Congressional Committee Prints

Congressional Committee Prints, 104th Congress (1995-1996) to Present, plus Select Prints from Prior Congresses

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About Congressional Committee Prints

What are Congressional Committee Prints?

Congressional Committee Prints are publications issued by Congressional committees that include topics related to their legislative or research activities, as well as other matters such as memorial tributes. Committee prints are an excellent resource for statistical and historical information, and for legislative analysis. The subjects of the committee prints vary greatly due to the different concerns and actions of each committee. Some basic categories of Congressional Committee Prints are: draft reports and bills, directories, statistical materials, investigative reports, historical reports, situational studies, confidential staff reports, hearings, and legislative analyses.

Prints are generally viewed as internal background information publications and often are not announced for public distribution. Procedures for the printing and publication of these prints differ with each committee, and formats are inconsistent. A few prints have been allocated serial numbers, but most have not. The individual committee prints are not a part of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, because those documents come from the Senate and the House of Representatives as a whole.

Committee prints do not have a consistent numbering system or publication history, because these papers are printed copies of committee members' work. The Senate has a numbering system for its committee prints, but the House does not (e.g. "S. Prt. 108-3").

What is available?

• GovInfo contains select committee prints from the 104th Congress (1995-96) to Present, plus select prints from prior Congresses.
• Select prints from prior Congresses are digitized, and metadata for historical digitized prints may be slightly different than for the newer prints.
• The system is updated irregularly for the current Congress, as digital versions of the committee prints are published.
• Documents are available as ASCII text and, in some cases, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Searching Congressional Committee Prints

You can locate Congressional Committee Prints by:

• Using the Basic Search for keyword and metadata fielded searches,
• Using the Advanced Search; fields specific to the committee prints collection will display after you select Congressional Committee Prints in the Refine by Collection column,
• Using the Citation Search to retrieve a single document in PDF format if you know the Congress number, document type, and number of the document,
• Narrowing search results by clicking on links in the Refine Your Search panel on the left hand side of the page (the sections under Refine Your Search correspond to the metadata available for the documents), and
• Browsing on the Congressional Committee Prints browse page.

General GovInfo Search Tips

Search Examples

Search for Congressional Committee Prints by Committee Print Citation - These examples will search for Sentate Print 114-27.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:cprt and citation:"S. Prt. 114-27"
• Using Advanced Search,
  • Select Congressional Committee Prints under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Citation in the first box and enter S. Prt. 114-27in the second box.

Search for Congressional Committee Prints by Keyword - These examples will search for prints with the keyword watershed.

• Using Basic Search, enter: watershed and collection:cprt
• Using Advanced Search,
  • Select Congressional Committee Prints under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Full-Text in the first box and enter watershed in the second box.

Search for Congressional Committee Prints by Committee - These examples will search for prints from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:cprt and committee:"agriculture, nutrition, and forestry"
• Using Advanced Search,
  • Select Congressional Committee Prints under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Committee in the first box and enter agriculture, nutrition, and forestry in the second box.

Search for Congressional Committee Prints by Keyword and Date Range - These examples will search for prints from January 1, 2016 to August 5, 2016 with the word safety in the text or metadata.

• Using Basic Search, enter: safety and collection:cprt and publishdate:range(2016-01-01, 2016-08-05)
• Using Advanced Search,
  • Select Date is Between under Date Range, then select or enter 01/01/2016 in the first box and 05/05/2016 in the second box.
  • Select Congressional Committee Prints under Refine by Collection, then under Search In enter safety in the second box.

Search for Congressional Committee Prints by Congress Number and Chamber- These examples will search for prints from the House of Representatives from the 110^th Congress.

• Using Basic Search, enter: collection:cprt and chamber:house and congress:110
• Using Advanced Search,
• Select Congressional Committee Prints under Refine by Collection, then under Search In select Chamber of Congress in the first box and select House of Representatives in the second box.
• Click + Additional Criteria and select Congress Number in the next box and select 110 in the fourth box.

Sample Congressional Committee Prints URLs

GovInfo uses two key pieces of information to construct predictable URLs to documents and Details pages:

• Package ID is used to identify an individual document.
• Granule ID is used to identify volumes, parts or errata that may exist for a single document.

Details Page for a Congressional Committee Print
Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/{Package ID}
Example: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CPRT-108HPRT97076

PDF File for a Congressional Committee Print
Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/{Package ID}/pdf/{Package ID}.pdf
Example: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-108HPRT97076/pdf/CPRT-108HPRT97076.pdf

HTML File for a Congressional Committee Print
Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/{Package ID}/html/{Package ID}.htm
Example: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-108HPRT97076/html/CPRT-108HPRT97076.htm

Congressional Committee Prints Metadata Fields and Values

Metadata fields and values can be used to increase the relevancy of your searches. Metadata fields and values are used throughout GovInfo for:

• Refining Your Search,
• Browsing Government Publications,
• Field Operators,
• Advanced Search, and
• Display on Details pages.

Metadata fields and values can be entered into the Basic Search box using field operators. The metadata fields and values available for Congressional Committee Prints are listed in the table below, along with examples for each metadata field. Using Field Operators

Some of the metadata fields are made available for use in Advanced Search. The metadata values can be entered in the same format for the fields available on the Advanced Search Page. Using Advanced Search

Congressional Committee Prints Related Resources

• Tributes and Memorial Tributes - Reports, hearings, documents, and prints from the 103rd Congress forward.
• Featured House, Senate and Joint Publications - House or Senate select documents published by Congress or jointly by the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
• Congressional Reports - Reports of congressional committees concerning proposed legislation or findings on matters under investigation.
• Congressional Documents - Documents of congressional committees that cover a wide variety of topics and may include reports of executive departments and independent organizations, reports of special investigations made for Congress, and annual reports of non-governmental organizations.
• Congressional Hearings - Meetings or sessions of congressional committees for the purpose of obtaining information and opinions on proposed legislation, conducting an investigation, or evaluate the activities of a government department or implementation of a Federal law.
• Browse by Congressional Committee - Browse documents issued by individual committees, including Bills, Documents, and Hearings.
• Contact your local Federal Depository Library
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