Portal:United States Congress

Stamp Act Congress

 * Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (19 October 1765)

First Continental Congress

 * Address of the House of Burgesses to the King, 1772
 * Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (October 14, 1774)
 * Continental Association (October 20, 1774)
 * Petition to the King (1774) (October 25, 1774)

Second Continental Congress

 * Declaration of the causes and necessities of taking up arms (July 6, 1775)
 * Olive Branch Petition (July 8, 1775)
 * United States Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

Congress of the Confederation

 * Articles of Capitulation (October 18, 1781)
 * Treaty of Paris (1783) (signed on September third 1783, and ratified by the U.S. Congress on January 14, 1784, formally ended the American Revolutionary War)
 * The Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787)

Collections

 * United States Statutes at Large, a compendium of all Acts of Congress.
 * United States Code, the codification of most Acts.

Statutes at-large

 * Portal:Acts of the United States Congresses


 * An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administrating certain oaths (June 1, 1789)
 * Patent Act of 1790 (April 10, 1790)
 * Militia Act of 1792
 * Enabling act for Ohio 1802 (30 April 1802)
 * Enabling Act (Louisiana) (1811)
 * Admission of the State of Louisiana (1812)
 * An Act to enlarge the limits of the State of Louisiana (1812)
 * Indian Removal Act (1830)
 * An act to enable the people of Wisconsin territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union (1846)
 * Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
 * Second Confiscation Act (17 July 1862)
 * Homestead Act (1862)
 * Morrill Act (1862)
 * Habeas Corpus Suspension Act of 1863
 * Civil Rights Act of 1866
 * Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
 * Civil Rights Act of 1875
 * Dawes Act (1887)
 * Sherman Anti-Trust Act (July 2 1890)
 * Utah Enabling Act, 1894
 * Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands (1898)
 * Platt Amendment(1903)
 * Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
 * Public Law 72-244 - Amending Executive Order 1392 prohibiting promotion of fights between bulls, dogs or cocks (July 2, 1932)
 * Sumners Courts Act(June 29, 1940)
 * Lend Lease Act, 11 March 1941
 * Public Law 77-331 - Declaration of war on Germany (December 11, 1941)
 * United States Flag Code (1942)
 * Public Law 78-482 - Creating the ranks of Fleet Admiral and General of the Army (1944)
 * Vandenberg resolution (1948)
 * Public Law 81-120 - To print the monthly publication Economic Indicators (June 23, 1949)
 * Public Law 86-600 - To provide for the presentation of the Antarctica Service Medal (July 7, 1960)
 * Voting Rights Act of 1965
 * Public Law 90-363 - To establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays (June 28, 1968)
 * Public Law 94-479 - Promotion of George Washington to General of the Armies, effective July 4, 1976 (H.J. Res. 519)
 * Federal Power Act (1978)
 * Taiwan Relations Act (1979)
 * Intelligence Identities Protection Act (1982)
 * Act Awarding Leo Ryan Congressional Gold Medal (1983)
 * Leo J. Ryan Memorial Federal Archives and Records Center (1984)
 * Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985
 * Fair Credit Billing Act (1986)
 * Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (1989)
 * Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
 * Public Law 103-150 - Apology Bill of 1993 (November 23, 1993)
 * Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (1994)
 * Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994)
 * Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (October 26, 1995)
 * Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996
 * Public Law 106-165 - Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999
 * Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act (September 2000)
 * USA PATRIOT Act - Public Law 107-56 (October, 2001)
 * Public Law 107-50 - Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001
 * Public Law 107-299 - National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002
 * Public Law 107-338 - Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail Study Act of 2002
 * Public Law 108-27 - Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (May 23, 2003)
 * Public Law 108-101 - Congressional Gold Medal to Jackie Robinson (October 29, 2003)
 * Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
 * Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
 * Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 622; 113th Congress)
 * Organization of American States Revitalization and Reform Act of 2013 (S. 793; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-1) - Hurricane Sandy relief bill (H.R. 41; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-2) - Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 152; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-6) - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 933; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-20) - Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act (H.R. 254; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-23) - Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (H.R. 267; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-33) - Denali National Park Improvement Act (S. 157; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-43) - Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1348; 113th Congress)
 * (Public Law 113-89) - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 (H.R. 3370; 113th Congress)
 * Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act (S. 130; 113th Congress)
 * Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950
 * Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, (S.Con.Res 8 ; 113th Congress)

Unenacted legislation

 * Annexation Bill of 1866
 * RAVE Act (2002)
 * American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003
 * Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (November 5, 2003)
 * Iran Freedom and Support Act (2005)
 * Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act (January 6, 2009)
 * Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2009 (January 6, 2009)
 * Unemployment Benefit Tax Suspension Act of 2009 (January 6, 2009)
 * Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 (January 8, 2009)
 * Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (February 4, 2009)
 * Performance Rights Act (February 4, 2009)
 * Industrial Hemp Farming Act (April 2, 2009)
 * Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009 (May 19, 2009)
 * America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (July 15, 2009)
 * Affordable Health Care for America Act (November 7, 2009)
 * American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (S.1)
 * Economic Recovery and Middle-Class Tax Relief Act of 2009
 * HR 1503 (2009)
 * Public Option Act (March 9, 2010)
 * Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (S. 954; 113th Congress)
 * Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (S. 1392; 113th Congress)
 * Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act (H.R. 126 ; 113th Congress)
 * Black Hills Cemetery Act (H.R. 291; 113th Congress)
 * Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 297; 113th Congress)
 * Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act (H.R. 316; 113th Congress)
 * Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 (H.R. 384; 113th Congress)
 * Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013 (H.R. 499; 113th Congress)
 * Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (H.R. 634; 113th Congress)
 * California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2013 (H.R. 1411; 113th Congress)
 * Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013 (H.R. 1582; 113th Congress)
 * Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
 * Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (S. 815; 113th Congress)
 * Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (H.R. 1755; 113th Congress)
 * Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. (H.Con.Res 25; 113th Congress)
 * Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1947; 113th Congress) (defeated in House)
 * Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. (H. R. 2216; 113th Congress)
 * Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R. 2667; 113th Congress)
 * Fairness for American Families Act (H.R. 2668; 113th Congress)
 * Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 (H.R. 2844; 113th Congress)
 * Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 2848; 113th Congress)
 * Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826; 113th Congress)
 * Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness Act (H.R. 4118; 113th Congress)

Congressional Hearings and Committee Reports

 * Oversight Hearing on the "10th Anniversary of the Congressional Review Act." (2006)
 * Committee on the Judiciary 109th Congress Oversight Report (Jan. 26, 2005)
 * The Need to Protect the IRS from Powerful Taxpayers (1998)
 * Current Crisis in South Africa Bishop Desmond Tutu's testimony before U.S. Congress (1984)
 * United States Congressional investigation of the Unification Church (1978)
 * The Effects of Religious Cults on the Health and Welfare of Their Converts (1977)
 * Nathaniel Weyl testimony corroborating Alger Hiss as member of CPUSA secret apparatus (1953)

Resolutions

 * Resolution calling for states to cede claims in the western lands (1788)
 * Gold Repeal Joint Resolution (1933)
 * Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
 * US Senate Resolution 352 (2006)
 * Resolution dismissing the Articles of Impeachment against former United States District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent (2009)
 * United States House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution No. 99 (2018)

Congressional Letters

 * Letter from Congress regarding Downing Street memo (May 5, 2005)

Congressional Research Service

 * The Cultic Phenomena: New and Emerging Religious Movements in America, CRS Report 79-24 GOV (January 24, 1979)
 * Congressional Research Service Report 95-772 A, Executive Orders and Proclamations (March 9, 1999)
 * Congressional Research Service Report RS21566 The Jones Act: An Overview (July 8, 2003)
 * Japanese Military's "Comfort Women" System, CRS Memorandum (April 3, 2007)
 * Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings, CRS Report R41156 (April 1, 2010)
 * Counting Electoral Votes, CRS Report RL32717 (December 8, 2020)
 * Ukraine: Background, Conflict with Russia, and U.S. Policy. CRS Report R45008 (October 5, 2021)
 * Humanitarian and Refugee Crisis in Ukraine CRS Insight IN11882 (November 23, 2022)

Congressional Budget Office

 * The Economics of Climate Change: a Primer (April 2003)
 * CBO American Health Care Act 032017 (13 March 2017)

Government Accountability Office

 * Withholding of Ukraine Security Assistance by Thomas H. Armstrong (2020)

Constitutional provisions

 * United States Bill of Rights

Committees

 * Status of the Russia Investigation by the Democratic Minority (2018)

Congressional biographies
As published in the Congressional Biographical Directory
 * Tom Lantos Congressional Bio
 * Leo Joseph Ryan Congressional Bio
 * Donald Fraser Congressional Bio
 * John Kerry Congressional Bio

Components

 * Portal:United States House of Representatives
 * Portal:United States Senate

Analysis

 * Congressional Government, 1900 ed. (1885) by Woodrow Wilson

Petitions

 * Petition from the citizens of New Jersey praying for Congress to make the act of lynching a crime (1900)

Other

 * Address by His Excellency Vaclav Havel, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (21 February 1990)
 * The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report