Legislative Support Resources:
Offices and Websites for Congressional Staff
Jennifer E. Manning
Information Research Specialist
Michael Greene
Information Research Specialist
September 26, 2014
Congressional Research Service
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Legislative Support Resources: Offices and Websites for Congressional Staff
Summary
This report, one of a series of reports on the legislative process, provides a brief list of telephone
numbers, room numbers, and Internet addresses of use to new congressional staffers who work
with legislative procedures and conduct legislative research. Internet access restrictions are noted.
Some of the websites listed are available only to congressional offices; other sites are restricted
further and are only available to House or Senate offices. This report is intended for congressional
use only and will be updated annually.
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Contents
House Offices and Websites ............................................................................................................ 1
Senate Offices and Websites ............................................................................................................ 2
Additional Legislative Support Resources....................................................................................... 3
Contacts
Author Contact Information............................................................................................................. 5
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House Offices and Websites
House of Representatives Website
http://www.house.gov
House offices only (HouseNet): http://housenet.house.gov
Websites of Representatives, leadership offices and organizations, committees, and support
offices. The restricted HouseNet website serves as a portal to the other “House Offices Only”
websites described below and includes access to Dear Colleague letters and commercial database
subscriptions, including ProQuest Congressional.
Clerk of the House
H-154 Capitol
(202) 225-7000
http://clerk.house.gov
House offices only: http://extranet.clerk.house.gov
For archival assistance, Congressional Record submissions, introduction of legislation, and roll
call vote questions.
House Legislative Resource Center
B106 Cannon House Office Building
(202) 226-5200
To order publications: (202) 226-5200 or e-mail hdocs@mail.house.gov
http://clerk.house.gov/about/offices_lrc.aspx
House offices only: http://extranet.clerk.house.gov
For current and historic House documents, directories, payroll and financial disclosure reports,
and lobbyist registrations. The House Legislative Resource Center includes the House Library,
http://library.clerk.house.gov/, which preserves House documents and provides legislative history
assistance to offices.
Note: Documents are ordered through the Legislative Resource Center. However, the documents
collection is located in the House Documents Room, B25 Ford House Office Building.
House Legislative Counsel
136 Cannon House Office Building
(202) 225-6060
http://www.house.gov/legcoun
House offices only: http://legcoun.house.gov/members/
For assistance with legislative drafting and preparation of conference reports.
House Parliamentarian
H209 Capitol
(202) 225-7373
http://www.house.gov/content/learn/officers_and_organizations/parliamentarian.php
For assistance with legislative rules, precedents, and practices.
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House Technology Call Center
H2-694 Ford House Office Building
(202) 225-6002 or (800) 447-8737
House offices only: https://housenet.house.gov/portal/server.pt/community/technology/393
For technical assistance with, and training on, office computers and wireless devices, websites,
software, and databases.
Senate Offices and Websites
Senate Website
http://www.senate.gov
Senate offices only (Webster): http://webster.senate.gov
Websites of Senators, leadership offices and organizations, committees, and support offices. The
restricted Webster website is a portal to the various “Senate Offices Only” sites described below
and also provides access to commercial database subscriptions, including ProQuest Congressional
and LexisNexis.
Secretary of the Senate
S312 Capitol
(202) 224-3622
To order publications: (202) 224-1356
Senate offices only: http://webster.senate.gov/secretary
For current and historic Senate documents, directories, payroll and financial disclosure reports,
archival assistance, and lobbyist registrations.
Note: The Senate Document Room is located at B04 Hart Senate Office Building and can be
reached at (202) 224-7701.
Senate IT/Computer Support Services
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE (Postal Square Building, 6th Floor)
(202) 228-4357
Senate offices only: http://webster.senate.gov/customersupport/information_technology
Provides technical assistance with, and training on, office computers and wireless devices,
websites, software, and databases.
Senate Legislative Counsel
668 Dirksen Senate Office Building
(202) 224-6461
http://slc.senate.gov
Senate offices only: http://webster.senate.gov/other/solc
For assistance with legislative drafting and preparation of conference reports
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Senate Library
B15 Russell Senate Office Building
(202) 224-7106 or e-mail reference@sec.senate.gov
Senate offices only: http://webster.senate.gov/secretary/library
Provides reference assistance for Senate offices, including assistance in searching the Legislative
Information System (LIS); has most complete collection of Senate publications.
Senate Parliamentarian
S133 Capitol
(202) 224-6128
Senate offices only: http://webster.senate.gov/secretary/departments/Parliamentarian
For assistance with legislative rules, precedents, and practices.
Additional Legislative Support Resources
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress, Madison Building, LM205
La Follette Congressional Reading Room, LM202
Main number to place requests: (202) 707-5700
Hotline for “ready reference” questions: (202) 707-7100
Congressional offices only: http://www.crs.gov
To register for Twitter feed, go to http://www.crs.gov/resources/Pages/twitter.aspx
For confidential, authoritative, and objective research and analysis on legislative and oversight
issues before Congress, as well as programs designed to help you learn about such topics as
budget and appropriations, legal research, and legislative process and procedure.
Congressional Budget Office
H2-410 Ford House Office Building
(202) 226-2800
To order publications: (202) 226-2809 or e-mail publications@cbo.gov
http://www.cbo.gov
For budget projections, budget information, and cost estimates for bills reported out of
committee.
Government Accountability Office
441 G Street, NW
(202) 512-4400
To order publications: (202) 512-6000
http://www.gao.gov
http://twitter.com/USGAO
House offices only: http://watchdog.house.gov
Senate offices only: http://watchdog.senate.gov
For independent, nonpartisan reports on agency audits, policy analysis, and program evaluations.
GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, supports congressional oversight by reporting on federal
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government programs, investigating allegations of improper agency activities, and adjudicating
government contract disputes.
Government Printing Office (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys) Website
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys
http://twitter.com/USGPO
For congressional and executive branch documents, such as the Federal Register and the U.S.
Government Manual.
Law Library of Congress
Law Library Reading Room, LM201
Library of Congress
(202) 707-5079
Congressional offices only: (202) 707-2700
http://www.loc.gov/law
http://twitter.com/lawlibcongress
Congressional offices only: http://www.loc.gov/law/congress
For legal research and reference; offers special services to congressional offices, including
reports, briefings, and training on legal topics.
Legislative Information System (LIS) Website
Congressional offices only: http://www.lis.gov
To register for Twitter feed, go to http://www.lis.gov/help/twitter.php
For timely, accurate and complete legislative information, going back to the 93rd Congress (1973-
1974). Content includes legislation, floor votes, schedules, the Congressional Record, and
committee publications. The site is also a portal to a variety of government, commercial and
academic legislative sources.
Note: LIS and THOMAS (see below) will be eventually replaced by one website, Congress.gov.
Congress.gov is currently being developed and is available as a public site at
http://www.congress.gov.
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
(202) 357-5100
Congressional offices only: http://www.archives.gov/congress
Listings of newly enacted laws and law numbers: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/laws/
current.html
http://twitter.com/usnatarchives
For newly enacted laws, older Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations, and access to
congressional committee records, which are stored in the Center for Legislative Archives.
Office of the Federal Register and to speak with someone for information about newly assigned
public law numbers: (202) 741-6040.
Public Law Update Service, a recorded message listing newly assigned public law numbers: (202)
741-6043.
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PUBLAWS-L, an e-mail list about newly enacted laws. To sign up: http://www.archives.gov/
federal-register/laws/updates.html.
Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street, NW (New Executive Office Building)
(202) 395-4790
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB
https://twitter.com/OMBPress
For copies of the President’s federal budget proposals, proposed legislation, testimony, reports,
PAYGO scorecards, and other documents associated with the administration’s agenda. OMB
serves as the implementation and enforcement arm of presidential policy government-wide.
THOMAS Website
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php; public version of LIS
For timely, accurate and complete legislative information, going back to the 93rd Congress (1973-
74). This site is the public version of LIS and includes legislation, floor votes, the Congressional
Record, and committee publications.
Note: LIS and THOMAS will be eventually replaced by one website, Congress.gov.
Congress.gov is currently being developed and is available as a public site at
http://beta.congress.gov.
White House Executive Clerk’s Office
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
(202) 456-2226 (a recording)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation
To find out if the President has received, signed, or vetoed recent legislation.
White House Website
http://www.whitehouse.gov
http://twitter.com/whitehouse
For current presidential administration documents, such as executive orders and presidential
proclamations.
Note: Older, as well as archived, executive orders are available through the National Archives’
Executive Orders webpage at http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/.
Author Contact Information
Jennifer E. Manning
Michael Greene
Information Research Specialist
Information Research Specialist
jmanning@crs.loc.gov, 7-7565
mgreene@crs.loc.gov, 7-9188
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