965 - Bonding (Hein)
PL 092-532 – Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (Hein)
PL 100-627 – Marine Protection, Research & Sanctuaries Act Amdts 1988 (Hein)
PL 101-432 – Market Reform Act of 1990, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 069-639 – McFadden Act, 1927 - Banking Acts 1913-1956 (Hein)
PL 102-300 – Medical Device Amendments of 1992 (Hein)
PL 108-173 – Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvemnt & Modernization Act (WL)
PL 096-364 – Multiemployer Pension Act of 1980 (WL)
PL 086-251 – Natinal bank amdts, 1959 - Banking legislation, Pt. 2 (Hein)
PL 091-190 – National Enviornmental Policy Act of 1969 (Lex) (Hein)
PL 074-198 – National Labor Relations Act, 1935 (Hein) (Hein2) (Hein3)
PL 105-147 – No Electronic Theft (NET) Act - Federal Copyright Law (Hein)
PL 103-182 – North American Free Trade Agreement Impl. Act (NAFTA) (WL) (Hein)
PL 097-425 – Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 091-596 – Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Hein)
PL 099-509 – Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Hein)
PL 096-499 – Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (Hein)
PL 100-418 – Omnibus Trade and Competiveness Act of 1988 - Trade Reform Legis. (Hein)
PL 109-280 – Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Hein)
PL 104-134 – Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 - Leg. Hist. of (Hein)
PL 104-067 – Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Hein)
PL 069-257 – Railway Labor Act of 1926 (Hein)
PL 073-485 – Railroad Retirement Act, 1934 & amdts to 1975 (Hein)
PL 094-580 – Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 (Lex)
PL 087-834 – Revenue Act of 1962 (Hein)
PL 092-178 – Revenue Act of 1971 (Hein)
PL 095-600 – Revenue Act of 1978 (Hein)
PL 103-066 – Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Title VIII of OBRA) (Hein)
PL 103-325 – Riegle Community Development & Reg. Improv. Act of 1994 (WL)
PL 103-328 – Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking & Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 (WL) (Hein)
PL 104-182 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amdts of 1996 (Hein)
PL 107-204 – Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (WL) - Corp. Fraud Responsibilty (Hein)
PL 086-374 – Savings & Loan reg amdts, 1959 - Banking legislation, Pt. 3 (Hein)
PL 076-801 – Second Revenue Act of 1940 (Hein)
PL 073-072 – Securities Act of 1933 - Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 083-577 – Securities Acts Amdts, 1954 (Hein)
PL 088-467 – Securities Act Amdts of 1964 - more investor protections (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 073-291 – Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - Leg. Hist. of (Hein) (Hein2)
PL 074-621 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts of 1936 (Hein)
PL 075-719 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts of 1938 (Hein)
PL 087-196 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts, 1961 (Hein)
PL 090-437 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts of 1968 (Hein)
PL 103-068 – Securities Exchange Act Amdts, 1993 - Managed Account Restrictions (Hein)
PL 091-598 – Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (Hein)
PL 105-353 – Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (Hein)
PL 089-272 – Solid Waste Disposal Act, 1965 as amended - 1974 & 1991 (Hein - Amdts)
PL 105-298 – Sonny Bono Copyright Term Ext. Act, 1998 - Fed. Copyright Law (Hein)
PL 108-237 – Standards Development Org. Advancement Act of 2004 (WL)
PL 099-499 – Superfund Amdts & Reauthorization Act of 1986 (WL) (Lex)
PL 089-062 – Tariff Act amdt, 1965 - returning U.S. residents duty exemptions (Hein)
PL 089-368 – Tax Adjustment Act of 1966 (Hein)
PL 097-248 – Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (Hein)
PL 096-613 – Tax laws, miscellaneous changes (Hein)
PL 105-034 – Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Hein)
PL 094-012 – Tax Reduction Act of 1975 (Hein)
PL 091-172 – Tax Reform Act of 1969 (Hein)
PL 094-455 – Tax Reform Act of 1976 (Hein)
PL 098-369 – Tax Reform Act of 1984 (Hein)
PL 099-509 – Tax Reform Act of 1986 (WL) (Hein)
PL 100-647 – Technical & Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (Hein)
PL 107-275 – Technology, Educ. & Copyright Harmoniz. Act of 2002 (Sec. 13301) (Hein)
PL 104-104 – Telecommunication Competition & Deregulation Act of 1996 (WL)
PL 080-773 – Title 28 USC - Judiciary codification, 1948 (Hein) (WL - end of T. 28 ToC)
PL 094-469 – Toxic Substances Control Act, 1976 (Lex) (Leg. Hist. of - Hein)
PL 065-091 – Trading with the Enemy Act, 1917 & amdts until 1952 (Hein) (Hein2)
PL 103-465 – Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 1994 (Hein)
PL 107-056 – USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (WL) (Hein)
PL 089-110 – Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Hein)
PL 100-004 – Water Quality Act of 1987 (Lex)
PL 085-836 – Welfare and Pensions Plans Disclosure Act of 1958, Leg. Hist. of the (Hein)
PL 087-420 – Welfare and Pensions Disclosure Act Act Amdts, 1962 (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)
Compiled and maintained by Rick McKinney, Assistant Law Librararian, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
Last updated on March 11, 2010
