Advanced User Scenario - Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws
| Who |
Susan, a librarian at City College |
| Query |
How do I find a legislative history for Public Law 118 596 on pension funding. It was enacted in 2004? |
| Objective |
Find a specific legislative history |
| Starting Info |
Incorrect citation |
- Goes to the Search by Number form.
- Selects Public Law Number from the Legislative Citations option.
- Knows that the citation is incorrect because the drop-down list doesn't go up to 118. Clicks on the link at the bottom of the page to Congressional Session Dates and verifies that a law enacted in 2004 would have been enacted in the 108th Congress. Selects 108 from the Congress drop-down list and types 596 in the box.
- Clicks Search, but gets no results.
- Looking at the citation number more closely, determines that this is a Statutes at Large citation rather than a Public Law Number citation (the correct citation is 118 Stat 596).
- Selects Statutes at Large from the Legislative Citations option and types 118 in the first box and 596 in the second box.
- Clicks Search and retrieves the correct result, the legislative history for Public Law 108-218, the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.
Tip:
If you are searching for an item using a Public Law or Statutes at Large citation, make sure you know which type of citation you have. If the citation doesn't work, do a keyword search using other information that you have, such as topic and date.
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