Annual Reports

Includes annual administrative reports of executive branch agencies, departments, and bureaus submitted to Congress.  

Court of Claims Reports

Includes reports of the Court of Claims from 1856-1862, during which time the Court of Claims reports were printed as a separate publication series.  

Hearings

Includes hearings published as sections of numbered Congressional Reports or Documents (rather than as separate hearings publications) contained in the Senate Library bound Serial Set collection, 1833-1934. In addition, this publication type also includes other hearings not previously identified, notes on hearings, joint statements on particular hearings, and other hearing-related material. Items that merely authorize or propose hearings on a particular subject are not included in this document type.  

House and Senate Documents

Includes the following House and Senate Publication Series:

House and Senate Journals

Includes House and Senate Journals (1817-1952), which contain minutes of the meeting of each Chamber. While omitting debate, they constitute a concise record of congressional action on bills, resolutions, memorials, and petitions, by title and number, together with all communications from the President of the United States.

House and Senate Reports

Includes congressional committee and conference reports on legislation and on investigations undertaken by Congress. In 1819, the House separated reports from the documents series, forming a new series—House Reports—and in 1847 the Senate did the same, forming the Senate Reports series.

Impeachment Materials

Includes House and Senate Documents and Reports on impeachment and Federal censure of judges, Senators, Representatives, Vice-Presidents, and Presidents through 1969.  

Memorials and Petitions

Includes petitions and memorials to Congress from State legislatures, organizations, associations and certain non-specific private entities.  

Presidential Messages

Includes all messages by the President of the U.S. to Congress, including State of the Union messages, speeches to Congress, and transmittals of executive branch documents.  

Private Relief Actions

Includes publications concerned with relief and related actions of Congress affecting specified individuals and organizations in specific circumstances. Coverage focuses upon reports on private legislation.  

Treaties and Conventions

Includes not only the final and draft texts of international treaties and conventions submitted by the President of the United States to the Senate for ratification, but also substantive House and Senate discussion, resolutions, and legislative attempts to implement those international agreements.