HeinOnline

This source offers complete coverage of the Statutes at Large, featuring every law, public and private, ever enacted by Congress. HeinOnline also has federal codes, compilations of statutes, congressional documents, presidential documents, and much more.

• Guide to Statutes at Large
• Water Legislative Histories Database

 

GovInfo

This is a service offered by the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), which provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. GovInfo replaced the Federal Digital System (FDsys) in early 2016.

• Statutes at Large
• United States Code
• Federal Register
• Slip Law

 

Westlaw and Lexis

Researchers can use either resource for federal legislative research, including statutory history, committee reports, congressional documents and hearings, and select federal legislative bill history.

• Westlaw Precision > Content Types > Legislative History > Federal
• LexisAdvance > Statutes & Legislation > Legislative Histories

 

Federal Legislative History Research

This guide is provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It contains references to print and digital publications of compiled legislative histories and includes a list of free sources.

 

UCLA Federal Legislative History Research Guide

This guide by the UCLA School of Law is helpful for researchers who may need a refresher on legislative history. It also provides a list of resources for your history hunt, such as ProQuest Legislative Insight, ProQuest Congressional, and Congress.gov.

Clean Water Act

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for additional authorizations, and for other purposes.

• CWA Summary
• 33 U.S.C. 1251 
• Pub. L. 95-217, Dec. 27, 1977
• 91 Stat. 1566

 

Safe Drinking Water Act

An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to assure that the public is provided with safe drinking water, and for other purposes.

• SDWA Summary
• 42 U.S.C. 201 
• Pub. L. 93-523, Dec. 16, 1974
• 88 Stat. 1660
• Legislative History Research Guide

 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

An Act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.

• 42 U.S.C. 9601
• Pub. L. 96-510, Dec. 11, 1980
• 94 Stat. 2767 

 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 

An Act to provide technical and financial assistance for the development of management plans and facilities for the recovery of energy and other resources from discarded materials and for the safe disposal of discarded materials, and to regulate the management of hazardous waste.

• 42 U.S.C. 6901 
• Pub. L. 94-580, Oct. 21, 1976
• 90 Stat. 2795 

 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

An Act to regulate commerce and protect human health and the environment by requiring testing and necessary use restrictions on certain chemical substances, and for other purposes.

• 15 U.S.C. 2601 
• Pub. L. 94-469, Oct. 11, 1976
• 90 Stat. 2003 

 

Water Resources Research Act 

An Act to authorize an ongoing program of water resources research, and for other purposes.

• 42 U.S.C. 1961
• Pub. L. 88-379, July 17, 1964
• 78 Stat. 329 

 

Note: researchers might find this guide on Federal Laws on Groundwater Protection useful