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Congressional Committees

There are several ways to see which committees have held hearings or issued reports on your topic:

Lexis Nexis Congressional (Requires SlugLink )

Click on " Congressional Publications " then " Advanced " search.

Enter Search Terms ( usually a manufacturing association )

Use pull-down menu (labled In ) and select Witness affiliation

 

Note : This will provide a list of hearings and committees which have held hearings or issued reports about a given topic. It shows which Congressional committees have jurisdiction and influence on a topic.

 

(External) House Committees www.house.gov/house/CommitteeWWW.html

 

From the House of Representatives web site.

Select the committee(s) identified in Lexis Nexis Congressional. Look for a description of the committee under "Jurisdiction".

(External) Senate Committees www.senate.gov/committees/index.cfm from the Senate web site.

Select the committee(s) identified in Lexis Nexis Congressional. Look for a description of the committee under "about the Committee" link.

 

(External) Search Congressional documents www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html

via GPO Access web site.

In print , use the "Congressional Yellow Book", JK1010.W37
which is among the books on the Hold Shelf in the Gov Pubs reference area. This provides a very succint description of the committee.

Contact Lucia Orlando (luciao@ucsc.edu) | Updated 27 February 2006 | Text Version
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