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Office ofElectronic Information Dissemination Services

GPO Publication 500.8

March 1996

GPOAccess Online Training Booklet March 1996

Contents

What is the GPO Access WAIS Server?...........................................................................

Basic Searching Procedures and Options for the GPO Access Client Software...........

Question Window..........................................................................................................

Selecting Sources...........................................................................................................

Developing Search Criteria...........................................................................................

Boolean Operators.........................................................................................................

The Use of Quotation Marks & Multiple Boolean Operators...................................

Default Stopword List..................................................................................................

Sample Searches............................................................................................................

Identification Codes.......................................................................................................

Relevance Ranking & Document Score.....................................................................

Query Report................................................................................................................

Structural Enhancements.............................................................................................

Copyright Information/User Accountability..............................................................

Saving/Viewing Documents........................................................................................

FIND Command...........................................................................................................

Relevance Feedback....................................................................................................

Protecting Source Files in WinWAIS.........................................................................

Maintaining a List ofCommon Searches in the Client Software............................

Creating & Adding Source Files to the Customized GPO Access Client Software

User Preferences..........................................................................................................

Helpful Hints for Searching Databases Online via GPO Access

Helpful Hints for Searching Congressional Bills Online via GPO Access..............................

Helpful Hints for Searching Congressional Calendars Online via GPO Access......................

Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Directory Online via GPO Access................

Helpful Hints for Searching Congressional Documents Online via GPO Access...................

Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access....................

Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Record Index Online via GPO Access........

Helpful Hints for Searching the Congressional Reports Online via GPO Access..................

Helpful Hints for Searching Economic Indicators Online via GPO Access............................

Helpful Hints for Searching the Economic Report of the President Online via GPO Access

Helpful Hints for Searching the Federal Register Online via GPO Access.............................

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Helpful Hints for Searching GAO Comptroller General Decisions Online via GPO Access.............K

Helpful Hints for Searching GAO Reports Online via GPO Access........................................................L

Helpful Hints for Searching GILS Records Online via GPO Access..................................................... M

Helpful Hints for Searching the Government Manual Online via GPO Access.....................................N

Helpful Hints for Searching Privacy Act Notices Online via GPO Access............................................ O

Helpful Hints for Searching Public Laws Online via GPO Access--------------------------------------------P

Helpful Hints for Searching the United States Code Online via GPO Access.......................................Q

This Training Bookiet/Helpful Hints is available in both ASCII text and Adobe Acrobat Portable

Document Format (PDF) via:

★ The World Wide Web at http:/www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

★ The Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site at 202-512-1387 or fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/

FBB directions: From the Main Menu type B for GPO Access; Press #4 for User

Documentation. The file names are guide.txt and guide.pdf.

FTP path: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wais.doc

★ WAIS client software. The following information is to help you build your source file:

Database Name: GPO Access User Guide

Host: wais.access.gpo.gov

Database Name: GPO_Access_User_Guide.

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What is the GPO Access WAIS Server?

GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) that offers online access to a 

variety of official Federal government information through databases on a Wide Area Information

Server (WAIS). The service enables you to locate and retrieve government information from the

online databases via a computer. It is designed for research and reference purposes and supports

searches resulting in the identification and retrieval of individual documents. Databases currently

offered online via GPO Access are:

★ Congressional Bills

★ Congressional Directory

★ Congressional Documents andReports

★ Congressional Record

★ Congressional Record Index

★ Economic Indicators

★ Economic Report ofthe President

★ Federal Register and UnifiedAgenda

★ GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions

★ GILS Records

★ Government Manual

★ History ofBills & Resolutions

★ Privacy Act Notices

★ Public Laws

★ United States Code
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Basic Searching Procedures and Options for the

GPO Access Client Software

This section teaches you how to use the WinWAIS/MacWAIS interfaces to take full advantage ofthe

GPO Access Service. Performing a search is quite simple. It consists of the following four main

steps:

★ Selecting Sources

★ Developing Search Criteria

it Initiating the Search

★ Retrieving Search Results

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basic searching procedures and options. As a result, not every Window for a

particular command will be provided for each interface, however complete

directions for each command are provided for both interfaces.

Question Window

The Question Window is the main user interface for the GPO WinWAIS and MacWAlS clients. This

interface allows you to specify and direct queries and view documents retrieved. The diagram below

represents the WinWAIS client interface which is almost identical to the MacWAlS interface and

provides the same functions.

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Selecting Sources

You dictate which sources to search for each query. More than one database can be

selected at a time. If multiple sources are selected, the search results will be merged and

ranked by relevancy. To select sources, execute the following steps:

In WinWAIS:

★ Press ALT-E or click on the Edit pull-down menu.

★ Select the “Select Sources' option.

★ Highlight the database(s) to be searched.

★ Click on the Select button.

★ Click the OK button.

In MacWAIS:

★ Click on Sources in the pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the "Select Sources" option.

★ Highlight the source(s) you wish to search.

★ Press the Select button.

★ Click Done button.

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Developing Search Criteria

The foDowing text provides information on searching the GPO Access WAIS databases, and supplies

searching information which includes boolean operators, basic search procedures, sample searches,

stopwords and search results. The sample searches presented represent common types ofsearches

and are provided to help you understand the GPO Access databases and the basic searching options

available with the WAIS server.

Boolean Operators

The boolean operators, AND, OR, NOT, and ADJ aid in establishing logical relationships between

concepts expressed in a natural language query. The boolean operators are used to make searches

more specific.

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as a result are treated as the default “OR.” For example, a search for

lyme and disease will be treated as if it had been entered as lyme and/or

disease.

OR * The OR boolean operator is the default operator for the WAIS service. It is often used to join

two different phrases of a boolean search. A question such as “transportation OR highway” results in

documents containing either the word “transportation,” or the word “highway,” or both. The relevance ranking

feature will give a higher ranking to documents containing all the requested words, but all documents

containing any ofthe words will be retrieved.

AND • The AND operator is helpful in restricting a search when a particular pair ofterms is known.

For instance, a query such as weather AND aviation returns only those documents that contain both words.

NOT - The NOT operator is used to reject any documents that contain certain words. For instance,

the question “education NOT secondary” results in documents containing the word “education,” that do not

contain the word “secondary."

ADJ - The adjacent operator ADJ is used to ensure that one word is followed by another in the returned

document. For example, the search “lead ADJ paint” returns documents with the phrase “lead paint” or

documents with the words "lead" and "paint" within 20 characters of each other.

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adjacent, but also those where the words are separated by up to 20 characters. For

example, the search lead ADJ paint ("lead paint") results in documents with the

phrase lead paint or the words lead-based paint. The documents with the exact

phrase "lead paint" will be assigned a higher relevance ranking than those with the

phrase "lead-based paint”.

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The Use of Quotation Marks & Multiple

Boolean Operators

Quotation marks can be used instead ofthe boolean operator ADJ when developing a phrase for the

search criteria. For example, you can type "Government Printing Office" instead of Government

ADJ Printing ADJ Office. (The boolean operator ADJ is still functional if preferred.)

You can use quotation marks in combination with boolean language. Complex queries can be

constructed using multiple boolean operators. For clarity, parentheses should be used to group

sections ofthe query and ensure that the WAIS server parses the query as intended; for example:

"Department ofEducation" AND (“bilingual education" OR "foreign language") AND (Grants OR

"cooperative agreements"). Without parentheses, the WAIS server will first process the phrases, then

the AND operators and then the OR operators, resulting in a query that would read as follows:

("Department ofEducation” AND "bilingual education") OR ("foreign language" AND grants) OR

"cooperative agreements”. A test ofthese searches in the Federal Register database in June 1995,

retrieved 39 documents from the first search and 399 from the second search. In this instance, the

relevance ranking feature assigned the highest ranking to the same two documents from each search

since they contain all ofthe requested phrases however, it is best not to rely on the relevance ranking

to interpret the intention of a query.

Default Stopword List

The following words make up the "default stopword list". Stopwords are words which occur so

frequently that they are not useful for distinguishing one document from another. Since they aren t

useful for searching, they are not indexed. Stopwords that are included in quenes are ignored, so a

search for "department of education" will retrieve the same results as a search for' department

education* or "department ADJ education .

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Sample Searches

The following searches will help you familiarize yourself with various methods ofsearching for

information in the GPO Access databases. Each ofthese searches can be used in more than one

database. As a result, the search results presented may differ slightly. These searches serve to guide

you when constructing search strings and should not restrict your searching strategies.

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example, a bill search will be useful when searching in the Congressional Record or

Bills database but not the Federal Register.

SUBJECT SEARCH

Query:

Alternative:

Result:

"lead paint"

lead ADJ paint

frl2my Lead-Based Paint Hazard Elimination

This search demonstrates the functionality of the ADJ operator (or use of a phrase in

quotation marks) and the value of the relevance ranking feature. Although the

search specified the phrase "lead paint" (lead ADJ paint), the results include the

documents with the term lead-based paint as well. The ADJ operator retrieves not

only documents where the words are immediately adjacent, but also those where the

words are separated by up to 20 characters. In the sample search, the document

containing the phrase "lead paint" (ftO7ap95N) received a much higher ranking than

the document with "lead-based paint" (ftl6fe95N), although both were considered

responsive to the query.

AGENCY NAME SEARCH

Query: ’’Environmental Protection Agency"

Alternative: Environmental ADJ Protection ADJ Agency

Result: fr01mr96N Cyanazine; Notice of Preliminary Determination to

This search demonstrates how to search by agency name. The agency search can be

used with a date or subject to make the search more specific. Thus adding the date

field as date* 03/01/96 to the above query would limit the results to EPA documents

issued on March 1,1996.

BILL NUMBER SEARCH

Query: "h.r. 2"

Alternative: "h r 2"

Result: crO2fe95H Line Item Veto Act

This bill search demonstrates how to search by bill number. If punctuation is not

used, there must be spaces between h and r and 2.

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TRUNCATION OF WORDS SEARCH

Query: librar*

Result: H.R. 2840 (enr) To amend title 17, United States Code, to establish

The asterisk^) can be used to truncate a word and search for all words with that

stem. For example, a search for librar* will retrieve documents containing the words

library, libraries, librarian, etc.

Identification Codes

Each document in the search results list has an identification code which is unique to each database.

Identification codes can include, the date and issue where the document appears, the section, bill,

report number etc. Identification codes are especially useful when searching multiple databases.

Identification codes from three GPO Access databases follow.

★ Federal Register - fr02fe96N

(In this example, fr stands for Federal Register, 02fe96 stands for the date of

February 2,1996 and N stands for the Notices Section.)

★ Congressional Record - cr31ja96H

(In this example, cr stands for the Congressional Record, 31ja96 stands for the date of

January 31,1996 and H stands for House pages.)

★ Congressional Bills - S. 1578 (is)

(In this example, S. 1594 is the bill number and (is) stands for introduced in Senate.

Relevance Ranking & Document Score

The WAIS server automatically displays the results from each search using relevance ranking. The

most relevant document will appear first with a rank of 1,000. Other documents will have a lower

rank. Relevance is computed based the following:

★ Word Weight - Word weight depends on where the word is found in the

8document. A word is rated highest if it appears in the headhne/title,

less if the word appears in all capital letters or if the first letter of the

word is capitalized, and finally, a word has the least weight if it

appears only in the text.

★ Term Weight - Based on the frequency of occuirence of a word over all

documents in the database. Words that occur frequently throughout

the database are not weighted as highly as the words that appear less

frequently. Very common words are either ignored or diminished in

the scoring.

★ Phrase Matching - A higher weight is assigned to a document containing the

identical phrase in the query.

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ir Proximity Relationship - Words in a query that are located close together in a

document, are given a higher weight than those found farther apart

★ Word Density - The ratio of the frequency at which a queried word appears in a

document to the size ofthe document.

Query Report

Each search results list includes as the final document a "Query Report". This document can be

viewed to determine how a query was parsed, the speed ofthe retrieval, and the number of words in

the datebase that conformed to the search request and the total number of relevant documents

identified.

Structural Enhancements

The system may be taken off-line periodically for upgrades and structural enhancements. When

re-indexing occurs in a database you will receive an online message, stating which database is

affected and the approximate time it will be back online.

Copyright Information/User Accountability

Neither the Government Printing Office northe United States Government will be held liable for any

damages resulting from the authorized or unauthorized use ofthe date and information offered

through the GPO Access WAIS system. In general, information provided online via GPO Access is

uncopyrighted Government information and there are no restrictions on the republication or other

reproduction ofthe material. When copyrighted material appears in any ofthe databases a copyright

statement will appear in the specific document, and will apply only to the copyrighted material.

The GPO Access Service is intended for research and reference purposes ONLY. It supports

searches resulting in the identification and retrieval of individual documents. The service is NOT

intended for wholesale or systematic downloading.

Saving/Viewing Documents

Once a search has been completed, the Search Results will appear in the Window. The Search

Results list consists ofthe score, size oftext document, the identification code (if any) and the

truncated title. At this point you can save or view a document. To save a document use your arrow

keys to highlight a candidate document, click the save button and designate the destination directory.

To view documents use your arrow keys to highlight the candidate document you wish to view' and

hit Enter or double click the mouse button. The screen should be similar to the following illustration.

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£ File Edit Sources Text Windows Faw ______

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All documents on the WAIS server are available in simple ASCH text files, however, there are some

TIFF images and PDF files that the client software will retrieve. When a list of search results is

displayed, and you choose a document for viewing, various options for retrieving documents may

appear The Summary is an ASCH text file that repeats the initial heading information ofthe

document and approximately the first 25 Unes oftext. You can view the Summary before viewing or

saving a large file to verify you have the right document.

Documents containing graphics can have one or more associated TIFF files. There will be a separate

TIFF file for each image, and the files will be sequentially numbered as they appear in the document

(TIFF,TIF1, etc.). Within the text ofthe document, the location of an image is indicated by reference

to the TIFF file: ____

<GRAPHICxTIFFxfilename.OOO>

Ifthere is no TIFF file associated with a particular graphic, the location of the image is indicated by

reference to the TIFF file, including the filename. For example:

[GRAPHIC][TIFF OMITTED] TR21FE96.002

To view a TIFF file, you must have a graphics viewer associated with the WAIS client, or do nl

file and then view it with an external graphics viewer. If you are using the GPO Access HNet WAIS

client, selecting a TIFF file will automatically invoke the graphics viewer and display the i g •

You can then save or print the image.

The GPO Access EINet WAIS client has already been customized for the muluple TFF

If you are using anotherWAIS client, you should customize it to recognize TIF1, TIF2.__TIF2W as

equivalent to TIFF. The Macintosh client is capable of viewing an infinite numbe g

the Windows client will display a maximum of about 200.

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To view PDF files, you must install Adobe Acrobat software, which is available free from GPO and

other sources.

Retrieve Multi type WAIS Document

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Which WAIS type do you want to retrieve?

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Pick the type of document you'd like to view, double-click on the type or select OK. If you have the

necessary additional software, and your client has been configured correctly, the appropriate

software will automatically launch (i.e., the graphics viewer or Adobe Acrobat Reader) after a

temporary file has been transferred to your system. If you choose not to save the document, the

temporary file will be deleted from your system when you exit the WAIS client.

FIND Command

Once the search is complete and the candidate document you wish to view has been retrieved, you

can utilize the Find command to locate a particular term in a large document. To utilize the Find

command execute the following steps:

In WinWAIS:

★ Press ALTS or click on the Search pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Find function.

★ Type in the word to be searched.

★ Hit Enter or click OK.

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★ Click on Edit in the pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Find command.

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★ Click Enter or click OK.

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To find the next location ofthe word choose the Find Next or FindAgain option and press

Enter.

Similarly to determine where a graphics file is located in a document, use the Fi

command and type in TIF and the corresponding number. For example, if you wantedto

know where a graphics file is positioned type TIF and the system would search for TIFF,

TIF1,TIF2, etc.

Relevance Ranking/Relevance Feedback

After srawhinp for a particular topic, you will be provided with a list of candidate documents

displayed from the most relevant to least relevant. In order to make your search more specific you

canutilize the relevance feedback function. The relevance feedback function allows you,to

^ZdoLnentsresulting from a search and mark them as relevant. You wd able to run

Sie search a second time. The server takes into account the documents markedrele

searches for similar documents that share a large number of common words. To operate the 

feedback function execute the following;

★ Highlight a candidate document that meets the search criteria,.,

★ Drag the highlighted document to the box labeled “Similar to .

* Click on the “Ask" button or press Enter.

Protecting Source Files in WinWAIS

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You will have to change the attribute back to its original setting to replace source files or delete them

from your drive. To do this, go back to the DOS prompt in the einet\wais\sources directory and type

attrib *.* -r. The files may now be deleted or replaced if necessary.

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security measures are not necessary within MacWAIS.

Maintaining a List of Common Searches in the Client Software

You are able to save and retrieve searches that have been completed by executing the

following steps:

In WinWAIS:

★ Press ALT-F or click on the File pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Save Question command.

★ Type in the name you want to use to save the search.

★ Press OK.

In MacWAIS:

★ Select File from the pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Save command.

★ Type in the name you want to use to save the search.

★ Press OK.

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InWinWAIS:

★ Press ALT-F or click on the File pull down menu.

★ Highlight the Open Question command.

★ Highlight the name of the search you wish to retrieve.

★ Press OK.

In MacWAIS:

★ Select File from the pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Open Question command.

★ Highlight the name of the search you wish to retrieve.

★ Press OK.

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Creating and Adding Source Files to the Customized

GPO Access Client Software

When new databases are added to the GPOAccess WAIS Server, you can simply, append the new

database to your source file. This can be done in two ways: 1) Connect to the FBB/anonymous FTP

site and download the new source(s) into your source directory (202-512-1387 or FTP to

fedbbs.access.gpo.gov) or 2) create a new source in the source file by typing in a few pieces of

information provided by GPO. When a new database is introduced, you will be given the host

address, database name and all pertinent information needed to build a source file or download the

information.

On the FBB, new source files are in the same library as the User Guide type /GO GPO_Access at the

main menu. On the ftp site, sources are located in the directories d:\gpo\access\info\sources\mac or

the d:\gpo\access\info\sources\windows. There is no charge for downloading source files, but wi

experience you may find itjust as easy to type them in yourself.

The following describes the task of creating a new source and provides portions of the screens you

will view when adding sources manually.

InWinWAIS:

★ Press ALT-E or click on the Edit pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Select Sources Command.

★ Highlight the New Command.

★ Type the Name (Name appears on the Source Sele

★ Type the Host Name.

★ Type the Database Name.

★ Type a Database Description (optional).

★ Click OK.

Edit

Select Sources

Clear Query Info

Preferences

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In MacWAIS:

★ Highlight the New command.

★ Type in the Source Name (this appears

on the Source Selection menu).

★ Type in the Database Name.

★ Type in the Host Name.

★ Type in a Database Description (optional).

★ Click OK.

User Preferences

The Preferences command allows you to edit MacWAIS's or WinWAIS's User Preferences. The

following examines some ofthe preference settings.

In WinWAIS:

★ Press ALT-E or click on the Edit pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Preferences Command.

Select number of documents Io be

retrieved after every search.

(Recommended*40Max*200^

to be your Default Question.

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Federal Reooter. *1995 (Volume 60)

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In MacWAIS:

★ Click on the File pull-down menu.

★ Highlight the Preferences Command.

Sets the Question Window that is to be

opened when the application is started.

Set a frequently performed search

to be your Default Question.

Select number of documents to be

retrieved after every search.

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Choose the source you use most

often to be your Default Source.

Gives you a choice of viewing WAIS catalog

documents in variety of formats.

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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FFP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call; 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

Helpful Hints For Searching Congressional Bills

Online Via GPOAccess

Content and file format: The Congressional Bills database contains all published versions of each

bill from the specified Congress. The database for the 104th Congress is updated daily when

Congress authorizes publication of a new version of a bill. Bills are available as ASCII text and as

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. >

Identification Code: Each bill in the Congressional Bills databases online via GPO Access will be

displayed in the results list with the bill number and the initial words ofthe title. The specific

version of each bill is identified by the initials in parentheses following the bill number. For

example: H.R. 5 (ih) To curb the practice ofimposing unfunded Federal mandates. In this example,

H.R. 5 is the bill number and (ih) is the code that indicates the version ofthe bill is introduced in the

House. A list ofthe abbreviations used to identify different versions ofthe same bill is mcluded at

the end ofthis document

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number ofdocuments, you will

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to chang

your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu.

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access^Web

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searches for the Congressional Bills database online via GPO Access are2:

Subject (UNTUNDED^J^ aND goveranienl" OR "mbul government )

unfunded ADJ mandates AND (local ADJ government OR tribal ADJ Query:

Query 2:

Result:

government)

S. 1 (enr) To curb the practice ofimposing unfunded Federal mandates on

H.R. 5 (eh) To curb the practice ofimposing unfunded Federal mandates on

This search demonstrates the use ofmultiple boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, ADJ) m a single

A-l
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entered as unfunded ADJ mandates) AND also either the phrase “local government” (local ADJ

government) OR the phrase “tribal government” (tribal ADJ government). A phrase may be entered

surrounded by quotation marks (“ “) or with each searchable word separated by the ADJ operator.

Bill Number [HR2.ASK]

Query: “h.r. 2”

Query 2: “h r 2”

Result: H.Res. 55 (rh) Providing for the consideration ofthe bill (H.R. 2) to

H.R. 2 (eh) To give the President line item veto authority over appropriation

This search demonstrates the correct phrasing to retrieve a Congressional Bill by number. The bill

number may be typed with or without the punctuation; however, a bill number such as H.R. 2 must

be entered with a space between H and R, i.e. “h r 2”, if no punctuation is used. (NOTE: The

results list presents the bills in relevance ranked order, not chronological order. Relevance is

computed based on several factors, including the occurrence ofthe search terms in the document

title, the frequency ofthe terms as a percentage ofthe total document size and conformance with the

exact search phrasing.)

Tagging for Deleted Text (CHANNEL.ASK)

Query: “channel islands”

Result: HJ.Res. 50 (rh) To designate the visitors center at the Channel Islands

SJ.Res. 10 (is) To designate the visitors center at the Channel Islands

This search retrieves the version ofH.J.Res. 50 that was reported by the House (rh) and includes

deleted text. The Acrobat PDF files for both the 103rd and the 104th Congress display and print the

typeset bills, including cancelled type for deleted text, exactly as they appear in the printed form. In

the ASCII text files for the 104th Congress, cancelled type is identified with the tag <DELETED>

preceding the deleted text and the tag </DELETED> following the deleted text. When multiple

paragraphs have been deleted, the tags will appear at the beginning and end of each deleted

paragraph. In the ASCII text files for the 103rd Congress, cancelled type is identified by the

insertion of a dash (-) before each cancelled character.

HISTORY OF BILLS

The Congressional Bills databases contain only the text ofthe published bills. Additional usefill

information that does not appear in the text ofthe bill itselfmay be found in the History ofBills

riatahaws The History ofBills is part ofthe CongressionalRecord Index. As such it covers only

actions on a bill that are reported in the Congressional Record. The databases are cumulative from

the beginning of each session. The 1996 History ofBills is updated usually the day after publication

ofthe Congressional Record. A typical entry includes the bill number, title, summary, sponsors an

co-sponsors, and a chronological list of actions on the bill, each referencing the CR page number and

date when the action is reported.
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Identification Code: Each entry will display in the results list with an identification code followed

by the bill number and the initial words ofthe title. For example: hob96 H.R. 449—A bill to amend

the Public Health Service Act with respect... In this example, hob stands for History ofBills, 96 is

the year ofpublication, and H.R. 449 is the bill number.

Good sample searches for the History ofBills database are:

Subject and Sponsor [SOLOMON.ASK]

Query: “anti-drug abuse” AND solomon

Result: hob96 H.R. 141 —A bill to amend the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

This search retrieves the 1996 History ofBills entry for the anti-drug abuse bill introduced by Mr.

Solomon. It summarizes the purpose ofthe bill and identifies additional sponsors and cosponsors. It

also reports actions taken on the bill as reported in the Congressional Record. All references are to

the Congressional Record page number and date when the action was reported.

Bill Number [HR3600.ASK]

Query: “H.R. 449”

Query 2: “h r 449”

Result: hob96 H.R. 449—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act....

This search retrieves the 1996 History ofBills entries for H.R. 449. The bill number may be typed

with or without punctuation, but a query without punctuation must include a space between h & r.

House Report Number [HREPT.ASK]

Query: **h. rept. 104-127

Query 2:

Result:

“h rept 104 127”

hob95 H.R. 1062—A bill to enhance competition in the financial services.

This search retrieves the 1995 History ofBilk entry for the "financial services bill" introduced by

Mr Leach and reported out of committee as House Report 104-127. The report number may e

typed with or without the punctuation. [NOTE: The abbreviation for House Report in this database

is H. Rept.]

Public Law Number [103-191.ASK]

Query’: “public law 103-191”

Result- hob94 S. 1716—A bill to amend the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration

hob94 PUBLIC LAWS FOR THE 1 ST SESSION OF THE 103RD

This search retrieves the 1994 History ofBills entries for Public Law 103-191. The results include

the entry for S. 1716, the bill that became Public Law 103-191, and the list ofPublic Laws for the

1st Session ofthe 103rd Congress. Since the bill was signed into law during the recess between

1 st and 2nd Sessions, it was reported in the Congressional Record at the beginning ofthe 2nd

Session and therefore appears in the 1994 History ofBills database. Not every public law is reported
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by number in the Congressional Record, so a separate listing of all public laws is added to the

database as a finding aid. [NOTE: The phrase Public Law is not abbreviated in this database.]

ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviations for the different types of documents in the Bills databases include:

Sample Entry Document Type

H.R. 1234

S. 1234

HJ.Res. 123

SJ.Res.123

H.Con.Res.

S.Con.Res.

H. Res.

S. Res.

House Bill

Senate Bill

House Joint Resolution

Senate Joint Resolution

House Concurrent Resolution

Senate Concurrent Resolution

House Simple Resolution

Senate Simple Resolution

Abbreviations on the following page represent different versions ofthe same bill in the Bills databases.

Code Document Status (Version) Code Document Status (Version)

(ash) Additional Sponsors House (ath) Agreed to House

(ats) Agreed to Senate (cdh) Committee Discharged House

(cds) Committee Discharged Senate (cph) Considered and Passed House

(cps) Considered and Passed Senate (cah) Engrossed Amendment House

(eas) Engrossed Amendment Senate (ch) Engrossed in House

(ehr) Engrossed in House—Reprint (eh_s) Engrossed in House (No.) Star Print

(enr) Enrolled bill (es) Engrossed in Senate

(esr) Engrossed in Senate—Reprint (es_s) Engrossed in Senate (No.) Star Print

(fah) Failed Amendment House (fps) Failed Passage Senate

(hdh) Held at Desk House (hds) Held at Desk Senate

(ih) Introduced in House (ihr) Introduced in House—Reprint

(ih.s) Introduced in House (No.) Star Print (iph) Indefinitely Postponed in House

(ips) Indefinitely Postponed in Senate (is) Introduced in Senate

(isr) Introduced in Senate—Reprint (is_s) Introduced in Senate (No.) Star Print

(1th) Laid on Table in House (Its) Laid on Table in Senate

(oph) Ordered to be Printed House (ops) Ordered to be Printed Senate

(pch) Placed on Calendar House (pcs) Placed on Calendar Senate

(PP) Public Print (rah) Referred w/Amendments House

(ras) Referred w/Amendments Senate (rch) Reference Change House

(res) Reference Change Senate (rdh) Received in the House

(rds) Received in the Senate (re) Reprint of an Amendment

(reah) Re-engrossed Amendment House (renr) Re-enrolled

(res) Re-engrossed Amendment Senate (rfh) Referred in House

(rfhr) Referred in House—Reprint (rfh_s) Referred in House (No.) Star Print

(rfs) Referred in Senate (rfsr) Referred in Senate—Reprint

(rfs s) Referred in Senate (No.)Star Print (rh) Reported in House

(rhr) Reported in House—Reprint (rh_s) Reported in House (No.) Star Print

(nh) Referral Instructions House (ns) Referral Instructions Senate

(rs) Reported in Senate (rsr) Reported in Senate—Reprint

(rs_s) Reported in Senate (No.) Star Print (nh) Referred to Committee House

(ns) Referred to Committee Senate (sas) Additional Sponsors Senate

(sc) Sponsor Change House (s_p) Star (No.) Print of an Amendment
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ENDNOTES:

i users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free Adobe

Acrobat Reader software can view and print and typeset bill.

2 The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS or the WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

3 when a filename, such as UNFUNDED.ASK appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that filename distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved searches

are also available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac.ask.
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1 Other Bil ateral Econom ic Assist ance

2 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

3 MIDDLE EAST FUND

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of chapter 4 of part II, $2,-300,000,000 $2,015,000,000,

6 to remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided,

7 That any funds appropriated under this heading that are

8 made available far Israel shah be made available en a

9 grant basis as a eash transfer and shah be disbursed with

10 in thirty days ef enactment ef this Aet er by October £4-?

11 1995, whichever is later: Provided, That of the funds ap12 propriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000

13 shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail14 able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis15 bursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by

16 October 31, 1995, whichever is later: Provided further, That

17 not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for

18 Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and

19 of which sum cash transfer assistance may be provided,

20 with the understanding that Egypt will undertake signifi21 cant economic reforms which are additional to those which

22 were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not

23 less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Im24 port Program assistance: Provided further, That in exercis25 ing the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Is26 rael and Egypt, the President shall ensure that the level

HR 1868 RS
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

< DELETED > economic support fund</DELETED >

middle east fund

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of

part II, <DELETED>$2,300,000,000 </DELETED>$2,015,000,000, to remain

available until September 30, 1997 < DELETED > -Provided, That any funds

appropriated under this heading that are made available for Israel

shall be made available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall

be disbursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by October

31, 1995, whichever is later</DELETED >: Provided, That of the funds

appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be

available only for Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant

basis as a cash transfer and shall be disbursed within thirty days of

enactment of this Act or by October 31, 1995, whichever is later:

Provided further. That not less than $815,000,000 shall be available

only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of

which sum cash transfer assistance may be provided, with the

understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms

which are additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal

years, and of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as

Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided further. That in

exercising the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel

and Egypt, the President shall ensure that the level of such assistance

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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

Helpful Hints For Searching Congressional Calendars

Online Via GPOAccess

Content and file format: The House and Senate Calendars are separate databases. The Senate

Calendar datebase contains the current issue ofthe Senate Calendar for the 104th Congress

(1995-1996). The Senate Calendar is published daily when the Senate is in session. It contains a

listing of daily Senate activities only. The House Calendar is cumulative and contains a history of

House and Senate bills and resolutions that have been reported or considered by either house. Every

Monday issue ofthe House Calendar contains a Subject Index. (IfCongress is not in session on a

Monday, the Index will beprinted either the Friday before or the next day the House is in session.)

Documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 1

The Senate Calendar and House Calendar databases are updated each time the corresponding

Calendar is published.

Identification Code: Each Congressional Calendar document online via GPO Access will display

in the results list with an identification code followed by the initial words ofthe title. For example,

H.Cal. (January 5) House Resolutions or S.Cal. (January 5) Senate Joint Resolutions. In these

examples H.Cal stands for House Calendar and S.Cal. stands for Senate Calendar. The date

(January 5) follows the calendar type and is followed by the truncated title ofthe document.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software

is to return a maximum of40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. In

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access Web

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Congressional Calendar Sample Searches^

Bill/Resolution (HR1225.ASK)

Query’: “H.R. 1225”

Query 2: “H R 1225

Result: H. Cal. (date) PublicLaws

H. Cal. (date) HouseBills

B-7
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This search demonstrates how to search by report number. The report number may be typed with or

without the punctuation, however a report number must be entered with a space between H and Res,

i.c. “H Res 1225”, ifno punctuation is used. Note: Ifthe bill has become a law, it will also be listed

as a public law.

Subject (LAW.ASK)3

Query: “law enforcement”

Result: S. Cal (date) General Orders

S. Cal (date) Entire Senate Calendar

The above search illustrates how to search by phrase in the Senate Calendar.

Bill by Popular Title (PRODUCTASK)

Query: “product liability”

Result: H.Cal. (date) Index of Short Titles

H.Cal. (date) House Bills

The above search demonstrates how to find the index ofshort titles in the House Calendar database.

The index ofshort titles lists the popular name of an act and its bill number. This index can be very

useful to users who do not know a bill number but know the popular name of a bill. Note.The Index

ofShort Titles appears once a week.

Bill in Conference (CONFERASK)

Query: “Bills in Conference”

Result: H.Cal. (Date) Bills in Conference

S. Cal. (Date) Bills in Conference

This search demonstrates how to determine which bills are in conference in both houses. In order to

determine which bills are in conference for both houses, select both databases.

ENDNOTES:

1 Users with SWAIS access will be unable to retrieve PDF files. Users with WAIS orWeb access and the free Adobe

Acrobat Reader software can view repons as they appear in the printed version.

2 The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS. WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

3 When a file name, such as LAW.ASK appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved search

with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAlS software. The saved searches are available

on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site from fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac.ask.

B-2
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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

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Congressional Directory Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Congressional Directory, 1995-1996 (Senate Publication

revised) is prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). Documents are available as ASCH

text and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 1 Graphics are omitted from the

ASCII text version. The database is updated irregularly as changes are provided by the JCP.

Identification Code: Each document in the Congressional Directory database online via GPO

Access displays an identification code followed by the initial words of die title. For example:

Congressional Directory: Boards. In this example the source Congressional Directory is hsted as the

source and Boards is the title.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. In

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searches for the Congressional Directory datebase are:?

Member (MEMBER-ASK)'

Query: “Bill Thomas” OR “William Thomas”

Result: Congressional Directory: Joint Committees of the Congress

Congressional Directory: Standing Committees of the House

This search shows how to search by member name. A member's name may not.appear in *= same

manner throughout the directory. In this example. William Thomas appears *e J°mt tComrmtte 

of the Congress and Bill Thomas appears in the Standing Committees of the House. You can

Shfoi•'senior Mffmembers or sentor agency officials. If you want to search by member and

committee name see the search below.

Member and Committee (C0MM.ASK)

Query’: feinstein AND “foreign relations”

Result 2: Congressional Directory: Standing Committee

Congressional Directory: Assignments to Committee
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This search results in two documents which list committees and members. The Standing Committee

(ofthe house or senate) is an alphabetical listing of each committee and its members. The

assignments to Committee is an alphabetical list by member (for either the House or the Senate),

and the committees to which he or she belongs.

State (STATEASK)

Query:

Result:

Florida

Congressional Directory: Florida

Congressional Directory: Standing Committee

This search provides the entire entry for the state of Florida printed in the Congressional Directory.

Full bibliographies of each senator and representative for each district are provided, as well as office

listings.

District (DISTRICTASK)

Query: Florida AND “Congressional Districts”

Result: Congressional Directory: Florida—Congressional Districts, Counties and

Congressional Directory: United State Court of International Trade

A map of every state is provided in the directory. Each map provides Congressional Districts, County

lines, shorelines etc.. Note: In the above search, the word “districts” must be plural. This particular

search retrieves the map of Florida.

Agency (AGENCYASK)

Query: “Department of Defense”

Result: Congressional Directory: Department of Defense

This search provides results in the “Department of Defense” entry in the Directory. This entry

includes the names of all the officials associated with the agency, their location and office telephone

numbers.

ENDNOTES:

i Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free Adobe

Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset copy.

2 The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS, WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display o

the results may vary.

3 When a file name, such as MEMBER.ASK. appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAlS and MacWAlS client software. The saved searches

are also available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP she at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wm.ask or mac.ask
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Connect to Database* Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

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Congressional Documents Online Via GPOAccess

Content and file format: The Congressional Documents database contains selected House, Senate

and Treaty Documents for the 104th Congress (1995-1996). Documents are available as ASCII text

and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.i Graphics, mcluding seamed tmag« of

camera ready copy are omitted from the ASCII text version but are contained in the PDF files. When

documents are printed entirely from camera copy, the text is not searchable. Approximately 85% of

Congressional Documents are produced from camera copy. Smce this database contains only

documents printed at the GPO, a “Catalog of Available Documents is provided online which lists all

documents currently available via GPO Access. Documents are listed by report number. The

database will be updated irregularly as electronic versions become available.

Fields: The FIELD “repttype” can be used to limit your search to a particular type of document.

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or a WAIS client, a field can be searched by

S^TfieSe (repttype), followed by an equals sign (=). followed by the type of document

(Senate, House or Treaty). All queries that do not specify a field search the entire database.

Identification Code: Each document in the Congressional Documents database online via Gp0

Access will be displayed in the results list with an identification code followed by the initial words of

the title. For example: H.Doc 104-20 95th National Convention ofthe ~

example, H stands for House (S stands for Senate and T stands for Treaty) and Doc.104-20 the

document number.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web chent software is

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of Veurne • change

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to cn g

your options In WinWAIS. select Edit and then frora P^^poTMcc„s Web

SJ e-iect File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access ?Pages apSdin which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searches for the Congressional Documents database are: 2

Query:

Result:

Subject (DEFERRAL.ASK)3

(recissions OR deferrals) AND September 19 ioq s

H.Doc. 104-112 Cumulative Rpt. on Recissions and Referrals Aug. ,

H.Doc. 104-115 Cumulative Rpl. on Recissions and Referrals Sept. 1,1995
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This search demonstrates how to search by topic in the Congressional Documents database. This

search retrieves Congressional documents mentioning the terms recissions or deferrals during the

month of September 1995. It also demonstrates the use of multiple boolean operators (ADJ, AND or

NOT) in a single query. Also, this search demonstrates the use of parenthesis. The WAIS server will

process the information in parenthesis first.

Document Number (DOCNO.ASK)

Query: “104-11”

Result: T.Doc. 104-11 Exchange of Notes relating to tax convention

H.Doc. 104-11 Status of Iraq

This search illustrates how to search by document number. You may limit your search to a specific

type of document by using the repttype field. For example, to search for a treaty document type the

following: repttype= treaty AND Sweden. The search below illustrates a fielded search.

Fielded Search (NUCLEARASK)

Query: rettype=treaty AND “nuclear safety”

Result: T.Doc. 104-6 Convention, Nuclear Safety

T.Doc. 104-14 Investment Treaty with Trinidad

This search demonstrates how to use a field as well as boolean operators in a single search.

Treaty Document and Corresponding Executive Report (JORDANASK)

Query: jordan

Result: T. Doc. 104-3 Extradition Treaty with Jordan

E. Rpt. 104-2 Extradition Treaty with Jordan

The above search illustrates how to find a treaty document and the corresponding executive report.

To search for a treaty document and its corresponding executive report, choose both the

Congressional Documents and Congressional Reports databases and search by topic.

A Senate Treaty Document contains the text of a treaty as submitted to the Senate by the President of

the United States for ratification. The corresponding Executive Report from the Committee on

Foreign Relations provides the committee’s recommendations on the treaty.

ENDNOTES:

1 Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset copy.

2 The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS,WAIS or Web chem software

customized for GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display o

results may vary.

searches are available on The Federal Bulleun Board /FTP sue at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wm.ask or mac.ask.
March 1996

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-138.

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

A Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

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The Congressional Record Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Congressional Record is the official record of die proceedings and 

debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The 1996

Congressional Record database is usually updated by 11 a.m„ except when a late adjournment

delays production of the daily issue. Each Congressional Record document is available as an ASCII

text file and as an Adobe Acrobat Portable (PDF) fileJ

Fields: The fields in the Congressional Record database are:?

Issue Date: date Section Name.

Daily Digest Pages: digest House Pages:

Senate Pages: senate Extensions ofRemarks Pages:

section

house

extensions

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or a WAIS client, a field can be searched by

typing the fieldname, followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term or terms that are soug .

Numeric fields such as the date field, can use the greater than (» and less than (<) symbols to

search a range of numbers. Similarly, when searching via the World Wide Web, you may type in the 

field name followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term(s) sought or link to the

ADVANCED searching pages which contain established fields. All queries that do not speci ) a

field search the entire database.

Identification Code: Each document in the Congressional Record databases online via

Senate There are no section identifiers in the 1994 Congressional Record database.
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The sample searches on the following pages represent common Congressional Record searches.3

Senator By Name [SENATORASK]4

Query: “Mrs Kassebaum” AND (“child pornography” OR “child abuse”)

Result: crO1 fe96S Unanimous-Consent Agreement

This search retrieves 1996 Congressional Record documents mentioning a senator by name and

demonstrates the use of multiple boolean operators (ADJ, AND or NOT) in a single query. The list

of documents in the search results does not differentiate ifthe senator spoke or was spoken about.

To identify a senator when speaking, after retrieving a document, search for the senator’s name in all

capital letters. If viewing with the WinWAIS or MacWAIS client software, use the FIND command

in the text viewer to search for the name (KASSEBAUM). If using SWAIS, use a slash followed by

the name (/KASSEBAUM) to skip to the line containing the name. (NOTE: In the Congressional

Record, a Senator is identified as Mr., Mrs. or Ms., not as Senator. The name will always appear all

in capital letters and flush left when the Senator is speaking.)

Bill Number [HR497ASK]

Query: “h.r. 497”

Query 2: “h r 497”

Result: cr05mr96H National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act

This search retrieves 1996 Congressional Record documents referencing the bill H.R. 497. The bill

number may be typed with or without the punctuation; however, a bill number such as H.R. 497

must be entered with a space between H and R , i.e. “h r 497”, if no punctuation is used. (NOTE:

The results list presents the documents in relevance ranked order, not chronological order. Relevance

is computed based on several factors, including the occurrence of the search terms in the document

title, the frequency ofthe terms as a percentage of the total document size and conformance with the

exact search phrasing.)

Date [VETOASK]

Query: “Land disposal” AND dates1/30/96

Result: cr30ja96H Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1995

cr30ja96H Reports of Committees on Public Bills and Resolutions

This search retrieves 1996 Congressional Record documents mentioning "land disposal" published

on a specific date. If a date is used by itself, the database will list all documents with that date, even

ifthe documents vary in subject matter. The software also supports date ranging. The query “land

disposal ” AND date>1/30/96 will retrieve all documents mentioning "land disposal" published

after January 30. The query “land disposal” AND dates1/30/96 TO 2/28/96 will retrieve all

documents mentioning "land disposal" published between January 30 and February 28,1996.

[NOTE: There is no date field in the 1994 Congressional Record database. To retrieve a document

published on February 6, 1994, add the phrase AND “record February 6” to the query.]

Section Name (GPOASK)

Query: section=senate AND “government printing office”

Query 2: senate=“govemment printing office”

Result: cr23fe96S The University of New Mexico Opens An Online Gateway

crO5ja96S Executive and other Communications
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This search demonstrates two ways to use a field to limit a search to a specific section ofthe

Congressional Record. The first uses the section field to restrict the results of documents in the

Senate pages (section=senate). The second uses the senate field and specifies the terms to appear

within that field. These two search strings produce identical search results.

Daily Digest [DDIGEST.ASK]

Query: section=digest AND date=2/6/95

Result: cr06fe96D New Public Laws

crO6fe96D House ofRepresentatives

crO6fe96D Daily Digest

This search retrieves the Daily Digest documents for a specific date. The Daily Digest provides a

summary of chamber actions and other activities of the Congress. When both chambers are in

session, the Daily Digest is presented in two parts, one for the House and one for the Senate. The

Senate part is entitled Daily Digest. The House part is entitled House of Representatives. Additional

information, including front matter and meeting schedules, will appear as separate documents.

Rollcall Vote [ROLLCALL.ASK]

Query: “rollcall vote no” AND “balanced budget” AND date=1/2/96 TO 2/28/96

Result: crO7fe96H Agricultural Market Transition Act

crO7fe96S Agricultural Market Transition Act

This search retrieves Congressional Record documents from February 1996 that include a rollcall

vote and mention the phrase “balanced budget.” If a specific rollcall vote number is known, you can

search for it with the phrase “rollcall vote no 7,” omitting the subject and date.

Lobby List [LOBBYLSTASK]

Query: “lobby list” AND date<3/l/96

Result: 1129fe96H [Lobby List: Late Reports, 3d Qtr 1995]

1129fe96H [Lobby List: Registrations, 4th Qtr 1995]

1129fe96H [Lobby List: Reports, 4th Qtr 1995]

This search retrieves the Lobby List documents published prior to March 1,1996. The list identifies

individuals and organizations who lobby the Congress and the clientele that they represent. It is

based on disclosure forms filed with the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate and is

published in the Congressional Record quarterly, usually in February, May, August and November.

The three sections are the Registrations, Quarterly Reports for the most recent quarter an e 

Quarterly Reports from the prior quarter that were received too late for inclusion in the earlier Lobby

List.

Phrases [UNION.ASK]

Query: “state of the union” AND date=1/24/96

Query 2: “state union address" AND date= 1/24/96

Result: cr22ja96S Message from the House

cr22ja96H State of the Union

This search demonstrates the retrieval of documents that include the phrase ^’romTheohrase

address" and the date January 22, 1996. The stop words of and the may be omitted from the phr

“state of the union address” without affecting the search results.

Congressional Record Citation (Page Number and Date)
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The sample search provided below demonstrates searching the 1996 Congressional Record database

with a page number.

Senate Page Number [H757.ASK]

Query: “page H757 “

Result: cr23ja96H Announcement By the Speaker Pro Tempore

cr23ja96H Report of Committee to Notify the President

cr23ja96H Constructed Water Conveyances Reform Act of 1995

cr23ja96H Awarding Congressional Gold Medal To Ruth

The above search retrieves the Congressional Record documents with the citation H757 (January

23,1996). Page numbers appear in the document header in the format [Page H757-H759] and in the

text in the format [[Page H757]]. Individual page numbers are placed between the last word from

the previous page and the first word from the specified page, even ifthat places the page number in

the middle of a sentence. Page numbers do not appear in the 1994 Congressional Record database.

ENDNOTES:

1 Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset copy. (PDF files are not available for the 1994

Congressional Record.)

2 There are no fields in the 1994 Congressional Record database online via GPO Access.

3 The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS or the WAIS or Web client

software customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the

display of the results may vary.

4 When a file name, such as SENATOR.ASK. appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved

searches are also available on The Federal Bulletin Board /FTP site via fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac.ask.
United States

of America

Vol. 142

Congressional Titcord

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 704th CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION

WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1996 N^U

Senate

The Senate met at 10:30 a m. and was

called to order by the President pro

tempore |Mr. THURMOND).

RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING

MAJORITY LEADER

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The

able acting majority leader. Senator

Lott , is recognized.

Mr. LOTT. I thank the Chair. PRAYER

The Chaplain. Dr. Lloyd John

Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:

Dear God. our Father, we thank You

for the blessings You release when

Your people pray. The President and

Vice President and their families, the

Justices of the Supreme Court, the

Members of the House of Representatives. and the men and women of this

Senate, along with those of us who are

privileged to work with them, are recipients of the impact of the prayers of

intercession prayed by millions of

Americans around the clock. Help us to

remember that You are seeking to answer these prayers as we receive Your

wisdom and guidance. May we never

feel alone or only dependent on our

own strength. Your mighty power is

impinging on us here as a result of people's prayers. An unlimited supply of

supernatural strength, wisdom, and vision from You is ready to be released.

Also, remind us that our ability to

receive is dependent on our willingness

to pray for each other here as we work

together in the Senate. We recommit

ourselves to be channels of prayer

power not only to our friends and those

with whom we agree, but also for those

with whom we disagree, those we consider our political adversaries, and especially those who test our patience, or

those we need to forgive. So. lift our

life together from a battle zone of combative words to a caring community of

leaders who pray for and communicate

esteem for one another. Thank You for

giving us unity in spirit as we deal

with diversity of ideas. In our Lord s

name. Amen.

THANKING THE SENATE CHAPLAIN

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, we thank

our Chaplain for his assistance and his

daily prayers and for his efforts this

very morning with the Congressional

Prayer Breakfast. We assure him of our

prayers for him and his loved ones. We

know it is a difficult circumstance he

is dealing with at this time.

ator will indulge me Just a couple minutes. I would like to talk with regard

to what is happening with welfare reform.

WELFARE REFORM

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, someday,

perhaps a year from now. we will finally achieve genuine welfare reform

to change welfare from the way we

have known it. but it will not happen

today. Indeed, it may not happen this

year, not while President Clinton continues to brandish his veto pen against

all efforts to clean up the welfare mess,

to encourage work, and to help people

who need assistance to get off welfare

and get a job.

His first veto of welfare reform received little notice because it was part

of our larger Balanced Budget Act.

That legislation was long and complicated. touching upon many different

programs. So the President was able to

block welfare reform in the process of

opposing other provisions in the bill.

His second veto of welfare reform

likewise received scant attention because much of the country was distracted by the blizzard of 1996. It was

vetoed late at night, and there was not

much press coverage because most of

official Washington was not paying attention. They were still concentrating

on the overall budget agreement.

Now the President has promised a

third veto of welfare reform, and he has

done so in a way that blatantly violates his previous pledges on this issue.

In an interview that appeared in yesterday s. that is Wednesday s. Washington Post, the President made clear

that his earlier endorsement of the

welfare reform bill that passed the Senate last fall is no longer operative.

The bill that passed the Senate was

H.R. 4. which this body approved on

September 19. 1995. by a strongly bipartisan vote of 87 to 12. It sailed through

SCHEDULE

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today, the

Senate will resume consideration of S.

1541. the farm bill. Under the previous

order, all Senators should be aware

that there will be two cloture votes

today beginning at 1:30 p.m. Additional

rollcall votes can be expected in order

to complete action on the farm bill

today.

Also as a reminder. Senators have

until 12 noon today to file first-degree

amendments to the pending substitute

and until 1 p.m. to file second-degree

amendments.

Today, there will be a Joint meeting

of Congress at 11:45 a.m. to hear an address by the President of France. President Chirac. Members should be in the

Chamber at 11:25 in order to proceed to

the House of Representatives for the

address.

Mr. President. 1 would like to also

this morning make some brief remarks

with regard to the need for truth in

packaging on welfare reform I observe

the Senator from Indiana, the chairman of the Agriculture Committee is

here. There may be a need for the others that are involved in the agriculture

bill to come to the floor. So. if the SenThis ' bullet” symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor.

S671

Printed on recycled paper containing 100% post consumer waste
[Congressional Record: February 1, 1996 (Senate)]

[Page S671]

From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

SENATE

Vol. 142

WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1996

No. 14

Senate

[[Page S671]]

The Senate met at 10:30 a.m. and was called to order by the President

pro tempore [Mr. Thurmond).

prayer

The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:

Dear God, our Father, we thank You for the blessings You release when

Your people pray. The President and Vice President and their families,

the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Members of the House of

Representatives, and the men and women of this Senate, along with those

of us who are privileged to work with them, are recipients of the

impact of the prayers of intercession prayed by millions of Americans

around the clock. Help us to remember that You are seeking to answer

these prayers as we receive Your wisdom and guidance. May we never feel

alone or only dependent on our own strength. Your mighty power is

impinging on us here as a result of people's prayers. An unlimited

supply of supernatural strength, wisdom, and vision from You is ready

to be released.

Also, remind us that our ability to receive is dependent on our

willingness to pray for each other here as we work together in the

Senate. We recommit ourselves to be channels of prayer power not only

to our friends and those with whom we agree, but also for those with

whom we disagree, those we consider our political adversaries, and

especially those who test our patience, or those we need to forgive.
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Congressional Record Index & History ofBills

Online via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Congressional Record Index is a publication of the Joint Committee

on Printing Congress ofthe United States. It is published biweekly when Congress is in session and

indexes the daily issues of the Congressional Record. Each Index entry refers to a Congressional

Record page number and the date of the daily issue in the format S1234 [ 19JA). Each issue of the 

Index has two parts: the Index proper which lists individuals, organizations and other topics

mentioned in the Congressional Record, and the History ofBills, which lists legislative actions

reported in the Congressional Record. The two parts are available online as separate phases

Both the 1996 Congressional Record Index and History ofBills databases are usually updated the 

day after publication of the Congressional Record.

Identification Code: Each document in the CRI database online via GPO Access will display m the 

results list with an identification code followed by the initial words ofthe title. For example cni

yjnri FAR WEAPONS related term(s) International Atomic Energy Agency. In this example, cn

stands for Congressional Record Index and 96 is the year of publication.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software

is to return a maximum of40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you wi

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the TMnu; “

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu On the GPO Access^

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searches for the Congressional Record Index databases are: 1

Senator By Name [DOLEASK]2

Query: dole ADJ bob OR dole ADJ robert

Query 2: “dole bob OR dole robert

Result: cri96 DOLE, BOB [a Senator from Kansas]

This search demonstrates the correct phrasing for retrieving \C°ngnssi^naIf^d'^^^i

last name first, so a search for “bob dole” will retrieve no results. ]
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The President and Other Prominent Individuals by Title [PRESIDNT.ASK]; [SPEAKER.ASK]

Query: president AND clinton

Result:: cri93 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (Bill Clinton)

cri94 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (Bill Clinton)

This search demonstrates the correct phrasing for retrieving Congressional Record Index documents

about Bill Clinton in the 1993 and 1994 Congressional Record Index. Unlike other personal name

entries, the President and Vice president are listed by title, with the names appearing parenthetically,

so a search for clinton ADJ (william OR bill) would not retrieve these entries. Former Presidents can

be retrieved by name, so “reagan ronald” will retrieve the entries for REAGAN, RONALD (40th

President ofthe United States). However, a search for “Christopher warren” will retrieve a cross

reference to SECRETARY OF STATE (Warren M. Christopher).

Query 2: gingrich AND “speaker ofthe house”

Query 3: gingrich AND “speaker house”

Result: cri95 GINGRICH, NEWT (a Congressman from Georgia)

cri95 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

If an individual has a title, and you are uncertain how it is treated in the Index, it is best to search for

both the name and the title. For example, the search gingrich AND “speaker ofthe house” in the

1995 Index will retrieve the entries for GINGRICH, NEWT (a Congressman from Georgia) and

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. The stop words of and the may be omitted from the phrase “speaker

ofthe house” without affecting the search results. [NOTE: The complete list ofstop words is

published in the User Guidefor Database Online via GPO Access.]

Subject [CHINAASK]

Query: “human rights” AND China

Query 2: human ADJ rights AND China

Result: cri92 HUMAN RIGHTS related term(s) Civil Liberties; Civil Rights;

cri93 HUMAN RIGHTS related term(s) Civil Liberties; Civil Rights;

cri94 HUMAN RIGHTS related term(s) Civil Liberties; Civil Rights;

cri95 HUMAN RIGHTS related term(s) Civil Liberties; Civil Rights;

cri96 HUMAN RIGHTS related term(s) Civil Liberties; Civil Rights;

This search demonstrates the use of boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, ADJ) in a query. This

query retrieves documents that include the phrase “human rights” (human ADJ rights) AND the word

China. This search also demonstrates the value ofthe relevance ranking feature. Since the search

requested information from five separate databases (1992- 1996), the results from each database are

sorted and reported together in a single ranked list. Relevance is computed based on several factors,

including the occurrence of the search terms in the document title, the frequency of the terms as a

percentage of the total document size and conformance with the exact search phrasing.

Executive Communications [EXECOMM.ASK]

Query: “executive communications”

Result: cri96 EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

This search demonstrates the correct phrasing for retrieving the Congressional Record Index

document listing all Executive Communications to the Congress. Each transmittal is listed by the

issuing agency and includes the report title or description, followed by the Congressional Record

page number, executive communication number and date in the format H1223 (EC2010) [1FE].
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HISTORY OF BILLS

Content and file format: The Congressional Bills databases contain only the text ofthe published

bills Additional useful information that does not appear in the text ofthe bill itself may be found in

the History ofBills datebases. The History ofBills is part of the Congressional Record Index. As

such it covers only actions on a bill that are reported in the Congressional Record. The databases are

cumulative from the beginning of each session. The 1996 History ofBills is usually updated the day

after publication ofthe Congressional Record. A typical entry includes the biU number, title,

summary, sponsors and co-sponsors, and a chronological list of actions on the bill, each referencing

the CR page number and date when the action is reported.

IHpntification Code: Each entry will display in the results list with an identification code followed ISKXteinitialwords ofthe title. For example. hob96 HK449-A biU to amend

the Public Health Service Act with respect... In this example, hob stands for History ofBills, 96 is

the year of publication, and H.R. 449 is the bill number.

Good sample searches for the History ofBills database are:

Subject and Sponsor [SOLOMONASK]

Query: “anti-drug abuse” AND solomon

Result: hob96 H.R. 141 —A bill to amend the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

This search retrieves the 1996 History ofBills entry for the anti-drug abuse bill introduced by Mr.

Solomon. It summarizes the purpose ofthe biU and identifies

also reports actions taken on the bill as reported in the Congressional Record All references are to

the Congressional Record page number and date when the action was reported.

Bill Number [HR3600.ASK]

Query: “H.R. 449”

Resuifc2 hob96 H.R. 449—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act....

This search retrieves the 1996 History ofBills entries for H.R. 449. The bill number may betyped

with or without punctuation, but a query without punctuation must include a space between

House Report Number [HREPTASK]

Query: “ “h. rept. 104-127”

Query 2:

Result:

hob95 H.R. 1062—A bill to enhance competition in the financial services.

TO, romo.os to 1995 .nW to, toTM””” ml"?

is H. Rept.]

Public Law Number [103-191ASK]

RXdf hob^S *1716—A bill to amend the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration

Resu)l- KpJbVEla WS FOR THE 1ST SESSION OFTHE 103RD
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This search retrieves the 1994 History ofBills entries for Public Law 103-191. The results include

the entry for S. 1716, the bill that became Public Law 103-191, and the list of Public Laws for the 1st

Session of the 103rd Congress. Since the bill was signed into law during the recess between the 1st

and 2nd Sessions, it was reported in the Congressional Record at the beginning ofthe 2nd Session

and therefore appears in the 1994 History ofBills database. Not every public law is reported

by number in the Congressional Record, so a separate listing of all public laws is added to the

database as a finding aid. [NOTE: The phrase Public Law is not abbreviated in this database.]

ENDNOTES:

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customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

2 When a file name, such as DOLE.ASK, appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved search

with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved searches are

also available on The Federal Bulletin Board/FTP at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac.ask.

F-4
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Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

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Congressional Reports Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Congressional Reports database contains all House, Senate and 

Executive Reports for the 104th Congress (1995-1996). Reports are available as ASCH text and

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.1 Graphics, including scanned images of

camera ready copy are omitted from the ASCII text version but are contained in the PDF files When

reports are printed entirely from camera copy, the text is not searchable, except for words on the

cover page Approximately, 15% ofthe Congressional Reports are produced from camera copy. A

“Catalog of Available Reports” is provided online which lists all reports currently available via G

Access by number. This database is updated irregularly as electronic versions become available.

Fields: The FIELD “repttype” can be used to limit your search to a particular type of report.

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or a WAIS client, a field can be searched by

typing the field name (repttype), followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the type ofrepo

SutWe House or Sewtt) For example, repttype=senate AND terrorism will retrieve only Senate

reports dealing with terrorism. AU queries that do not specify a field search the entire database.

Identification Code: Each report in the Congressional Reports database onhne via GPO Access will

display in the results Ust with an identification code followed bythe

sample- S.Rpt. 104-23 Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995. fr

example, S stands for Senate (H stands for House and E stands for Executive) and Rpt.104-23 the

report number.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of ‘

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to ctiang

your options8 In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pulldown menm In

MacWAIS select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access

SXPages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searches for the Congressional Reports database follows:2

Bill Number (ALASKA.ASK)3

Query: “H.R. 402”

Query 2: “H R 402”

Result: HRept. 104-73 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments
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This search demonstrates the correct phrasing to retrieve a Congressional Report by bill number.

The bill number may be typed with or without the punctuation; however, a bill number such as H.R.

402 must be entered with a space between H and R, i.e. “h r 402”, if no punctuation is used.

Report Number (RPTNOASK)

Query: “104-23”

Query 2: 104 ADJ 23

Result: S. Rpt. 104-23 Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of

H. Rpt. 104-23 Effective Death Penalty Act of 1995

This search demonstrates how to search by report number. You may limit your search to a specific

type ofreport by using the repttype field. The search below illustrates a fielded search.

Fielded Search for Executive Reports (EXECASK)

Query: repttype=executive AND Sweden

Result: E.Rpt. 104-4 Income Tax Convention with Sweden

E.Rpt. 104-9 Revised Protocol Amending the Tax Convention with Canada

This search illustrates how to limit your search results to executive reports. Senate Committees issue

Executive Reports to provide their recommendations on a treaty submitted by the President for

rarifiratinn by the Senate or nominations submitted by the President for confirmation by the Senate.

Executive Report and Corresponding Treaty Document (JORDANASK)

Query: jordan

Result: E. Rpt. 104-2 Extradition Treaty with Jordan

T.Doc. 104-3 Extradition Treaty with Jordan

The above search illustrates how to find an executive report and the corresponding treaty document.

To search for a treaty document and its corresponding executive report, choose both the

Congressional Documents and Congressional Reports databases and search by topic.

A Senate Treaty Document contains the text of a treaty as submitted to the Senate by the President of

the United States for ratification. The corresponding Executive Report from the Committee on

Foreign Relations provides the committee’s recommendations on the treaty.

Subject (ABUSEASK)

Query: “child pornography” OR “child abuse”

Query 2: child ADJ pornography OR child ADJ abuse

Result: H.Rpt. 104-90 Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995

This query retrieves Congressional Reports which mention child pornography or child abuse,

advisable that you make your search as specific as possible to avoid retrieving a large number

It is

of

extraneous documents.
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ENDNOTES:

1- Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS and Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset copy.

2. The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS, WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

3- When a file name, such as ALASKA.ASK, appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that file name available for use with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved

searches are available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wm.ask or mac.ask.

Helpful Hintsfor Searching Databases Online via GPO Access March 1996

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

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For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

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Economic Indicators Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Economic Indicators database contains the Economic Indicators

fromApril 1995 forward. The Economic Indicators are prepared for the Joint Economic Committee

by the Council of Economic Advisors and is published monthly. Documents are available as ASCII

text and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 1 Charts and graphs are omitted

from the ASCII text version. The database is updated monthly.

Identification Code: Each document in the Economic Indicators database online via GPO Access

will be displayed in the results list with an identification code followed by the initial words of the

title. For example, in the identification code, “Econ. Ind. (April p. 2) PRODUCER PRICES”,

EconJnd. stands for the source and (April p.2), represents the issue and page number.

Maximum Responses? The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. In

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access Web

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searchesfor the Economic Indicators database are:2

Subject (FINANCEASKP

Query: “federal finance”

Query 2: federal ADJ finance

Result: Econ. Ind.(April p. 32) Federal Finance

Econ. lnd.(May p. 32) Federal Finance

This search retrieves tables under the topic of Federal Finance. If you are unsure of the exact table

title, you can search by subject. All phrases should be placed in quotes, or the boolean operator ADJ

(adjacent) should be placed in between all words in a phrase. The above search illustrates both

searching options.
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Table Title (TABLEASK)

Query: “gross domestic product’’ OR GDP

Query 2: gross ADJ domestic ADJ product

Result: Econ. Ind.(April p. 2) GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN 1987 DOLLARS

This search retrieves tables with titles specifically containing the words Gross Domestic Product.

When looking at the ASCII text version of a table, set the font to a non-proportional font, such as

courier so that the columns will align properly. You can change your font while in the text editor of

the GPO Access client software.

Contents (INDICATORASK)

Query: contents

Result: Econ. Ind.(August p. 38) Contents

Econ. Ind.(June p. 38) Contents

This search retrieves the table of contents for every issue of Economic Indicators for the year. You

cannot search by month for one specific table of contents.

ENDNOTES:

1- Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader Software can view and print typeset copies.

2. The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS.WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

3. When a file name, such as FINANCE.ASK, appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved searches

are also available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac^sk.

H-2
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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

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The Economic Report Of The President Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Economic Report ofthe President includes; 1) current and

foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production,

real income and Federal budget outlays; 2) employment objectives for significant groups of the labor

force- 3) Annual numeric goals; and 4) a program for carrying out program objectives. This report is

transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission ofthe budget. Supplementary

reports can be issued to the Congress which contain additional and/or revised recommendations.

Documents are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF)

filesJ This database will not be updated.

Identification Code: Each record from the Economic Report ofthe President database online via

GPO Access will display in the results list with the database code, followed by the initial words of

the title. For example: erp_pl Contents. In this example, erp_pl stands for the Economic Report of

the President preliminary pages and contents is the title of the document.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options. In WinWAlS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. In

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO *ccessTMD

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Sample searches for the Economic Report ofthe President database are;2

Contents: (ERPCONTASK)

Query: contents

Result: erp_pl_ Economic Report

erp_p5_ CONTENTS

This search demonstrates how to search for the Table of Contents in order to locate different chapters

within the Economic Report ofthe President

Subject: (RATE.ASK)

Query: “unemployment rate"

Query 2: unemployment ADJ rate

Result: erp_c2_ CHAPTER 2

erp_blO5 Table B-105.— Civilian unemployment rate, and hourly..
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This search demonstrates how to search for a subject in the Economic Report ofthe President.

Quotation marks around a phrase act as the Boolean operator ADJ. Either quotation marks or ADJ

will produce the same result.

Table: (TABLEASK)

Query: “u.s. exports*’ AND table

Result: erp_bl01 Table B-101.— U.S. merchandise exports and imports by area,

erp_blOO Table B-100.—U.S. merchandise exports and imports by principle

This search demonstrates how to search for a table concerning a certain subject. This search will

retrieve all tables that reference U.S. exports.

Chart (CHARTASK)

Query: inflation AND chart

Result: erp_c2_CHAE1 ER 2

crp_c3_CHAP1 ER 3

This search demonstrates how to search for a chart concerning a certain subject. Charts are not

listed as separate documents within the datebase, but are imbedded within chapters. Therefore,

once you view the chapter, you can search for the word “chart” in order to locate it.

ENDNOTES:

1 Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset files.

2 The results ofthese sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS. WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display

ofthe results may vary.

3 When a file name, such as CHART.ASK. appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved

searches are also available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site at fcdbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac.ask.
Helpful Hintsfor Searching Databases Online via GPOAccess March 1996

A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

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The FederalRegister Online Via GPOAccess

Content and file format: The Federal Register is published by the Office ofthe Federal Register

(OFR) U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It is the official publication

for Presidential Documents and Executive Orders, as well as Nonces, Rules and Proposed Rules

from Federal agencies and organizations. The Federal Register is published Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. The 1996 Federal Register database is updated daily by 6 a.m.. Federal

Register documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format

(PDF) files.1 The Unified Agenda is maintained as a separate database. Information on the Unified

Agenda database is at the end of this document.

Fields: Fields in the Federal Register databases online via GPO Access are;2

Issue Date: date

Section Name: section

Rules and Regulations: rules

Proposed Rules: proposed

Notices: notices

Sunshine Act Meetings: sunshine

Presidential Documents: presidential

Contents: contents

Reader Aids: reader

Corrections: corrections

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or aWAIS client, a field can be searched by

typing the field name, followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term or terms that are sought.

Numeric fields, such as the date field, can use the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols to

search a range of numbers. Similarly, when searching via the World Wide Web, you may type in the

field name, foUowed by an equals sign (=), followed by the tertn(s) sought or link to the

ADVANCED searching pages which contain established fields. All quenes that do not specify

field search the entire database.

Identification Codes: Each document in the Federal Register databases online via ^cc“f W1U

be displayed in the results list with an identification code followed by the initial words ofthe title.

For Xple: frl7ja96R. In this example, fr stands for Federal Register, 17ja96 is the issue date,

and R indicates that the document is from the Rules and Regulauons section. Other section

“entifiers are A for Reader Aids; C for Contents; E for Presidential Documents; P for Proposed

Rules; N for Notices; S for Sunshine Act Meetings; and X for Corrections.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Wet> client; software >s

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger numbe document^ youwill

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source '°ch g

vour options In WinWAIS. select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down memn In

MacWAIS select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access wen

Searching Pages■ abox fr provided in which you may change the number of documents returned. _
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Good sample searches for theFederal Register databases online via GPO Access are:*

Table of Contents by Date [CONTENTS.ASKp

Query: section=contents AND date=1/1/96

Result: frO2ja96C CONTENTS

This search retrieves the Federal Register Table of Contents for a specific date. The date can be

changed as needed. This query will retrieve documents from the contents section that were

published in the Register for January 2,1996. If a date is used by itself, the database will list all

documents with that date, regardless ofsubject matter.

Agency Name [ENVIRMNTASK]

Query: “environmental protection agency” AND superfund

Query 2: environmental ADJ protection ADJ agency AND superfund

Result: fr29ja96N Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to Section

fr31ja96P National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

This search retrieves documents based on the name of the issuing agency. Usually the agency name

should be modified by a date or a subject to make the search more specific.

Subject [LEADASK]

Query: “lead paint”

Query 2: lead ADJ paint

Result: frO9fe96N Federal Property Suitable for Facilities to Assist the Homeless

frl6fe95N Dialog group on Identification of Lead-Based Paint Hazards

This search demonstrates the functioning of the ADJ operator (or use of a phrase in quotation marks)

and the value ofthe relevance ranking feature. Although the search specified the phrase “lead paint”

(lead ADJ paint), the results include the documents with the term lead-based paint as well. The ADJ

operator retrieves not only document where words are immediately adjacent, but also those where

the words are separated by up to 20 characters. Relevance is computed based on several factors,

including the occurrence of the search terms in the document title, the frequency of the terms as a 

percentage ofthe total document size and conformance with the exact search phrasing. In the

sample search, the document containing the phrase “lead paint” (frO7ap95N) received a much higher

ranking than the document with “lead-based paint” (frl6fc95N), although both were considered

responsive to the query.

Final/Proposed Rules [FINALASK]

Query: rules=”prisoners of war”

Result: fr 14fe95R Army National Cemeteries

This search retrieves final rules on a specific subject in the 1995 Federal Register database online via

GPO Access. This query will retrieve documents that are in the Rules and Regulations section ofthe

Federal Register that include the phrase “prisoners of war” The stop word of may be omitted from

the phrase "prisoners of war" without affecting the search results. Substituting the field proposed

for "rules" would limit the search to Proposed Rules on that subject. The query section=niles AND

date= 2/14/95 will retrieve both final and proposed rules on that date, regardless of the subject.
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Code ofFederal Regulations (CFR) Part Number [40CFRS5.ASK]

Query: “40 cfr part 55”

Result: ft29ja96P Outer Continental ShelfAir Regulations; Consistency Update for

This search retrieves a Federal Register document based on the CFR Pan affected by the rule or

proposed rule. It is necessary to include the word “part” in order to limit the query to the

(ntrodnctory material in each document that references the affected parts. (NOTE: The Summary

can be viewed to determine the relevance of the retrieved documents before viewing or saving the

full document This is particularly useful for large documents. Summary files are not accessible

with SWAIS.)

List of Parts Affected [PARTSAFF.ASK]

Ouery- “parts affected” AND date=2/26/96

Result: fr26fe96C CFR PARTS AFFECTED IN THIS ISSUE

fr26fe96A Reader Aids

This search retrieves the fists of CFR parts affected that appear in each issue ofthe FederalRegister.

The first entry is the list that identifies only the CFR parts affected by the issue of February 26. The

second entry includes the cumulative list of parts affected during the entire month ofFebruary.

[NOTE- The List of Sections Affected (LSA) is a separate publication and is not available online.]

Graphics [MOJAVEASK]

Ouery; mojavc r

Result: frO8fe94 Endangered and Threatened 'Wildlife and Plants; Determination of

This search retrieves a 1994 Federal Register document with multiple TIFF (scanned image) filesImages are scanned at 300 dots per inch (DPI). Retrieving the ASCII text file and searchingforTIFF

will display the teg <GRAPHICxTIFF> at the location where the graphic designated as TIFF

appears in the printed Federal Register page. PDF files are not available for tee 1994

Raster database, as a result, tee images are available as TIFF files. Retrieving the PDF file

tee 1995-1996 FederalRegister databases will invoke tee Adobe Acrobat Reader and display th

typeset Federal Register document, with the graphics displayed in place on tee aPProP"a‘e Pag®' If

there is no TIFF file associated with a particular graphic, tee locauon of the image is in y

reference to teeTIFF file, including the filename. For example:

[GRAPHIC][TIFF OMITTED] TR21FE96.002

Federal Register Citation (Page Number and Date)

The sample search provided below demonstrates searching the 1996 Federal Register database by

page number.

Page Number [PAGE5777ASK]

Resuit*: ft14fe96N Granting of Request for Early Termination ofthe Waiting Period

frl4fe96N Criteria for Fixed Price Service Standards

frl4fe96N Runaway and Homeless youth Program. Fiscal year (FY) 199

This search retrieves notices teat appear, in whole or in part, on page 5777 and can be identified with

Se^dtadon71 TO 5777 (Feb^ry 14.1996). The inclusive page numbers for each document^
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are included in the heading at the top of each document. For documents that include a page break,

the page numbers appear in the text in the format [[Page 5777]]. The page number is placed between

the last word from the previous page and the first word from the specified page, even if that places

the page number in the middle of a sentence.

Note: Page numbers do not appear in the 1994 Federal Register database, except in the Contents and

List of CFR Parts Affected. Instructions for searching by page number in the 1994 database remain

as follows:

If you have a Federal Register citation from 1994, you must perform a two step search. First search

by date and/or page number and retrieve the Contents. From the Contents you can identify the

article and select significant words for a second search. For example, if you have a citation for 59

FR 37929 (July 26,1994), search the 1994 Federal Register database for contents AND “register

July 26” to retrieve the Contents for July 26, 1994. View or print the text of the Contents. If

viewing with the WinWAIS/MacWAIS client software, use the FIND command in the text viewer to

search for the page number (37929). If using SWAIS, use a slash followed by the page number (/

37929) to skip to the line containing that number. The Contents entry is:

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

RULES

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Oriental fruit fly, 37929-37930.

Read the entry, select key words, and modify the initial search to “fruit fly” AND date=7/26/95.

This will retrieve the specific document (as well as the table of contents).

Alternatively, you can do an initial search for the page number, 37929. This will retrieve the

Contents and List ofCFR Parts Affected for July 26. Viewing the list of CFR parts shows that page

37929 modifies 7 CFR Part 301. You can then do a search for “7 cfr part 301”. You can add the

date if you wish to limit the search, or merely select the article with the prefix fr26jy94 from the

search results.

Unified Agenda

Content and file format: The Unified Agenda, also known as the Semi-Annual Regulatory

Agenda, is published in the Federal Registertwice a year, usually in April and October. It 

summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each agency expects to issue during the following six

months. Because of its unique schedule and content, it is maintained as a separate database.

Documents are available as ASCII text files.

Identification Codes: Each document in the UnifiedAgenda databases online via GPO Access will

be displayed in the results list with an identification code. For example: ua28no95 Department of

Health and Human Services. In this example, ua stands for the Unified Agenda, 28no95 is the issue

date and Department of Health and Human Services is the title.

Good sample searches for the UnifiedAgenda databases online via GPO Access are on the following

pages.
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Query:

Query 2:

Result:

Agency Name [HUD.ASK] „

xx------- “housing urban development

“housing and urban development”

ua08my95 Department of Housing and Urban Development

ua08my95 1517. HUD ACQUISITION REGULATION [FR-3887]

This search retrieves all Unified Agenda entries for the Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD), including the summary list pending actions under the agency name and an

individual summary for each regulatory action announced by HUD. The lower case and in the

alternate query is a stop word (unlike the boolean operator AND), so its presence will have no effect

on the query results.

Subject Search [PAINT.ASK]

r S u7o8my95 1380. LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING PREVENTION R ’ ua08my95 3581. EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS FOR LEAD-BASED

ua08my95 Environmental Protection Agency

This subject search retrieves UnifiedAgenda documents that reference regulatory actions planned for

S-bX“n7lt7s not agency specific, and retrieves both HUD and EPA documents.

CFR Part Search [40CFR745.ASK]

RmiSC ua08my95 3587. REGULATORY INVESTIGATION UNDER THE TOXIC

R ua08my95 3596. LEAD-BASED PAINT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

This search retrieves UnifiedAgenda documents that reference regulatory actions

745. [NOTE: In the Federal Register database, it is necessary to search for 40cfrpart74.

retrieve information on this CFR part.]

ENDNOTES:

Users with SWAIS access win not be able to retrieve the PDF files Users with WAIS and Web access and the free Adobe Acrobat

Reader software can view and pnnt the typeset copy.

1 There are no fields or section identifiers tn the 1994 Federal Regular database

.k p,oi e,,r Will be eliminated. These notices will appear in

’the^

HeiS? will still be useful for Jan. 1995 - Feb. 1996 documents.

cxl7A ic nr WinWAlS and MacWAIS client software

a The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear-using: software, but the display of the results

customized for use with GPO Accau. The searches can be performed with other WAIS citent

may vary.

s When a file name, such as CONTBriSASKMa^cWWS

retrieve both proposed and final rules, but not notices, contents, etc__________________________ ____________________________

----------------------------------- J-5~
54946 Federal Register / Vol. 60. No. 208 / Friday. October 27. 1995 / Rules and Regulations

BIUJNG CODE 4M0-01-C

(ii) The uniform seal may be used by

any office of internal revenue set forth

in paragraphs (a) (3) through (8) of this

section, and any other office designated

by the Commissioner to use a seal,

including the following internal revenue

offices resulting from a reorganization of

the IRS that will be implemented

beginning October 1. 1995:

Office of Regional Commissioner for.

Midstates Region (Dallas)

Northeast Region (Manhattan)

Southeast Region (Atlanta)

Western Region (San Francisco)

Office of District Director for

Arkansas-Oklahoma District (Oklahoma

City)

Brooklyn District

Central California District (San Jose)

Connecticut-Rhode island District

(Hartford)

Delaware-Maryland District (Baltimore)

Georgia District (Atlanta)

Gulf Coast District (New Orleans)

Houston District

Illinois District (Chicago)

Indiana District (Indianapolis)

Kansas-Missouri District (St. Louis)

Kentucky-Tennessee District (Nashville)

Los Angeles District

Manhattan District

Michigan District (Detroit)

Midwest District (Milwaukee)

New Jersey District (Newark)

New England District (Boston)

North Central District (St. Paul)

North Florida District (Jacksonville)

North-South Carolina District (Greensboro)

North Texas District (Dallas)

Northern California District (Oakland)

Ohio District (Cincinnati)

Pacific-Northwest District (Seattle)

Pennsylvania District (Philadelphia)

Rocky Mountain District (Denver)

South Florida District (Fort Lauderdale)

South Texas District (Austin)

Southern California District (Laguna

Niguel)

Southwest District (Phoenix)

Upstate New York District (Buffalo)

Virginia-West Virginia District (Richmond)

Office of Director of Computing Centers in:

Detroit

Memphis

Martinsburg

Office of Director of Submission Processing

Centers in:

Austin

Cincinnati

Memphis

Kansas City

Ogden

Office of Director of Customer Service

Centers in:

Andover

Atlanta

Austin

Baltimore

Brookhaven

Buffalo

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Dallas

Denver

Fresno

Indianapolis

Jacksonville

Kansas City

Memphis

Nashville

Ogden

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Portland. OR

Richmond

St. Louis

Seattle.

Margaret Milner Richardson.

CommissionerofInternal Revenue.

Approved: October 10. 1995.

Leslie Samuels.

Assistant Secretaryofthe Treasury.

|FR Doc. 95-26630 Filed 10-26-95; 8:45 am)

BIUJNG COOE 4S30-01-U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

(OH7D-1-6780b; FRL-5302-6]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plana; Ohio

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

acti on : Direct final rule.________ _____

SUMMARY: USEPA is approving the plan

revision that Ohio submitted to address

high lead concentrations measured near

the Master Metals secondary lead

smelter in central Cleveland. This

revision subjects this smelter to strict

emissions limits and operating

restrictions and will ensure that lead

concentrations in this area are reduced

sufficiently to meet the health-based air

quality standard.

DATES: This action is effective December

26. 1995 unless adverse or critical

comments are received by November 27.

1995. If the effective date is delayed.
[Trample ofa Federal Register document online via GPO Access. Intermediate text has been omitted to show TIFF

example and header on one page. ]

[Federal Register. October 27, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 208)1

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 54944-54946]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

26 CFR Part 301

[ID 8625]

RIN 1545-AS61

Seals ofOffice

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Final regulations.

SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations relating to the

authority contained within section 7514 ofthe Internal Revenue Code to

prescribe or modify seals ofoffice. These regulations provide an

additional or alternative uniform seal for use by internal revenue

offices throughout the country. In addition this regulation publishes

what will be the newly reorganized regional and district offices,

computing centers, submission processing centers, and customer service

centers ofthe IRS.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27. 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Walker, (202) 622-3640 (not

a toll-free call).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

[[Page 54945]]

Drafting Information

The principal author ofthese regulations is Robert A. Walker of

, a uniform seal for use by any office of

internal revenue is established. The uniform seal is described as

follows, and is illustrated in this paragraph (a)(2Xi)- A circle

as follows.

BILLING CODE 4830-01-U

[[Page 54946]]

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Connect to Datbases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

_ . . __ Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

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GAO Comptroller General Decisions Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The GAO Comptroller General Decisions database, sponsored by the

U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), contains decisions made by the Comptroller General in the

areas ofFederal law such as appropriations; bid protests; civilian or military personnel pay and

allowances; household goods and freight loss damage and transportation rates. The database includes

decisions from October 1995 forward and is updated within two business days after decisions are

released. Decisions are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format

(PDF) filesJ

Fields: The fields in the GAO Comptroller General Decisions database online via GPO Access are.

bnumber - Decision Number date - Decision Date title - Decision Title

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or a WAIS client, a field can be searched by

typing the field name, followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term or terns> thatare sought.

Numeric firlds, such as the date field, can use the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols to

search a range of numbers. Similarly, when searching via the World Wide Web, you may type m the

field name followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term(s) sought or link to the

ADVANCED searching pages which contain established fields. All queries that do not specify a

field search the entire database.

Irtontifirotinn Code: Each record in the GAO Comptroller General Decisions datable online via

GPO Access will be displayed in the results list with the database identification code followed by

LrWAK select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access e

The following -t* he"TM'

used to find GAO Comptroller General Decisions online via GPOAcces .
Helpful Hintsfor Searching Databases Online via GPOAccess March 1996

Subject (TICKETASK)3

Query: “southwest airlines” AND “companion ticket”

Query 2: southwest ADJ airlines AND companion ADJ ticket

Result: [B-254858] Southwest Airlines - Free Companion Ticket

This search demonstrates how to search by topic. In this particular search two phrases were

connected with the boolean operator AND which must appear in all capital letters.

Decision Number (B262009.ask)

Query: “b-262009”

Query 2: bnumber=”b-262009”

Result: [B-262009] Gail Braten

This search demonstrates how to search by decision number. An alternative to this search would be

to use the field for decision number. In order to make your search as specific as possible, the decision

number should be surrounded by quotation marks.

Date - Fielded Search (VENTUREASK)

Query: date=01/26/96

Query 2: date= 1/26/96

Result: [B-265609] Specialist Michael Crocco - Claim for Travel

[B-265937]CRK-JVC/Shockley Joint Venture

The above search demonstrates how to search for a specific decision date. The single digit months do

not do not have to begin with a zero for the search to function properly. To make the search more

specific, a subject could be added. For example, date=O1/26/96 AND travel.

Title (CLAIMASK)

Query: titles “overtime pay”

Result: [B-2569382] Marvin B. Atkinson - FLSA Overtime Pay Claim

This search demonstrates how to limit your search to the title field for the words “overtime pay”. If

you searched for the words “overtime pay” without using the title field it would search all documents

which mention the words “overtime pay” in the entire text ofthe document. As a result, you would

receive a larger amount of documents in the search results list.

ENDNOTES:

i Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS and access and the free Adobe Acrobat

Reader software can view and print the typeset copy.

2 . The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS.WA1S or Web client software customized for

use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of the results may vary.

3 When a file name, such as TICKETASK. appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved search with that

fiterame available for use with the GPO AcceisWuMAlS and MacWAlS client software The saved searches are available on The

Federal Bulletin Board /FTP site at fedbbsAccess.gpo.gov/wm.ask or mac.ask
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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

Helpful Hints For Searching

GAO Reports Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The GAO Reports are published by the General Accounting Office

(GA01. The GAO conducts audits, surveys, investigations and evaluations of Federal programs.

Their findings and recommendations are published as reports to members of Congress or delivered

as testimony to Congressional committees. The GAO Reports database contains all published

reports, except correspondence and reports that are restricted or classified. The database from FY

1995 forward is updated within two business days after reports are released. Each GAO Report is

available as an ASCII text file and as an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The

report series are identified by the initials in the report number. A list ofthese initials is available at

the end ofthis document.

Fields: The fields in the GAO Reports database online via GPO Access are:

Report Number. reportnum

Report Issue Date: date

Identifiers:* identifier

Report Title: title

Subject Terms: subject

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or a WAIS client, a field can be searched by

typing the fieldname, followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term or terms that are sought.

Numeric fields such as the date field, can use the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols to

XhTMXeof numbers. Similarly, when searching via the World Witte Web. you may type in the

field name followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term(s) sought or link to the

ADVANCED searching page which contains established fields. All queries that do not specify a

field search the entire database.

Identification Code: Each report from the GAO Reports datebase

displayed in the results list with an identification code. Forexample.is re n

New Model for Public Schools Provides Opportunities. In this «tample.1TM P

number and Charter Schools: New Model for Public Schools Provides Opportunities

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and^onhe^“XXms’youTffi '

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locat g cfiiprtinn menu to change need to chance the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Seecuo^menu to change

your options. In WinWAIS. select Edit and then Preferences from the P“TM TM .

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the P^'^Zbe^SnUreturn!

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the nu

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Good sample searches for the GAO Reports database online via GPO Access are:3

Report Number [HEHS9542ASK]4

Query: “HEHS-95-42”

Query 2: reportnum=”HEHS 95 42"

Result: [HEHS-95-42] Charter Schools: New Model for Public Schools Provides

This search demonstrates the correct phrasing to retrieve a GAO Report by number. The report

number may be typed with or without the punctuation; however, spaces must be inserted between

segments if no punctuation is used. To identify all reports in the HEHS series, search for

reportnum=hehs. (NOTE: The GAO control number is not in the report number field. It does appear

in the cover letter accompanying each report and can be searched using a query like “b-256567”.)

Subject [CHILDASK]

Query: child* ADJ health OR child* ADJ care OR child* ADJ abuse

Query 2: “child* health” OR “child* care” OR “child* abuse”

Result: [HEHS-95-20] Child Care: Child Care Subsidies Increase Likelihood That

[HEHS-95-35] Health Care: School-Based Health Centers Can Expand Access

This search demonstrates the use of multiple boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, ADJ) in a single

query. This query will retrieve GAO Reports that include the phrase “child health” (child ADJ

health) OR “child care” (child ADJ care) OR “child abuse” (child ADJ abuse) somewhere in the

report. A phrase may be entered surrounded by quotation marks (“ “) or with each searchable word

separated by the ADJ operator. Use of the asterisk (*) after the word child retrieves phrases

including the word children or other words with the root child.

Title Field (CHILDCARASK)

Query: title=”child care”

Result: [HEHS-95-20] Child Care: Child Care Subsidies Increase Likelihood That

This search retrieves GAO Reports that include the phrase “child care” in the report title.

Subject Field (NAFTAASK)

Query: subject=”unemployment compensation” AND NAFTA

Result: [HEHS-95-31 ] Dislocated Workers: An Early Look at the NAFTA Transitional

This search retrieves GAO Reports that includes the phrase “unemployment compensation” in the

subject field and mention NAFTA somewhere in the document.

Identifier Field (CANADA.ASK)

Query: identifier=canada

Result: [HEHS-95-31 ] Dislocated Workers: An Early Look at the NAFTA

The search retrieves GAO Reports that include Canada in the identifier field.

Date Range (TRADEASKp

Query’: date= 1/1/95 TO 1/31/95 AND trade

Query 2: “January 1995” AND trade

Result: [GGD-95-61] U.S.-China Trade: Implementation of Agreements on Market

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This search uses the date field and the operator TO in order to find reports on trade published

between January 1 and January 31,1995.5 The alternate search uses the narrative date that appears

on the report cover to identify a report; the use of the date January 1995 is less accurate than the use

ofthe date field since a report may refer to an event that occurred in January 1995 when that is not

thepublication date. If a date (or date range) is used by itself, the database will list all document

with ffiat date, regardless of subject matter. When a report has no specific day of issue, the date field

will contain the dates for the first and last days ofthe month. (NOTE: The results fist presents die

reports in relevance ranked order, not chronological order. Relevance >s computed based on several

factors including the occurrence ofthe search terms in the document title, the frequency ofthe terms

as a percentage of the total document size and conformance with the exact search phrasing.)

ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviations for the report series are based on the division or office performing the analysis and

include:

Abbreviation Division or Office

AIMD

GGD

HEHS

HRD

NSIAD

OCG

OGC

OIMC

OP

OPP

OSI

PEMD

RCED

endnotes .

Accounting and Information Management Division

General Government Division

Health, Education, and Human Services Division

Human Resources Division

National Security and International Affairs Division

Office ofthe Comptroller General

Office ofthe General Counsel

Office ofInformation Management and Communications

Office of Policy

Office of Program Planning

Office of Special Investigations

program Evaluation and Methodology Division

Resources, Community and Economic Development Division

the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free Adobe

1 User with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve

Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset copy.

1 Identifiers are additional terms for countries, states, organizauons. treaties or other named things that are relevant to

the subject of the report

cu?o^orfu« °f

the results may vary.

a When a file name, such as H^^.ASK appears in teackeuatjhe se^esT*1

5 The available operators for the date fieMpother

!^e?»“n,P'C "

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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

Helpful Hints For Searching

The GovernmentInformation Locator Service (Gils)

Online Via GPOAccess

Content and file format: The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) databases

contain records to identify public information resources throughout the Federal government, describe

information available in those sources, and provide assistance in obtaining information on those

sources. GILS core records describe the GILS record holdings of a particular agency. Pathway GILS

records are provided as a service for Federal Depository Libraries and the public to identify,

describe, and link to other government information, emphasizing the subject content and

publications of an agency. The GILS database will be updated irregularly. Each GILS document is

available as an ASCII text file.

Fields: The fields in the GILS datebases are:

title: Title

abstract: Abstract

avallablellnkagetype: Available Linkage Type

accessconstraints: Access Constraints

crossreference: Cross Reference

dateoflastmodification: Date of Last modification

localsubjectindex: Local Subject Index

purpose: Purpose

agencyprogram: Agency Program

usecontraints: Use Constraints

controlidentifier: Control Identifier

recordsource: Record Source

thesaurus: Thesaurus

Sourcesofdata: Sources of data

methodology: Methodology

Schedulenumber: Schedule Number

originator: Originator

geographicname: Geographic Name

timeperiodofcontent: Time Period of Content

suppiementalinformation: Supplemental Info,

pointofcontactforfurtherinformation: Point of Contact for further information

When searching via SWAIS (dial-in or telnet session) or aWAIS cUent, a field can be searched by

typing the field name, followed by an equals sign (=), followed by the term or terms that are sought.

Similarly, when searching via the World Wide Web, type in the field name followed by an equals

sign (=), followed by the term(s) sought or link to the ADVANCED searching pages which con am

established fields. All queries that do not specify a field search the entire database.

Identification Code: Each record in the GILS database online via GPO Access will be “

the results list with the database identification code followed by the imual words of the title. ( .

GILS: FCC Internet Site)

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of 40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will

need to change the setting, in SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change
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your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. In

MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access Web

Searching Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

The sample searches on the following pages demonstrate the most common searches and searching

techniques used to fmd GILS records online via GPO Access.

Good sample searches for the GILS database are listed below 1.

Subject (PENSIONASK)2

Query: Abstract=pension

Result: GILS: PBGC Annual Premium Filings

This search demonstrates the use of the field “abstract”. The abstract field contains a narrative

description of the information resource. This query will only retrieve records with the word

“pension” in the abstract.

Title (FEDREGASK)

Query: title=”federal register”

Query!: title=federal ADJ register

Result: GILS: The Federal Register Online via GPO Access

This search demonstrates how to search on the “title” field. It also demonstrates the functioning of

the ADJ operator (or use of a phrase in quotation marks). This query will only retrieve records with

the words “federal register” in the title. The title field conveys the most significant information

available about the resource, including the general topic area and specific reference to the subject.

Originator (OPMASK)

Query: originator=”office personnel management”

Query 2: originator=”office of personnel management”

Result: GILS: Federal Job Information Center (FJIC) Touch System

This search demonstrates how to search on the “originator” field. It is helpful to use this if you want

only resources that originate from a specific agency. The lower case “of’ in the alternate query is a

stop word (unlike a boolean operator such as AND), so its presence will have no effect on the search

results.

Full Record Search (FULLASK)

Query: internet OR web

Result: GILS: Superintendent of Documents Homepage on the World Wide Web

GILS: FCC Internet Site

This search demonstrates how to search the full text of a GILS record. It also demonstrates the

functioning of the OR operator. Records with the word “internet “or “web” located m any field will

appear in the results list.

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T .inks to the World Wide Web:

Many records are provided in both text and html format. The html format records contain hot links

to the World Wide Web. For example, when the results ofthe above query come back, you may

choose to view the 1st record in html format. The title of the record “The Superintendent of

Documents Homepage on the World Wide Web” is a hot link. Click on the title and you will

automatically be linked to the site. This is only possible if you have a Web Browser.

ENDNOTES.

1- The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS, WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

1 When a file name, such as PENS1ON.ASK, appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

search with that file name distributed with the GPO Access WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software. The saved searches

are also available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/win.ask or mac.ask.

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Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via,

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call; 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office __________________

Helpful Hints for Searching the

United States Government Manual Online via GPO Access

Content and file format: The United States Government Manual is published by the Office ofthe

Federal Register (OFR), This database contains comprehensive information on die agencies ofth

SSjSand executive branches. The Manual also includes information on quas>-official

aoenrirs- international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards,

commissions and committees. Documents are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Acrobat

Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 1 The United States Government Manual is updated

annually.

Identification Code: Each record will display in the results list with the database code followed by

the initial words ofthe tide. The identification code for the United States Government Manua is

Government Manual (ex: Government Manual: Department of State).

M-vimum Resnonses- The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

Maximum Responses, ine o a auerv. To locate * number of documentSi you wl]l

n^^rhangr the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options8 In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the £ w b

MacWAIS select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu On the GPOAccess weo

S^glfieTa box is provided to which you may change the number of documents returned.

The sample searches on the following pages demonstrate the mostcommon searches “d reaching

techniques used to find files from the United States Government Manual online

Good sample searches for the Government Manual datebase are:

Agency: (HEALTHASK) . „

“department of health and human services

“department health human services

“department ADJ health human services

Government Manual: Department of Health and Human Services

Query:

Query 2:

Query 3

Result:

This „TOh <» SSS2SEopmW<S (AND, OR. NOT. ADI I hl S wj"•JB*' “ f TO

results will appear as when the operator ADJ is used. The of and ana in t q .

stopwords and do not affect the search.
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Name: (CISNEROSASK)

Query: “Henry Cisneros”

Query 2:

Result:

Henry ADJ Cisneros

Government Manual: Federal Housing Finance Board

Government Manual: Department of Housing and Urban Development

This search demonstrates how to search for someone’s name in the Government Manual. Quotation

marks around a phrase act as the Boolean operator ADJ. Either quotation marks or ADJ will produce

the same result.

Subject:

Query:

Result:

(DEFENSEASK)

defense

Government Manual: Defense Agencies

Government Manual: Department of Defense

This search demonstrates how to search for a specific subject in the Government Manual. This

subject will retrieve all documents that reference defense.

ENDNOTES:

1 Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader software can view and print the typeset copy.

2 . The results ofthese sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS, WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

3 When a file name, such as DEFENSEASK, appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved

Urch wfth toftlename available for use wM&eGPO Access WinWAlS and MacWAlS diem software The saved

searches are available on The Federal Bulletin Board /FTP site at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wm.ask or mac.ask

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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

Helpful Hints For Searching

The Privacy Act Issuances, 1993 Compilation

Online Via GPO Access

Content and file format: The Privacy Act database contains the Privacy Act Issuances, 1993

ComnnXn The Privacy Act Issuances 1993 Compilation Online Database contains descriptions of

SXnJlySfr^otds maintained on individuals and procedures Federal agencies follow

to assist individuals who request information about their records. The three main categories of

documents in this database are; individual Privacy Act system descriptions; multiple descriptions of

Privacy Act systems; and agency record keeping policies and practices. The database is not upda

Documents are available asASCH text files. There are two sources of Privacy Act Notices: the

Privacy Act Issuances, 1993 Compilation and the Federal Register which has updates to the

Compilation.

Fields: The fields in the PrivacyAct Issuances. 1993 Compilation database online via GPO Access

are:

agency: Searches for a specific Agency Name

name: Searches for a specific System Name

system*. Searches for a specific System Number

identification code for the Privacy Act database lists e Privacy Act [OJP-005] Financial

number (if any) and the truncated words in the title. For example, Privacy Act IUJ

Management or Privacy Act: Under the Pnvacj Act

MulmunTheM««nS,,«SWA1S->'«“

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The sample searches on the following pages demonstrate the most common searches and searching

techniques used to find Privacy Act information online via GPO Access.

Good sample searches for the PrivacyAct database are: 1

Subject (TAXASK)2

Query: “payroll records”

Query 2: payroll ADJ records

Result: Privacy Act: [PADC —5] Payroll records — PADC

Privacy Act: [Table of Contents]

This search demonstrates how to search by subject matter. It also demonstrates the ADJ operator

function (or use of a phrase in quotation marks). This particular search retrieves all documents which

mention the phrase “payroll records”.

Agency (ARCHIVESASK)

Query: “national archives and records administration” AND “researcher*”

Query 2: agency=“national archives records administration” AND “researcher*”

Result: Privacy Act: [NARA1 ]Researcher Application Files

Privacy Act: [NARA2]Reference Request Files

This search retrieves documents based on agency. This search was modified and made more specific

with the addition of the word “researcher”. This modification makes the search much more specific

than if you searched for simply the phrase “national archives and records administration”. As an

alternative, you can use the agency field in conjunction with the subject. The * will pick up the word

researchers (plural) as well as researcher.

System Name (NAMEASK)

Query: name=“Security Records System”

Result: Privacy Act: [Sec. 1212.50] Record Systems determined to be exempt

Privacy Act: [NASA 10SECR] Security Records System - NASA

This search demonstrates how to search by system name using the field “name”. This query will only

retrieve documents that have the phrase “Security Records System” as the system name.

System Number (NUMBERASK)

Query: systems ”MMC—3”

Query 2: systems MMC—3

Result: Privacy Act: [MMC—3] Research Proposals Contracts

Privacy Act: [MMC—4] General Financial Records

This search demonstrates how to search by system number using the field name “systemnumber”.

This search will retrieve documents that are only in the system number field. The numbering scheme

varies by agency and as a result, system numbers can look very’ different. The following are some

examples of system numbers;MMC—3;G-174;justice/atr-003;USPS 050.005 etc. Note: It is best to

place quotes around the system number but it is not required. If you do not to use the quotes the

document may be given a lower relevance ranking.

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Searching for Privacy Acts in the Federal Register Database

The Federal Register databases contain updates to the Privacy Act Issuances 1993 Compilation. If

vou are s-arrhing the databases via the World Wide Web, you will have the option to automatically

search the Federal Register databases for updates. The following searches demonstrate how to search

in the Federal Register database online via GPO Access for Privacy Act information.

Updates (UPDATEASK)

Query: “privacy act” AND “postal service”

Query 2: privacy ADJ act AND postal ADJ Service

Result: fr18ap94 Amendment to Bylaws of the Board of Governors

fr15fe95P Demands for Testimony or Records in Certain Legal Proceedings

This search demonstrates how to search the Federal Register database for updates to the Privacy Act

Issuances 1993 Compilation as well as new systems or rules. This phrasing will result in all three

SSPrivacyA“documents in the Federal Register databases, including, individual Privacy Act

system descriptions; multiple descriptions of Privacy Act systems; and agency record keepmg

rxilicies and practices. If you want to search for those documents in the Federal Registerthat deal

with specific system descriptions or system number perform the following searches.

System Descriptions (DESCASK) . „

Query: “privacy Act Systems ofRecords”AND postal service

Result*: fr22de94 Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

fr25jy95N Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

System Number in the Federal Register (USPSASK)

Query: ”USPS 050.005”

Result: fr22de94 Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

frO7de95N Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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• The results ofthese sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS.WAIS or Web client software

c^^X^OAccess. The searches can be perfonned wtth other WAIS client software, but the dtsplay of

the results may vary.

MSO available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site at fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wtn.ask or mac.ask.

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A Service ofthe U.S. Government Printing Office

Connect to Databases Online via GPO Access via;

Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

Internet WAIS client software

Telnet: swais.access.gpo.gov

Modem: 202-512-1661

Connect to the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site via;

Telnet/FTP: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov or dial 202-512-1387

For General Information:

Call: 202-512-1530

Email: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

Helpful Hints For Searching

Public Laws OfThe 104th Congress *

Online Via GPO Access

Content and File Format: The Public Laws ofthe 104th Congress are prepared and published by

the Office ofthe Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Each law is first published as a slip law and then later compiled into a volume ofthe Statutes-atLaree. The Public Laws database contains the text of each law enacted during the 104th Congress.

The database will be updated whenever the publication of a slip law is authorized by the OHt Each

law is available as an ASCII text file and as an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF)

file.'

Identification Code: Each law in the database will display in the results list with an identification

code The identification code of this database contains the public law number followed by the ini

words ofthe tide. For example: Pub.L. 104-4 To curb the practice of imposing urfunded Federal

mandates on State. In this example. Pub.L104-4 is the public law number and the phrase To curb

the practice ofimposing unfunded Federal mandates on State is part of the title.

Maximum Responses: The default settings for SWAIS and for the WAIS and Web client software is

to return a maximum of40 responses to a query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will

need to change the setting. In SWAIS type a lower case o at the Source Selection menu to change

your options. In WinWAIS, select Edit and then Preferences from the “?"u;J" w .

MacWAlS select File and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. On the GPO Access el

Scan-hing Pages a box is provided in which you may change the number of documents returned.

Good sample searches for the Public Laws database are;2

Public Law Number [104-4ASK]3

Query: “public law 104-4”

r S;2 PubL.twl^bcmb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on

This search retrieves a Public Law by number (104-1). A phrase may be entered SUITM“"^d by

JtXm^S (“ “) or with each searchable word separated by the ADJ operator. [NOTE. In this

database the words Public Law are not abbreviated.]
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US Code Citation [40USC166ASK]

Query: “40USC166*”

Result: Pub.L. 104-1 To make certain laws applicable to the Legislative Branch ofthe

This search retrieves a Public Law by U.S. Code citation (40 USC 166). Use of the asterisk (♦)

retrieves citations that include a subsection designation as well.

Statutes-at-Large Citation [109STAT3.ASK]

Query: ”109 stat 3”

Result: Pub.L. 104-1 To make certain laws applicable to the Legislative Branch ofthe

This search retrieves a Public Law by Statutes-at-Large citation (109 Stat 3).

Congressional Bill Number [S2ASK]

Query: “s. 2”

Query 2: “s 2”

Result: Pub.L. 104-1 To make certain laws applicable to the Legislative Branch ofthe

This search retrieves a Public Law by Congressional Bill number (S. 2). The bill number may be

typed with or without the punctuation; however, a bill number such as H.R. 2 must be entered with a

space between H and R, i.e. ”h r 2”, if no punctuation is used.

Subject [MEDICALASK]

Query: “medical leave” AND (congress OR house OR senate OR legislative)

Result: PubL. 104-1 To make certain laws applicable to the Legislative Branch ofthe

This search demonstrates the use ofmultiple boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, ADJ) in a single

query. This query will retrieve documents that include the phrase “medical leave” (medical ADJ

leave) AND either the word Congress OR the word House OR the word Senate OR the word

legislative.

Side Notes in the Public Laws Database

The Acrobat PDF files display and print the typeset slip laws, including all side notes and legislative

histories, exactly as they appear in the printed form. In the ASCH text files side notes appear in the

text within double angle brackets. For example, in Public Law 104-1, the short title appears as a side

note in the right margin adjacent to the end of the “Be it enacted” clause. In the ASCII text file it

will appear immediately following the “Be it enacted” clause, in the following format:

«N0TE: Congressional Accountability Act of 1995»

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1. Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the PDF files. Users with WAIS or Web access and the free

Adobe Acrobat Reader software can view and pnnt the typeset copy.

2. The results of these sample searches are described as they will appear using SWAIS.WAIS or Web client software

customized for use with GPO Access. The searches can be performed with other WAIS client software, but the display of

the results may vary.

3. When a file name, such as 104-1.ASK. appears in brackets at the beginning of a sample search, there is a saved search

with that file name available for use with the GPO Access WinWAlS and MacWAIS client software The saved searches

are available on The Federal Bulletin Board/FTP sue from fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/wm.ask or mac.ask.
PUBLIC LAW 104-73—DEC. 26, 1995 109 STAT. 777

Public Law 104-73

104th Congress

An Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to permanently extend and clarify

malpractice coverage for health centers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORTTITLE; REFERENCES.

(a) Short Titl e.—This Act may be cited as the “Federally

Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995”.

(b) Refer enc es .—Except as otherwise expressly provided,

whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in

terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,

the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other

provision ofthe Public Health Service Act.

Dec. 26, 1995

[HR 1747]

Federally

Supported

Health Centers

Assistance Act of

1995.

42 USC 201 note.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.

(a) In Gene ral .—Section 224(gX3) (42 U.S.C. 233(gX3)) is

amended by striking the last sentence. (ao Tier

(b) Conf ormin g Amend ments .—Section 224(k) (42 U.S.L.

233(k)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1XA)—

(A) by striking “For each of the fiscal years 1993,

1994, and 1995" and inserting “For each fiscal year"; and

(B) by striking “(except" and all that follows through

“thereafter)"; and , _ .

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “for each of the fiscal

years 1993, 1994, and 1995" and inserting “for each fiscal

year".

SEC. 8. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE.

Section 224 (42 UB.C. 233) is amended— ,

(1) in subsection (eXl), by striking “an entity described

in paragraph (4)" in the first sentence and all that follows

through “contractor" in the second sentence and inserting the

following: “an entity described in paragraph (4), and any officer,

governing board member, or employee of such an entity, and

any contractor of such an entity who is a physician or other

licensed or certified health care practitioner (subject to paragraph (5)), shall be deemed to be an employee of the Public

Health Service for a calendar year that begins during a fiscal

year for which a transfer was made under subsection (kXd)

(subject to paragraph (3)). The remedy agamst the United

States for an entity described in paragraph (4) and any officer,

governing board member, employee, or contractor ; and
[[Page 109 STAT. 777]]

Public Law 104-73

104th Congress

An Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to permanently extend and clarify

malpractice coverage for health centers, and for other

purposes. < <NOTE: Dec. 26, 1995 - [H.R. 1747] > >

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, < < NOTE: Federally

Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995. > >

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

(a) < <NOTE: 42 USC 201 note.> > Short Title.-This Act may be cited

as the "Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995”.

(b) References.-Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in

this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment

to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be

considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Public

Health Service Act.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.

(a) In General.—Section 224(g)(3) (42 U.S.C. 233(g)(3)) is amended

by striking the last sentence.

(b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 224(k) (42 U.S.C. 233(k)) is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)(A)-

(A) by striking '* For each of the fiscal years 1993,

1994, and 1995” and inserting "For each fiscal year”;

and

(B) by striking "(except” and all that follows

through "thereafter)”; and

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ''for each of the fiscal

years 1993, 1994, and 1995” and inserting "for each fiscal

year”.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE.
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[CITE: 4USC1]

TITLE 4—FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES

CHAPTER 1-THE FLAG

Sec. 1. Flag; stripes and stars on

The flag ofthe United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes,

alternate red and white; and the union ofthe flag shall be forty-eight

stars, white in a blue field.

(July 30. 1947, ch. 389,61 Stat 642.)

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Size Hoist

(width)

Fly

(length)

Feet Feet

(1)........... 20.00 38.00

(2)........... 10.00 19.00

0).........

8.95 17.00

(4)........... 7.00 11.00

(5)........... 5.00 9.50

(6)........... 4.33 5.50

(7)........... 3.50 6.65

(8).......... 3.00 4.00

(9).......... 3.00 5.70

(10)........ ........ 2.37 4.50

(ID........ 1.32 2.50

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