PSCI 311: Congress: Bills and Joint Resolutions

Finding Bills

Finding Bills with Bill Number:

By Subject or Keyword Search:

Finding Public Law and Bill Numbers

For major legislation, you can often find the bill or public law number through Wikipedia. For more authoritative and complete information, use the following resources.

Don't have the public law or bill number?

  • Use the resources in the box on the right.
  • Search by keyword in Congressional Publications
    • Look for the number in the records of the items found.
    • Re-run your search doing a Number Search.