UNION
LIST OF LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES
INFORMATION ON THE 7th EDITION
The
Legislative Research Special Interest Section of the Law
Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. is pleased to announce
the availability of its latest publication, the 7th
edition of the UNION LIST OF LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES (previously
published by Fred B. Rothman & Co.). This 700 page loose-leaf
publication lists the legislative history collections of
more than 120 libraries in the Washington, D.C. area and
includes several thousand legislative history compilations
to U.S. public laws from 1790 to 1998. Most of the histories
were painstakingly compiled in-house, and each compilation
normally contains a copy of the public law as enacted along
with the various bill versions, reports, and Congressional
debates associated with the law's development. Often, hearings,
committee prints, and other documents are also included.
In addition to listing the holding library, the Union List
provides contact information, addresses, and interlibrary
loan policies. Also available is the 2002 supplement to the
Union List.
Legislative histories are frequently used by lawyers and the
courts to interpret the legislative intent of an act or one
of its provisions. Preceding the table of histories is an alphabetical
listing of the participating libraries and the abbreviation
codes assigned to them. The abbreviation codes employed will
now use up to seven characters and are expected to be readily
understood without the use of a guide.
The Society requires pre-payment and does not accept credit
cards. To receive a copy, please send your request with a check
for the appropriate amount to the Law Librarians' Society of
Washington, D.C., (LLSDC) , PO Box 14306, Washington, DC 20044.
Please call the Society at (703) 619-5033 with
any questions.
Member Price: $75, plus
$4.31 D.C. sales tax and $10.69 for shipping and handling
for a total price of $90.
Non-Society Member Price: $100, plus $5.75
D.C. sales tax and $11.25 for shipping and handling for a
total price of $117.00.
2002 Supplement: $25.00, plus $3.56 shipping/handling,
and $1.44 D.C. sales tax for a total price of $30.00.
The Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C. is most grateful
to the Legislative Research Special Interest Section for its
work in compiling the seventh edition of the Union List. The
committee working on the publication includes David Mao (Chairman)
with Covington & Burling; Lorelle Anderson with Crowell & Moring;
Debbie Atkins with Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn; Rick
McKinney with the Federal Reserve Board; Julia Taylor (supplement
chairman) with Dickstein Shapiro, Morin and Oshinsky; Mike
Welsh with Shaw Pittman; Christine Ciambella with Miller & Chevalier;
Connie Dickson with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; and Margot
Gee with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
