Advocacy Tips: How To Get Copies of Bills and Committee Reports

You can ask your legislator's office to get you need, but it is faster to use Thomas, the congressional Web site (http://thomas.loc.gov). Identify the bill or committee report you want by name and number. In the House, bills are identified as H.R. _____. In the Senate, they are identified as S. _____.

Committee reports include the number of the Congress in their number: House committee reports issued during the 108th Congress will be identified as H.Rept. 108-_____; Senate reports, as S.Rept. 108-_____, etc.