4. Reports and Documents
House and Senate documents are numbered with the designation H. Doc. or S. Doc. These publications are usually Congressional committee activity reports, but can also be Presidential messages proposing new legislation or special reports of executive branch agencies.
House and Senate reports are numbered with the designation H. Rpt. or S. Rpt. These publications are the findings of committee deliberations or reports after hearings. They can provide information on legislative intent and provide a history of a bill. Committees also issue annual or biennial activity reports summarizing their legislative and oversight activities.
House and Senate reports and documents are included in the Serial Set, a continuously numbered set of volumes, numbering in the thousands, containing congressional publications covering a wide range of subjects.
Indexes to Reports and Documents
| Title | Years | Location |
LexisNexis Congressional PUblications (1st Congress to current) |
1789 + | LexisNexis Congressional Publications |
NewsBank's U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 |
1817-1980 (in progress) |
|
CIS Index (91st congress+ ) |
1970+ |
Doc Ref KF49.C62 |
CIS US Serial Set Index |
1789-1969 |
Doc Ref Z1223.Z7C63 1975x |
Monthly Catalog of Government Publications |
1774+ |
Doc Ref Z1223.A18x |
Numerical Lists & Schedule of Volumes (15th - 96th Congress) |
1818-1992 |
Doc Ref Z1223.A187x |
CIS Index to US Senate Executive Documents & Reports |
1817-1969 |
Doc Ref KF40.C55x 1987 |
Full Text of Report and Documents:
| Title/Description | Years | Location |
| LexisNexis Congressional Publications | 1990-94 (selected) 1995+ (all) |
LexisNexis Congressional Publications |
NewsBank's U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 |
1817-1980 (in progress) |
|
Reports and Documents (103rd Congress + ) paper ed. |
1993+ |
Su Doc Y1.1 etc. |
Report and Documents (97th - 104th Congress) |
1981-1996 |
Microfiche Su Doc X95-2, X96-1, X96-2 |
Reports and Documents (95th Congress) |
1977/1979 |
Microfiche Su Doc X95-2, X96-1, X96-1 |
CIS [microform] 91st Congress, 2d sess.-105th Congress, 1st sess.) |
1970-1998 |
Microfiche S 237 |
Reports and Documents (91st Congress, 2nd sess.) (CIS edition) |
1970+ |
Law Library Microfiche |
Reports and Documents in United States government publications (depository) [microform]. (84th Congress, 2d sess. -96h Congress) |
1956-1980 |
Microprint 2 (at HD) |
Reports and Documents in the Serial Set (15th - 95th Congress) |
1818-1978 |
US Doc 445 (W level or at HD) also Law School Microfiche |
American State Papers 1st - 14th Congress |
1789-1817 |
US Doc 443 |
| US Senate Executive Documents & Reports | 1817-1969 | Microfiche W 5413 |
