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How to Research and Compile Legislative Histories
Searching for Legislative Intent

Learn how to research, compile and analyze the legislative history of federal laws and statutes.

This course is for you if your work requires that you locate, compile and analyze legislative histories of federal laws

This program will focus on  

  • The different types of documents (enacted laws, bills and resolutions, floor debates, committee reports and documents) needed to research and compile legislative histories will be explained (the focus will be federal, not state, legislative history research methodologies) 
  • The fastest ways to find and use these documents--in print and online
  • Our expert faculty will share their secrets and tips.
  • Please note: the focus of this seminar is on federal law.

  A 1-page overview of this custom program is available (pdf)

 

  Custom Training Information

Sample Agenda

9:00   Introduction and Overview 
9:30   Enacted and Codified Laws 
10:15 Break 
10:30 Bills and Resolutions
11:15 Committee Reports 
12:00  Lunch on your own
1:00   Floor Debates 
2:15   Break 
2:30   Committee Documents and Prints 
3:00   Presidential Documents
3:30   House and Senate Calendars, Journals, etc.
4:00   Case Studies - Working Examples 
4:45   Conclusion, questions and evaluations 
5:00   Complete Evaluations and Conference Concludes


All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.

Sample Agendas in pdf format A sample agenda of this program is available as a pdf.
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Audience Level Basic research skills and basic understanding of the legislative process or Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process.
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Audience Size This program is most effective for between 15 and 35 attendees.

Don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public course.

Previous Clients

Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.

Faculty This training conference is taught by two faculty members. One has more than 20 years experience as a legal and legislative research specialist, and the second is an attorney who served government and public clients as a legal reference specialist for ten years and has instructed seminars on legal research and legislative history research for congressional staff for more than 10 years.
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Rave Reviews

 

"I track bills on my job and now can get more involved in tracking the history."

"Very well done. Case studies and examples helpful."

"Speakers are incredibly experienced and authoritative."

"This was definitely a useful course. It will be an excellent resource when I am called upon to do this kind of work."

"Great course ... merging traditional research with up-to-date technological research methods."

Course Materials Materials of over 50 pages includes our Legislative History Reference and Research Tools handout.
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Length and Location

Usually requires 1 day.

This program is usually held in Washington, DC.  It can be presented anywhere in the world. 

Internal Marketing To help you publicize and market a custom program to your organization's audience, we can provide printed materials and language for your own internal promotion and publicity.
Fee The fee for this program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials.  Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information.  

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What is included in the fee?

TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives.  We provide all course materials and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose.  

Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. 

We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects cost.

FAQs See FAQs About Our Custom On-Site Training.
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Payment TheCapitol.Net accepts all forms of payment for its custom training, including credit cards (VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express), government procurement cards, checks, EFT, and purchase orders.
About Us TheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation.  We are registered with CCR. See our About Us page for more details.

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Last updated: April 04, 2008

 



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Federal Agencies

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A few of the independent subject matter experts who have taught at our custom programs include:


Martha Angle

 

Chuck Cushman
 

Toby Dorsey
 

Ron Elving
 

Ron Faucheux
 

Brad Fitch
 

A. Lee Fritschler
 

Martin Gold
 

Phil Joyce
 

Sheila Kast
 

Steven Keller
 

Bob McLean
 

Walter Oleszek
 

Paul Powell
 

Paul Rundquist
 

Jim Thurber

 


 

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