PPOL 371: Financing Public Affairs (Aitalieva)

These reports often provide useful overview of policy issues, sometimes with a discussion of public laws. To find CRS reports, do a Google search for CRS and a policy issue, e.g. Google for: CRS immigration. These non-partisan reports are created by the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service for members of Congress.

Public Laws (PL) passed by Congress and enacted into law from 1951-current.

Public Laws (PL) passed by Congress and enacted into law from 1995-current.

Scroll down to find Executive Orders from President Clinton to President Biden (1994-current). From the Federal Register website and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

If you're looking for older executive orders, you can search in HeinOnline by the Executive Order number (such as: executive order 13435) or you can also browse by date.

Use state legislative websites to find the public acts,etc. enacted at the state level. The name given to an enacted law will vary by state, as will the numbering system.

This guide will take you to the governor's website in each state. You can also try Googling for this information, and note if the website is .gov or not.

From the Council of State Governments

First browse by issue, then you can narrow by state and year.

NCSL is organization that supports the work of state legislatures and its website includes data, news, and analysis on state-level proposed and enacted legislation.