Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. - LLSDC

Questions and Answers in Legislative and Regulatory Research

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:17:35 GMT

January 1999; Last Revised in October, 2004 Part of LLSDCs Legislative Source Book The following material was taken and edited from an article appearing in the March/April 1998 issue of the Law Librarians Society of Washington D.C. newsletter, Law Library Lights (v. 41, no. 4), entitled Legislative Inquiries and Conundrums. The authors were members of the Legislative Research Special Interest Section and included Catherine Rogalin with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Rick McKinney with the Federal Reserve Board; Debbie Atkins now with Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal; Carol Waesche with Steptoe & Johnson; Ellen Sweet, now with the National Education Library; Charlotte White with Covington & Burling; Judy Manion with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue; and Julia Taylor, now with Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky. This re-edited version was prepared by Rick McKinney and Ellen Sweet. The following 27 questions and answers are organized into six general subject categories; see below....

Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioners Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:44:22 GMT

Part of LLSDCs Legislative Source Book By Richard J. McKinney* and Ellen A. Sweet** © 2001 Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. Last revised in January, 2008 Detailed Outline | Written Narrative | Part II | Other Related Web Sites PDF Version | Bibliography to Law Journal Articles DETAILED OUTLINE with links to WRITTEN NARRATIVE A. Introduction: What Federal Legislative Histories Are and How They Are Used 1. Compilation of related legislative docs that precede the enactment of a U.S. public law 2. Used by federal agencies, attorneys and courts to interpret a law a. At the least tells you general purpose of a law or particular title in a law b. Usually harder to decipher legislative intent in smaller provisions in a law 3. Controversy about relying on documents that are not enactments a. Many law journal articles written debating the merits of leg. histories b. Recent critics, textualists like Justice Scalia, have...

Schedule of Volumes to the U.S. Serial Set: 1970 to Current

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:31:07 GMT

Part of LLSDCs Legislative Source Book 91st Congress - - 2nd Session (1970) - PDF 92nd Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1971-1972) - PDF 93rd Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1973-1974) - PDF 94th Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1975-1976) - PDF 95th Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1977-1978) - PDF 96th Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1979-1980) - PDF 97th Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1981-1982) - PDF 98th Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1983-1984) - PDF 99th Congress - - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1985-1986) - PDF 100th Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1987-1988) - PDF 101st Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1989-1990) - PDF 102nd Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1991-1992) - PDF 103rd Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1993-1994) - PDF 104th Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1995-1996) - PDF 105th Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1997-1998) - PDF 106th Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (1999-2000) - PDF 107th Congress - 1st and 2nd Sessions (2001-2002) - PDF 108th...

Treasurers

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:32:19 GMT

Treasurer, Dawn Bohls

The Treasurer maintains the accounts and general ledger of the Society; pays all invoices; and works with the Society's accountant to file all tax foms. Requests for payment, including reimbursement, should be submitted using the LLSDC Check Request Form (LLSDC Account Numbers)

Assistant Treasurer, Heather Bourk

The Assistant Treasurer receives all fees due to the Society. The Assistant Treasurer deposits all funds received by the Society in a timely manner.

Committees

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:21:47 GMT

LLSDC Committees, 2008-2009 Arrangements • Pam Lipscomb (chair) • Jeff Nelson • Caroline Jones Bylaws • Bill Grady (chair) Education • Christine Ciambella (chair) • Kasia Solon Elections • Mike Gentile (chair) History & Archives • Heather Bourk (chair/archivist) Joint Spring Workshop • Carla Evans (treasurer) Law Library Lights • Matt Braun (editor) • Vacant (assistant editor) Membership • Laurie Green (co-chair) • John Smith (co-chair) • Jane Walsh Mentoring • Vacant Nominations • Louis C. Abramovitz (chair) • Donna Lombardo Placement • Dawn Sobol Publications • Keith Gabel • Jean Faubell • David Gunn • Connie Dickson Public Relations • Vacant Policies & Procedures • Vacant Scholarships & Grants Joan Sherer Karen Silber Paul Haas Volunteer • Vacant Website • Mary Elizabeth Woodruff (chair) • Janet James • Pamela Mandel • Janet Oberla • Konrad Riecke

Nominations Committee

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:18:55 GMT

Purpose
The Nominations Committee seeks out and nominates candidates for Society offices in accordance with Article VII of the Bylaws and provides names of interested persons willing to serve AALL. Please contact the Chairperson if you are interested in running for an office, or if you would like to nominate someone to run for an office.

Chairperson

Louis C. Abramovitz

Donna Lombardo

Past Chairperson

Martha Klein

Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area - Part IV

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:40:39 GMT

AdminOff - Ag/USDA - Attorneys/USAO - CivRgts/USCCR - CoastGd/USCG - Commerce/DoC - CFTC - CompCur/OCC - CPSC - CADC - CAFedCir - - CAVetClaims - Customs - Education - Energy - EPA - EEOC - EOIR - EOP - FCA - FAA - FCC - FDIC - FEC - FERC - FHWA - FreddieMac - FJC - FLRA - FMC - FMSHRC - FannieMae - FRB - FRTIB - FTC - FDA - GAO - GPO - HHS - HUD - Immigration - Interior/DoI - IRS - ITC - Jus/USDoJ - Labor/DoL - LoC - MSPB - NASA - NARA - NLRB - NOAA - Navy - NRC - OSHRC - OPIC - Patent/USPTO - PBGC - Penatgon - Pers/OPM - Postal/USPS - SEC - Senate - Sentencing/USSC - SBA - SSA - SSA/oha - State - SpCt - STB - TaxCt - Thrift/OTS - Trans/DoT - Treas - VA - Library Entry Update Form See also Part I, Part II, Part III, and Federal Agencies Directory - LSU Compiled by the Federal Law Librarians Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians Society Washington D.C., Inc. Pentagon Pentagon - U.S. Department of Defense (Washington Headquarters Services) ...

An Overview of the Congressional Recordand Its Predecessor Publications

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:07:09 GMT

Part of LLSDCs Legislative Source Book by Richard J. McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian Federal Reserve Board Law Library Last revised in February, 2008 Originally published by the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. Law Library Lights; Winter 2002, Vol. 46, No. 2, p. 16-22 PDF Version [Annals] [Register] [Globe] [Record] [Contents] [Digest] [Index] [Appendix] [Electronic CR] [Citing] [Senate] [House] [Notes] House and Senate Journals Article I, section five of the Constitution of the United States provides that each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings and from time to time publish the same. Pursuant to this clause, the Journal of the United States House of Representatives and the Journal of the United Sates Senate have provided legislative action proceedings for their respective bodies since 1789. They include no verbatim or summary remarks of debates - just the legislative minutes, including congressional votes, history of bills, procedural matters,...

Finding and Establishing Direct Links to THOMAS and GPO Access Documents

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:38:52 GMT

Part of LLSDCs Legislative Source Book By Richard J. McKinney Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board January 2000 - Last Revised in July 2008 Intoduction Bill Summary/Status, Text, Reports on THOMAS Cong. Record on THOMAS Bills & Reports on GPO Access Public Laws on GPO Access Cong. Record on GPO Access Federal Register on GPO Access C.F.R. on GPO Access U.S. Code on GPO Access & Other Sites Introduction THOMAS (http://thomas.loc.gov), the Library of Congress home page for legislative information and GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/), a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office, are the two principle sources for free Web access to U.S. government legislative and regulatory information. Unfortunately, when using the search engines on the THOMAS and GPO Access databases it becomes apparent that many times the documents found have only temporary uniform resource locator (URL) addresses as revealed by the letters temp somewhere in the URL or the...

Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area - Part III

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:59:07 GMT

AdminOff - Ag/USDA - Attorneys/USAO - CivRgts/USCCR - CoastGd/USCG - Commerce/DoC - CFTC - CompCur/OCC - CPSC - CADC - CAFedCir - - CAVetClaims - Customs - Education - Energy - EPA - EEOC - EOIR - EOP - FCA - FAA - FCC - FDIC - FEC - FERC - FHWA - FreddieMac - FJC - FLRA - FMC - FMSHRC - FannieMae - FRB - FRTIB - FTC - FDA - GAO - GPO - HHS - HUD - Immigration - Interior/DoI - IRS - ITC - Jus/USDoJ - Labor/DoL - LoC - MSPB - NASA - NARA - NLRB - Navy - NOAA - NRC - OSHRC - OPIC - Patent/USPTO - PBGC - Penatgon - Pers/OPM - Postal/USPS - SEC - Senate - Sentencing/USSC - SBA - SSA - SSA/oha - State - SpCt - STB - TaxCt - Thrift/OTS - Trans/DoT - Treas - VA - Library Entry Update Form See also Part I, Part II, Part IV, and Federal Agencies Directory - LSU Compiled by the Federal Law Librarians Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. Jus/USDOJ Justice, U.S. Department of Library Name: Main Library ...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:16:58 GMT

Membership Renewal Membership renewal has begun. Watch your email for a renewal notice, or renew now using these instructions. Please note: Institutional Members: If your institution wishes to process all institutional membership renewals at once and generate a single invoice, a dues representative must be designated. The dues representative does not need to be a member of LLSDC. To designate or update the dues representative for your institution, please e-mail membership@llsdc.org with the name and contact information of the person you wish to manage your memberships. Since LLSDC is a 100% volunteer organization, online renewal is requested. Renewing your membership online allows you to print an invoice and mail a check, or process payment electronically, but please renew online. Payment options include check, PayPal and credit card. THE LAW LIBRARIANS’ SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. A chapter of the American Association of...

Open/Closed Information

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:51:16 GMT

AALL Conference Changes

Skadden Arps - Contact Change
Duration: Friday, July 11 through Friday, July 18.
Contact: Eisenberg 202-371-7762 or Heath 202-371-7760

Federal Reserve Board -
Suspending incoming ILL until Friday, July 18

All other firms are open as normal

FYI - Other Changes
Holland & Knight -
No ILL after 2 pm from July 21-25

Summer Hour Changes

Catholic University Law Library - May 13 - August 16, 2008:
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 10:45 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Sunday Noon - 8:45 p.m

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Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area - Part I

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:28:32 GMT

AdminOff - Ag/USDA - Attorneys/USAO - CivRgts/USCCR - CoastGd/USCG - Commerce/DoC - CFTC - CompCur/OCC - CPSC - CADC - CAFedCir - - CAVetClaims - Customs - Education - Energy - EPA - EEOC - EOIR - EOP - FCA - FAA - FCC - FDIC - FEC - FERC - FHWA - FreddieMac - FJC - FLRA - FMC - FMSHRC - FannieMae - FRB - FRTIB - FTC - FDA - GAO - GSA - GPO - HHS - HUD - Immigration - Interior/DoI - IRS - ITC - Jus/USDoJ - Labor/DoL - LoC - MSPB - NASA - NARA - NLRB - NOAA - Navy - NRC - OSHRC - OPIC - Patent/USPTO - PBGC - Pentagon - Pers/OPM - Postal/USPS - SEC - Senate - Sentencing/USSC - SBA - SSA - SSA/oha - State - SpCt - STB - TaxCt - Thrift/OTS - Trans/DoT - Treas - VA - Library Entry Update Form See also Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Federal Agencies Directory - LSU Compiled by the Federal Law Librarians Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. Entries are arranged alphabetically, usually under the primary word in the agency name. Many agency...

Law Library Lights

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:18:05 GMT

Vol. 51, No. 4 (Summer 2008) Life Cycle of a Law Librarian 2007-2008 Editorial Staff: Editor Shannon O’Connell Williams & Connolly, LLP soconnell@wc.com 202/434-5303 Assistant Editor Matthew Braun Burns Law Library, George Washington University mbraun@law.gwu.edu 202/994-8545 If you would like to write an article for Lights, please contact Shannon OConnell at soconnell@wc.com. The themes for the 2007-2008 issues of Lights are as follows: Fall 2007: The Education Issue Explores the differnt types of teaching LLSDC members do in their law firms, schools, courts, governement agencies, etc. Also covers educational opportunities in the field of law librarianship: MLS programs, continuing professional education, and workshops. ...

Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:10:23 GMT

Part of LLSDCs Legislative Source Book Public Law Number Listing - Commercial Histories - Explanatory Notes Popular Name Listing Antidumping Act of 1921 (DoC Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 67-10, May 27, 1921, ch. 14, Title II, 42 Stat. 11 (19 USC §§ 160-171, repealed; see 19 USC § 1671 et. seq.) (19 CFR pt. 351, 354) Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (FRB Leg. Hist) (S. 256 -LoC) Pub. L. 109-8, April 20, 2005, 119 Stat, 23 (11 USC § 101, et. seq.) Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994 (Hse Judiciary - Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 103-419, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4338 (S. 2372 - LoC) (42 U.S.C. § 1975 et. seq.) (45 C.F.R. pt. 701 et. seq.) Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (DoC Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 92-583, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1230 (16 USC §§ 1451-1464) (16 CFR pt. 923, 930) Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1976 (DoC Leg. Hist.) Pub. L. 94-370, July 26, 1976, 90 Stat. 1013 (S. 586 - LoC) (16 USC §§ 1451-1464) (16 CFR pt. 923, 930) ...

LLSDCs Legislative Source Book

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:02:10 GMT

LLSDCs Legislative Source Book Table of Contents Current Legislative and Regulatory Activity (PDF - issued weekly when Congress is in session - concerns banking, finance, economic policy, and federal government operations and personnel policies) (previous issue) Current Status Table on Selected Legislation (110th Congress - PDF - concerns banking, finance, economic policy, and federal government operations and personnel policies) - - Final Status Table on Selection Legislation (all in PDF): - - - 109th Congress, 108th Congress, 107th Congress, 106th Congress Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents With Years/Congresses Available (in PDF) & ( in HTML) & Types of Legis. Docs (in PDF) Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioners Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent (PDF version) Finding and Establishing Direct Links to THOMAS and GPO Access...

Scholarships and Grants Committee

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:24:03 GMT

Purpose The Scholarships and Grants Committee reviews the eligibility of candidates for receipt of educational funds under the Societys Scholarships and Grants Program. August 1st is the next application deadline. LLSDC Scholarship/Grants Application Form LLSDC Scholarship/Grants Procedures and Guidelines Deadlines are April 1, August 1, and December 1 Ms. Joan Sherer Senior Referernce Librarian, Legal Ralph J. Bunche Library U.S. Department of State 2201 C. St. NW, Room 3239 Washington, DC 20520 Phone: (202) 647-1146 FAX: (202) 647-2971 E-Mail: shererjm@state.gov Committee Members Karen Silber Law Librarian Bureau of National Affairs Ph: 703-341-3314 E-Mail: ksilber@bna.com Paul Haas Research Services Librarian George Mason University Law Library Ph: 703-993-8104 E-Mail: phaas@gmu.edu Grant/Scholarship Resources AALL Scholarships Committee AALL Grants AALL Scholarships If you would like to serve on this committee please contact one...

Directory of Federal Law Libraries in the D.C. Metropolitan Area - Part II

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:07:56 GMT

AdminOff - Ag/USDA - Attorneys/USAO - CivRgts/USCCR - CoastGd/USCG - Commerce/DoC CFTC - CompCur/OCC - CPSC - CADC - CAFedCir - - CAVetClaims - Customs - Education - Energy - EPA - EEOC - EOIR - EOP - FCA - FAA - FCC - FDIC - FEC - FERC - FHWA - FreddieMac - FJC - FLRA - FMC - FMSHRC - FannieMae - FRB - FRTIB - FTC - FDA - GAO - GPO - HHS - HUD - Immigration - Interior/DoI - IRS - ITC - Jus/USDoJ - Labor/DoLLoC - MSPB - NASA - NARA - NLRB - NOAA - Navy - NRC - OSHRC - OPIC - Patent/USPTO - PBGC - Penatgon - Pers/OPM - Postal/USPS - SEC - Senate - Sentencing/USSC - SBA - SSA - SSA/oha - State - SpCt - STB - TaxCt - Thrift/OTS - Trans/DoT - Treas - VA - Library Entry Update Form See also Part I, Part III, Part IV, and Federal Agencies Directory by LSU Compiled by the Federal Law Librarians Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. FCA Farm Credit Administration, U.S. Library Name: Information Center ...

Union List of Legislative HistoriesInformation on the 7th Edition & Supplement

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:20:03 GMT

The Legislative Research Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. is pleased to announce the availability of its latest publication, the 7th edition of the UNION LIST OF LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES (previously published by Fred B. Rothman & Co.). This 700 page loose-leaf publication lists the legislative history collections of more than 120 libraries in the Washington, D.C. area and includes several thousand legislative history compilations to U.S. public laws from 1790 to 1998. Most of the histories were painstakingly compiled in-house, and each compilation normally contains a copy of the public law as enacted along with the various bill versions, reports, and Congressional debates associated with the laws development. Often, hearings, committee prints, and other documents are also included. In addition to listing the holding library, the Union List provides contact information, addresses, and interlibrary loan policies. Also available is the 2002...

Special Interest Sections

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:31:44 GMT

Presidents 2007-2008 Academic Law Libraries | Federal Law Librarians | Foreign and International Law | Interlibrary Loan | Legislative Research | Private Libraries Academic Law Libraries Trina Robinson, President Catherine Dunn, Vice President/President-Elect Federal Law Librarians MaryAnn Keeling, President Tania Andreeff, Vice President/President-Elect Foreign and International Law Vacant Interlibrary Loan Jennifer Dollar, President Sally Hand, Vice President/President-Elect Legislative Research Carrie Ansell, President Mary Elizabeth Woodruff, Vice President/President-Elect Private Law Libraries Scott Bailey, President