FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY INFORMATION

• Lexis-Nexis Congressional - Includes access to the federal bills, laws, regulations, congressional publications, hot topics in Congress, and information on Congressional members and committees.  Availability is limited to Colorado School of Mines campus computer network only.
• GPO Access - Access to basic U.S. Government publications including the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, the Code of Federal Regulations and more
• THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet
• Whitehouse
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress Copyright Information
  • CRS Reports - The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service is a section within the Library of Congress that provides reference and research services and produces reports for members of Congress.  Unfortunately not all of these reports are available at no cost through the Internet.  However, some sites are listed below.
    • Open CRS - A project from Center for Democracy & Technology providing access to CRS reports that are already in the public domain.
    • Congressional Research Service Reports - Hosted by the University of North Texas.
    • CRS Report Search Engine
    • Federation of American Scientists
    • National Library for the Environment
    • Guide to CRS Reports on the Web - Provides historical overview of CRS reports online and gives some other sites that may be of use to find digital CRS reports.
• Charters of Freedom Page - Links to the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Magna Carta
• Regulations.gov - "Regulations.gov is your one-stop Web site to find, view, and comment on Federal regulations and other Federal actions."
• Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) - "Source for comprehensive, independent, and nonpartisan information about federal enforcement, staffing and spending."
• Project Vote Smart - Members of Congress selected key votes are found here.
• C-Spans Public Affairs on the Web 
• Official Federal Elections Commission