How Our Laws Are Made
APPENDIX
SELECT LIST OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and
Interpretation, with annotations of cases decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States to June 29, 1992; prepared by the
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Johnny H.
Killian, editor: Senate Document 103-6 (1996).
House Rules and Manual:
Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of
Representatives of the United States, prepared by Charles W.
Johnson, Parliamentarian of the House. New editions are published
each Congress.
Senate Manual:
Containing the rules, orders, laws, and resolutions affecting the
business of the United States Senate; Jefferson's Manual,
Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation,
Constitution of the United States, etc. Prepared under the
direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
New editions are published each Congress.
Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives:
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Including references to provisions of the Constitution, laws, and
decisions of the Senate, by Asher C. Hinds.
- Vols. 1-5 (1907).
- Vols. 6-8 (1935), as compiled by Clarence Cannon, are
supplementary to vols. 1-5 and cover the 28-year period from 1907
to 1935, revised up to and including the 73d Congress.
- Vols. 9-11 (1941) are index-digest to vols. 1-5.
Deschler-Brown Precedents of the United States House of
Representatives:
Including references to provisions of the Constitution and laws,
and to decisions of the courts, covering the period from 1936 to
date, by Lewis Deschler, J.D., D.J., M.P.L., LL.D.,
Parliamentarian of the House (1928-1974), Wm. Holmes Brown,
Parliamentarian of the House (1974-1994).
Vols. 1-11 have been published, additional volumes in preparation.
Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives:
By Clarence Cannon, A.M., LL.B., LL.D., Member of Congress,
sometime Parliamentarian of the House, Speaker pro tempore,
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, etc.
House Practice, A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures
of the House:
By Wm. Holmes Brown, Parliamentarian of the House (1974-1994)
Procedure in the U.S. House of Representatives, Fourth Edition
(1982) (1987 Supplement):
By Lewis Deschler, J.D., D.J., M.P.L., LL.D., Parliamentarian
of the House (1928-1974), and Wm. Holmes Brown, Parliamentarian
of the House (1974-1994).
Senate Procedure:
By Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate,
Alan S. Frumin, Parliamentarian of the Senate: Senate Document
No. 101-28 (1992).
Calendars of the House of Representatives and History of
Legislation:
Published each day the House is in session; prepared under the
direction of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Committee Calendars:
Published periodically by most of the standing committees of the
House of Representatives and Senate, containing the history of
bills and resolutions referred to the particular committee.
Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions:
A brief synopsis of public bills and resolutions, and changes
made therein during the legislative process; prepared by American
Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress.
Congressional Record:
Proceedings and debates of the House and Senate, published daily,
and bound with an index and history of bills and resolutions at
the conclusion of each session of the Congress.
- The record of debates prior to 1874 was published in the Annals
of Congress (1789-1824), The Register of Debates (1824-1837), and
the Congressional Globe (1833-1873).
Journal of the House of Representatives:
Official record of the proceedings of the House, published at the
conclusion of each session under the direction of the Clerk of
the House.
Journal of the United States Senate:
Official record of the proceedings of the Senate, published at
the conclusion of each session under the direction of the
Secretary of the Senate.
United States Statutes at Large:
Containing the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted, and
reorganization plans and proclamations promulgated during each
session of the Congress, published annually under the direction
of the Archivist of the United States by the Office of the
Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, D.C. 20408.
United States Code:
The general and permanent laws of the United States in force on
the day preceding the commencement of the session following the
last session the legislation of which is included: arranged in 50
titles; prepared under the direction and supervision of the Law
Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives. New editions
are published every six years and cumulative supplements are
published annually.
- The Code is prepared by the Law Revision Counsel of
the House of Representatives. New editions are published
every six years and cumulative supplements are published
after the conclusion of each regular session of the Congress.
The Code is also available in electronic form for computer
access.
- Twenty-two of the 50 titles have been revised and enacted
into positive law, and two have been eliminated by
consolidation with other titles. Titles that have been
revised and enacted into positive law are legal evidence
of the law and the courts will receive them as proof of
those laws. Eventually all the titles will be revised and
enacted into positive law, and thereafter they will be kept
up to date by direct amendment.
Federal Register:
Presidential Proclamations, Executive Orders, and Federal agency
orders, regulations, and notices, and general documents of public
applicability and legal effect, published daily. The regulations
therein amend the Code of Federal Regulations. Published by the
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records
Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408.
Code of Federal Regulations:
Cumulates in bound volumes the general and permanent rules and
regulations of Federal agencies published in the Federal
Register, including Presidential documents. Each volume of the
Code is revised at least once each calendar year and issued on a
quarterly basis approximately as follows: Titles 1-16 as of
January 1; Titles 17-27 as of April 1; Titles 28-41 as of July 1;
and Titles 42-50 as of October 1. Published by the Office of the
Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, D.C. 20408.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:
Containing statements, messages, and other Presidential materials
released by the White House up to 5:00 p.m. Friday of each week,
published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register,
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
20408.
History of the United States House of Representatives,
by Dr. George B. Galloway, Senior Specialist in American Government,
Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress: House
Document No. 250 (1965).
The Senate, 1789-1989, Addresses on the History of the United
States Senate, Vol. 1, by Senator Robert C. Byrd:
Senate Document No. 100-20 (1988).
Historical Almanac of the United States Senate, by Senator Bob
Dole: Senate Document No. 100-35 (1989).
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