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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.
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Please note: the
focus of this seminar is on federal law.
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1-page
overview of this custom program is available (pdf)
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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.
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Sample Agendas
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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.
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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.
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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
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"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."
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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
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Internal Marketing |
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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.
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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.
If you
don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program,
you can still train your staff at our public
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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
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training, including credit cards (VISA,
MasterCard,
Discover,
American Express), government procurement cards,
checks, EFT, and purchase orders.
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Inc., is a non-partisan small business,
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Last updated:
January 13, 2010
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