Often statistics, journal articles, and previously unpublished research are reprinted here for the convenience of the committee. In order to read the actual testimony you will have to retrieve the documents from the shelves. They will be shelved in the federal documents collection under the Y4. SuDocs call number listed in the abstract. Committee reports provide a summary of the bill, legislative intent, fiscal impact, and the Committee recommendation.
Reports often give an overview of the pros and cons brought out at the hearings.
You can locate committee reports in our federal documents collection on 5 th floor using the Y1. SuDocs call number listed in the abstract given in Congressional Universe . Researching a Bill Keep in mind that Congress starts renumbering bills with each Congress, so you need to know the Congress number in addition to the bill number. Most bills are never acted on once they are introduced. If a bill is not passed by the end of that Congress it is automatically killed.