GSU Library Research Guides: PMAP 8111: Public Service and Democracy: Public Laws

Public Laws

United States

United States Code
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
Congress.gov
Current Legislative activities: U.S. Bills, Congressional Record, Library of Congress Reports

Georgia

Georgia Code
Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Georgia Bills
Georgia General Assembly's searchable database of House and Senate bills and resolutions.

How Bill Becomes A Law

How Our Laws are Made (US): This 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.

Enactment of a Law (US): U.S. Senate Parliamentarian, Robert B. Dove, Enactment of a Law. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1997).