Website of the Week

Congress.gov is the official source for federal legislative information that recently became available to the general public. 

A collaboration among the Library of Congress, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Government Printing Office, Congress.gov is a free resource that provides searchable access to information related to Congress. The site takes the place of the legacy site THOMAS which has been around since 1995. Congress.gov is designed to allow access for internet users on mobile devices and support future needs.

Resources include:

• Bill status, summary, text
• Member profiles
• The Congressional Record 
• Committee reports
• Direct links from bills to cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office 
• Legislative process videos
• Committee profile pages and historic access reaching back to the 103rd Congress

Review by John Stanton, SWC Librarian