"How Our Laws Are Made", an explanation of the steps of our federal lawmaking process from the source of an idea for a legislative proposal through its publication as a statute.

Library of Congress' THOMAS, Legislative Information on the Internet. Search bills, view the Congressional Record, Committee Reports, daily schedules, and much more.

Much of the work of the U.S. Congress occurs in committees. Check North Carolina State Univ. Library's Congressional Meetings Index for meetings held by Senate, House, and Joint Committees. Meetings of the Senate and House from the 93rd Congress forward (1973- ) are searchable from this page; updated monthly.

Current Status Table on Selected Legislation, compiled by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC. Use this to find out House and Senate Action on bills that are making the news right now. Also provides the Public Law number for passed bills.

At Regulations.gov you can submit your own comment on rules from more than 300 Federal agencies. See a chart explaining the rulemaking process.

Unannotated Georgia Code from the Georgia General Assembly website.

Fulton County Code of Laws from Municode.

Atlanta City Ordinances from Municode.

Fulton County Law Library website for Fulton County and State of Georgia legal information, forms and publications.

For Researchers
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation site from the Law Library of Congress. Online records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress, including the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, 1873-75.

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