Statutory Law

Enacted by legislative process.

Federal Legislation

Congressional Bills - Docs microfiche Y1.4/1: - Y1.4/9:
GPO Access includes the full text of congressional bills and public laws from 1994 to the present. The Renne Library has congressional bills from 1979 to the present in microfiche format. All versions, from introduced bill to final act, are included in this collection, located in the Documents Area, 1st floor.

Statutes at Large (search Public Laws database) - Ref Docs AE 2.111: (1789-present)
Chronological record of all federal laws, public and private from a congressional session. Laws passed from 1995 to the present are included Public Laws database via GPO Acess. Legislative histories can be found at the end of each public law from 1975 to the present. Legislative histories can be found in the back of the statute volumes from 1963 to 1975. References are made throughout to the titles and sections of the United States Code to which the law applies.

United States Code or Ref Docs Y 1.2/5:
The U.S. Code is a compilation of all current federal statutory law, arranged into 50 subject groupings called titles. Revisions or other changes in federal laws are identified in the U.S. Code which is printed every six years and updated by supplements the other five years.

Indexes & Finding Aids to Congressional Bills and Public Laws

State Legislation

Montana Code Annotated - Ref KFM9030.A24 and CD-ROM Network
Subject-arranged compilation of current Montana statutory law, updated after each legislative session.

Montana Code Annotated: Annotations - Ref KFM9030.A242

Laws and Resolutions of the State of Montana - Ref KFM9025.A3
Compilation of all laws passed by a particular session of the Legislature.

Legislative Review: summary of enactments in the Montana legislature - Ref KFM9015.A23 (latest 2 yrs in ref., prior yrs. beginning with 1973 in the stacks)

History and Final Status of Bills and Resolutions of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Montana - Ref KFM9015.A1 (latest yr. in reference, prior yrs. beginning with 1963 in the stacks)

Indexes & Finding Aids to Congressional Bills and Public Laws

U.S. Congress: Typical Legislative Process

List of Legal Materials Available in Renne Library and Related WWW Sites.

GPO Access has other U.S. legistative information available. Search over 70 databases of U.S. Government information, from the budget to the unified code. Once in GPO Access, the page List and Description of Online Databases is very informative and shows the years covered.

24 February, 1998
Jodee Kawasaki, Reference Librarian
Montana State University-Bozeman