UM Libraries Federal Depository Anniversary: Celebrating 135 Years of free access to Federal documents & publications: Engaging citizens
This guide gives an overview of the University of Mississippi Libraries Federal documents collection, history, program materials, and a schedule of events in celebration of UM Libraries 135th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library.
Engaging citizens: How you can participate in the legislative process using reliable information from CONGRESS.GOV
Learn how a bill becomes a law, how to look up the actual text of bills by name, keyword, bill number, and even congressional representative using congress.gov.
February 19, 2018 at 1pm in the J.D. Williams Library, 106D.
Other dates and locations for this event:
February 21st @ 6pm, Lafayette-Oxford Public Library, Oxford, MS
February 22nd @ 2pm, B.J. Chain Public Library, Olive Branch, MS
February 27th @5pm, Sardis Public Library, Sardis, MS
February 28th @ 6pm, Southaven Public Library, Southaven, MS
Find Recent Legislation
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Congress.govCongress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
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Mississippi LegislationThe official website of the Mississippi Legislature. Provides access to House and Senate bills and resolutions.
How Laws Are Made
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How Our Laws Are MadeThis is a web-friendly presentation of the PDF "How Our Laws Are Made" (House Document 110-49); revised and updated by John V. Sullivan, Parliamentarian, United States House of Representatives, July 2007.
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Enactment of a LawThis is a web-friendly presentation of the PDF “Enactment of a Law”; by Robert B. Dove, Parliamentarian, United States Senate, February 1997.
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The U.S. Congress and the Federal Legislative ProcessA guide from the Law Library of Congress.