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# Congressional Record Index

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## **Congressional Record Index (Daily), 1983 to Present**

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About the Congressional Record Index
**What is the Congressional Record Index?**

The Congressional Record Index (CRI) serves as the index to the Congressional Record. When Congress is in session,    the Joint Committee on Printing publishes the Congressional Record Index. In print, the Congressional Record Index    contains both the index proper and the History of Bills and Resolutions. The History of Bills and Resolutions is a    separate collection in govinfo.

The index proper lists individuals, organizations, and topics mentioned in the Congressional Record. Each CRI entry    refers to a page number in the Congressional Record and the date of the daily issue in the format "S1234 [19JA]"    (page 1234 in the Senate section from the January 19 issue for that year).

Members of Congress are listed alphabetically by last name in the Congressional Record Index. Thus, users must search    for individuals by entering the last name before the first name. Additionally, users should include all forms of an    individual's first name, since Members of Congress may choose how they want their name to appear in the    Congressional Record. For instance, in the 1991 Congressional Record Index , Bob Dole is listed as both “Dole, Bob”    and “Dole, Robert”.

**What is Available?**

govinfo contains CRI issues from 1983 to the present. All documents are available as ASCII text files. In addition,    documents from the 1998 CRI are available as HTML files with links to pages in the Congressional Record.
Congressional Record Index Corrections
Online Corrections to the Congressional Record - A new, amended version of the Congressional Record was made    available in the first quarter of 2007. The Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House, and JCP directed GPO to    proceed with a pilot program for modifications to the online version of the Congressional Record.
First Phase of the Pilot Program
The first phase of the program was to print the corrections in a separate section of the final Congressional Record    Index of the 109th Congress, early in 2007. Printing the corrections in the Congressional Record Index is intended    to inform readers of the printed version of the Congressional Record that these corrections to the online version of    the Congressional Record have been made. 
Second Phase of the Pilot Program
The second phase involved placing these amended documents on GPO Access. GPO has made corrections to miscellaneous    issues of the online version of the Congressional Record for 2005-2008. No content was removed during this process.    The TEXT and PDF files were corrected, and the explanation of the corrections, including the original, uncorrected    text, appears within the document. In the PDF version, the correction appears as a side-note that can be viewed by    scrolling over the yellow "correction" boxes. In the TEXT version, the correction is noted by a series of asterisks,    language alerting the reader to the correction, and the amended text. Congress has approved the corrections,    typically small, clerical errors, and submitted them to GPO for this pilot program.

Programs other than the Adobe Reader that open PDF files may not allow users to view the corrections as the Adobe    Reader will. PDF files are independent of computer platform or distribution media and are available to all users who    have the free Adobe reader software. Download the free Adobe reader.** The corrections can be    viewed by all within the TEXT file provided as well.
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Searching the Congressional Record Index
You can find and search the Congressional Record Index by:
- Using  basic search  for keyword and metadata fielded searches (see Metadata Fields        and Values section),
- Using  advanced search ; fields specific to the Congressional Record Index will display        after you select Congressional Record Index in the Refine by Collection column,
-  Refining search results  by clicking on links in the Refine Your Search panel on the        left hand side of the page (the sections under Refine Your Search correspond to the metadata available for        the documents),
-  Browsing  on the Congressional Record Index browse page.

General govinfo Search Tips
Search Examples
**Search by Congress Member –**For example, documents with congress member McConnell.
- Using Basic Search, enter:  collection:cri member:mcconnell 
- Using Advanced Search, select  Congressional Record  Index  under Refine by        Collection, then under Search In select  Congress Member  from the first box and        enter  mcconnell  in the next box

**Search by Keyword –**For example, documents with the words "executive" and    "communications" in the full text or metadata.
- Using Basic Search, enter:  collection:cri executive communications 
- Using Advanced Search, select  Congressional Record  Index  under Refine by        Collection, then under Search In enter  executive communications  in the second text box    

**Search by Bill Number –**For example, documents that reference House Resolution 2.
- Using Basic Search, enter:  collection:cri billscitation:"h.r. 2" 
- Using Advanced Search, select  Congressional Record  Index  under Refine by        Collection, then under Search In select  Congressional Bills Citation  from the first box        and enter  "h.r. 2"  in the next box

**Search by Report Number –** For example,documents that reference House Report 106-774.
- Using Basic Search, enter:  collection:cri crptcitation:"h. rept. 106-774" 
- Using Advanced Search, select  Congressional Record  Index  under Refine by        Collection, then under Search In select  Congressional Report Citation  from the first box        and enter  "h. rept. 106-774"  in the next box

**Search by Title –**For example,documents that have "secretary of state" in the title.
- Using Basic Search, enter:  collection:cri title:"secretary of state" 
- Using Advanced Search, select  Congressional Record  Index  under Refine by        Collection, then under Search In select  Title  from the first box and        enter  "secretary of state"  in the next box
Sample Congressional Record Index URLs
govinfo uses two key pieces of information to construct predictable URLs to documents and Details pages.
- The Granule ID for the Congressional Record Index is used to identify the specific document within an issue        of the publication
- The Package ID is used to identify an entire issue of the publication.

**Identifier**

**Structure/Metadata Field**

**Examples**

Package ID

CRI-{Year}

CRI-2010

Granule ID

{Package ID}-{Title Prefix}-{Title Suffix}

Notes:

1. The Title Prefix is all characters up to the first left parantheses or the first 40                        characters in the title.

2. For titles with more than 40 characters, a MD5 hash is applied to the remaining characters                        in the title and the first 6 characters of the hash are used for Title Suffix. Title Suffix                        is only used when there are more than 40 characters in the title.

3. Spaces are converted into dashes and commas, periods, etc. are removed for Title.

CRI-2010-NATIONAL-BASKETBALL-ASSOCIATION

CRI-2010-NAPA-COUNTY-CA

CRI-2010-NATIONAL-ADULT-EDUCATION-AND-FAMIL-21F3C

**Details Page for an Entire Issue**

Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/{packageId}

Example: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRI-2010

**HTML File for an Entire Issue**

Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/{packageId}/html/{packageId}.htm

Example:         https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRI-2010/html/CRI-2010.htm

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**Details Page for an Individual Document**

Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/{packageId}/{granuleId}

Example:        https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRI-2010/CRI-2010-NATIONAL-ADOPT-A-LIBRARY-DAY

**HTML File for an Individual Document**

Structure: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/{packageId}/html/{granuleId}.htm

Example:         https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRI-2010/html/CRI-2010-NATIONAL-ADOPT-A-LIBRARY-DAY.htm
Congressional Record Index Metadata Fields and Values
Metadata fields and values can be used to increase the relevancy of your searches. The metadata fields available    for the Congressional Record Index are listed in the table below. Metadata fields and values are used throughout    govinfo for
- Narrowing Your Search,
- Browsing Government Publications,
- Field Operators,
- Advanced Search, and
- Display on Details Pages.

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

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

**Metadata Field Display Name**

**Metadata Field Definition**

**Field Operator**

**Field Operator Example**

Collection

The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or                        series.

collection:

collection:cri

"cri” is used for Congressional Record Index

Government Author

The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the                        document.

governmentauthor:

governmentauthor:congress

Publication Date

The date the document was first made available to the public.

publishdate:

publishdate:2005-05-07

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Language

The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.

language:

language:en

SuDoc Class Number

The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government                        publications by publishing agency.

sudocclass:

sudocclass:"X 1.1/A:"

The SuDoc Class Numbers in govinfo are generally at the class stem level, not the book                        number level.

Ingestion Date

The date the document was ingested into the FDsys preservation repository.

ingestdate:

ingestdate:2009-04-21

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Electronic Location (URL)

The URL where the document or the document in context (the content detail page) is located.                    

url:

url:"http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

pkg/CRI-1989/html/CRI-1989-ADAMS-PAUL-A.htm"

Publisher

The government organization who publishes the document or publication. Not typically the                        Government Publishing Office (who serves as the printer and distributor), except in the case                        of Congressional publications.

publisher:

publisher:"u.s. government printing office"

Branch

The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.

branch:

branch:legislative

Possible Values: executive, legislative, judicial

Type of Resource

The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress                        MODS standard.

typeofresource:

typeofresource:text

Record Origin

How the record was originally generated. Typically "machine generated."

recordorigin:

recordorigin:"machine generated"

Title

The title of the publication or document.

title:

title:health

Congress Number

The number of the Congress responsible for the document. Congresses last for two years, so                        for example, the 110th Congress was in session from 2007 through 2008. Currently, GPO has                        data starting with the 101st congress for some collections. Check the collection browse page                        for more details on how much data is available for each individual collection.

congress:

congress:110

Session Number

Session of Congress. Each Congress is divided into two yearly sessions. So, the "1st session"                        will be the first year that a particular congress (for example, the 110th congress) is in                        session.

session:

session:2

Possible Values: 1, 2

Volume

The volume number of the publication to which the document belongs.

volume:

volume:155

Congressional Bills Citation

Citation references to Congressional Bills. Examples include, "H.R. 99", "S. 99" "H.J. Res.                        99", "S.J. Res. 99", "H. Con. Res. 99", "S. Con. Res. 99", "H. Res. 99" or "S. Res. 99".

billscitation:

billscitation:"S. Res. 99"

Congressional Report Citation

Citation references to Congressional Reports. For example, "H. Rept. 110-32".

crptcitation:

cprtcitation:"H. Rept. 110-32"

Congress Member

Congress member name. For example, "Barbara A. Mikulski" or simply "Mikulski".

member:

member:mikulski

Congressional Committee

Congressional committee name. For example, "Committee on Foreign Relations".

committee:

committee:"foreign relations"
Related Resources-  Purchase select Congressional Record Index documents           from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore.
-  Locate the Congressional Record            Index   in a local Federal depository library.

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