U.S. Federal Materials

Legislative

• U.S. Code - Full text of the current United States Code.
• U.S. Bills – Full text of passed and proposed U.S. legislation dating back to 1995.
• Congressional Record – Full text of the Congressional Record, the daily transcript of activities in the U.S. Congress.

• More legislative resources

Executive & Administrative

• Regulations
  • CFR - Full text of the CFR as published by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Current and previous years (back to 1995) are available.
  • e-CFR – A continuously updated version of the CFR. New and revised regulations from the Federal Register are integrated into the CFR text. Changes are less than a week behind the current day.
  • Federal Register – Full text of each day’s Federal Register. Previous issues available back to 1995.
  • Regulations.gov – Full text of regulations that are open for public comment (i.e., proposed) and closed for comment (i.e., final). Also includes agency notices and guidance documents, adjudications, and public comments.
  • How to research U.S. administrative law – Tutorial from Georgetown University on finding and updating federal regulations, locating agency decisions, and more.
• More executive & administrative resources

Judicial

• U.S. Supreme Court
  • Opinions
  • Web site of the U.S. Supreme Court. Has court opinions in PDF back to 1991.

• U.S. Courts of Appeals
  • Opinions
  • U.S. Courts – Links to the official web sites for all 13 circuit courts.

• U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts
  • Opinions
  • U.S. Courts – Links to the official web sites for all federal district courts.

• Federal Rules
  • Civil Procedure - Full text of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
  • Criminal Procedure - Full text of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
  • Appellate Procedure - Full text of Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
  • Evidence - Full text of Federal Rules of Evidence.
  • Bankruptcy Procedure - Full text of Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.
• More judicial resources