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LexisNexis Congressional
Sally HainesSocial Work Library
University of Michigan
LexisNexis Congressional
• LexisNexis Congressional is a web-based indexing and abstracting service for Congressional committee publications, including hearings (full text since 1988), committee prints, reports, documents, and public laws.
Time-span: 1789- (Indexing); 1988- (Full-text)
1. Click on Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws,
Keyword Search.
3. Click on the radio button Statutes at
Large
2. Type in your
keywords or use the Popular Name search option
4. Pull down Restrict by date menu. Change Previous two years to All
available dates.
Finding the full text of a law in LexisNexis Congressional and its legislative history
Finding the full text of a law in LexisNexis Congressional and its legislative history
5. Check the most recent law and click
on the link
Finding the full text of a law in LexisNexis Congressional and its legislative history
6. Keeping Children and Families Act is an amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act
7. Click on pdf files to read full-text
8. Related Congressional publications are listed from the
current law in force 108 P.L. 36; 117 Stat. 800
99. Original legislation and
subsequent amendments are listed from the current law in force 108 P.L.
36; 117 Stat. 800
10. To find Congressional Publications return to the home page and click on Search
by Number
12. Search by publication numbers given in the Statutes
at Large Legislative History record
11. Select the publication
type from the drop down
menu
13. Click on
[Search]
14. Click on hot link on next screen to view Senate
Report 108:12
15. To view full-text click on hot link
17. Select Laws/Statutes
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