ProQuest legislative histories are comprised of fully searchable PDFs of full-text publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking. Each history includes the full text of the public law itself, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Also included are presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law.
Legislative histories may be used to discover the legislative intent behind a specific law and to aid in the teaching of legislative process to law school and main campus students. The histories also offer insight into laws of general interest to political science, government, and U.S. history researchers, as well as to students preparing for careers in public health, education, business, or any other discipline subject to federal regulation.
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无与伦比的访问
提供对易于发现的数字化政府文件的最大集合的一致访问，以便于使用和理解
授权研究人员
使学生和研究人员能够搜索和探索这些基本资源，以帮助建立批判性思维、分析和数字识字技能
跨学科的
探索和揭示与移民、医疗保健、社会正义、气候变化等历史和持续问题相关的政策和法律的制定和实施
