For what time periods does THOMAS have legislative information?
THOMAS has the Congressional Record and full text of legislation available from 1989 (101st Congress) to the present. In addition, THOMAS has summaries (not full text) of legislation from 1973 (93rd Congress). The Library of Congress also has historical legislative information available in its American Memory collections. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875 provides a century’s worth of congressional proceedings, statutes, and other information. Legislative texts and documents prior to 1989 may be found in print form at Federal Depository Libraries. Legislation is eventually codified in the U.S. Code.
