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- Description
- THOMAS was launched at the beginning of the 104th Congress in January of 1995, when the
leadership of the 104th Congress
directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the
public. Since that time
THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include bills and resolutions, committee
reports, the Congressional
Record, Presidential nominations, treaties, and other related information including summary
and status of legislation.
THOMAS also provides links to House and Senate committee pages, to the United States
Code, and to Library of Congress
resources.
- Help
- A HELP screen is provided.
- Dates covered
- Coverage varies and depends on whether material is full text or citation. The full text of bills and
the Congressional Record dates back to 1989; to committee reports and public laws 1995/96. House and
Senate roll calls begin with 1990 and 1989 respectively.
- Updating frequency
- Continuously updated.
- Sources
- Congressional Record, bills, House and Senate reports, public laws, etc.
- Type of coverage
- THOMAS provides full text of most content.
- Print counterpart or related resources
- See "Sources" above.
- Producer/content provider
- Congress of the United States
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Library of Congress
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