Help Topics for ProQuest® Congressional
This page provides lists of help topics that describe how to use the ProQuest® Congressional product. Click the headings below to view links to topic pages that provide more detail.
Frequently-Asked Questions about ProQuest® Congressional
- How do I find congressional publications on a specific topic?
- How do I find testimony from a hearing?
- How do I find a publication or a bill that I just heard about in the news within the last few days?
- How do I find information about a Senator or Representative?
- How do I find information about a congressional committee?
- How do I find the debate on a bill or a topic?
- How do I find the text of a bill?
- How do I find out where a bill is in the legislative process?
- How do I find the legislative history of a law?
- How do I find the final vote on a bill?
- How do I cite the congressional publications that I have found?
- How do I find all the regulations that relate to a topic or a law?
- How do I access the Statutes at Large optional module?
How to Cite
- General Principles of Citation
- Citing Bill Tracking Reports
- Citing Bills
- Citing Campaign Financial Information
- Citing Candidate Financial Reports
- Citing Code of Federal Regulations
- Citing Committee Information
- Citing Committee Prints (Online)
- Citing Committee Prints (Printed or Microfiche)
- Citing Committee Reports (Online)
- Citing Committee Reports (Printed or Microfiche)
- Citing Congressional Documents (Online)
- Citing Congressional Documents (Printed or Microfiche)
- Citing Congressional Record (Permanent Edition)
- Citing Congressional Record (Daily Edition)
- Citing CRS Reports
- Citing Federal Register
- Citing Hearings (Online)
- Citing Hearings (Printed or Microfiche)
- Citing Member Financial Information
- Citing Member Information
- Citing Member Voting Records
- Citing Newspapers
- Citing Public Laws
- Citing Rules
- Citing Testimony (Transcribed or Written)
- Citing U.S. Code
- Citing U.S. Serial Set (Microfiche)
- Citing U.S. Serial Set (Online)
- How do I cite the congressional publications that I have found?
Types of Publications
- The Congressional Record and Predecessor Publications
- Committee Hearings
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
- Committee Prints and Miscellaneous Congressional Publications
- House and Senate Documents
- House and Senate Reports
- Senate Executive Reports
- Senate Treaty Documents
- Legislative Histories
- The U.S. Serial Set
- Which Publications are Contained in Each Results List Document Type?
Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC)
Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
- How do I access the Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection?
- How do I troubleshoot PDF files?
- How do I find durable URLs for the ProQuest® Congressional digital collections?
- FAQs about Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
- Status of Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection Content Delivery
Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC)
U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection
- FAQs about Digital Collections
- What are Serial Set Maps (U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection High Resolution Maps Module)?
- How do I access the U.S. Serial Set?
- How do I finding unbundled Serial Set documents?
- How do I print over-sized Serial Set Maps?
- How do I troubleshoot PDF files?
- How do I create durable URLs for U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection PDFs?
- MapViewer (Serial Set Maps) Page
- Advanced Search Form Segments for the U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection
About Bills, Resolutions, and Laws
The Legislative Process
- How does a Bill become Law?
- Stage 1: The Bill is Drafted
- Stage 2: The Bill is Introduced
- Stage 3: The Bill Goes to Committee
- Stage 4: The Committee Votes to Report the Bill
- Stage 5: The Bill Goes to the Floor
- Stage 6: The Bill Goes to Conference
- Stage 7: The President Signs the Bill
- Stage 8: The Law is Printed and Codified
- Stage 9: The Law is Implemented and Enforced
- The Legislative Process: Background Information
- Versions of a Bill
- Sessions of Congress: 1789 to Present