Congressional hearings are meetings or sessions of a Senate, House, joint, or special committee of Congress, usually open to the public, to gather information and opinions on proposed legislation, conduct an investigation, or evaluate the activities of a government department or implementation of a Federal law. Learn more about hearings and visit Congress.gov to view a Committee Consideration tutorial explaining hearings within the context of the legislative process and an Executive Business in the Senate tutorial explaining nomination hearings. These hearings are only a portion of the digitized publications made available in the past year.

The Homestead Act of 1862 has been called one of the most important pieces of Legislation in the history of the United States. Signed into law in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln after the secession of southern states, this Act turned over vast amounts of the public domain to private citizens. 270 millions acres, or 10% of the area of the United States was claimed and settled under this act. A homesteader had only to be the head of a household or at least 21 years of age to claim a 160 acre parcel of land.

Department of the Interior, the National Park Service has been charged for 100 years with caring for our national parks. In honor of the centennial, take part in the celebration, buy publications produced by the National Park Service, such as the "2016 National Park Service Centennial: Official Index of the National Park Service", or learn more about the National Park Service in these U.S. Government publications: Title 54 of the U.S.

Read the signing statement in the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I). Public Law 108-173 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 provided for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program. On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed H.R. 1, the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (Public Law 111-5) which appropriated $1 billion to the Social Security Administration's budget which included technology upgrade of the National Computer Center and funding for processing disability and retirement workloads.

Related Resources National Day of Service and Remembrance from the The Corporation for National Community Service Today in History - September 11 from the Library of Congress FBI's 9/11 investigation Photographs from the International Space Station over the New York City area by Expedition 3 Commander Frank Culbertson from NASA *A Statute Compilation is a compilation of the public law, as amended, is an unofficial document, and should not be cited as legal evidence of the law. Learn more.

In this trial, we have been reminded, and the world has seen, that our fellow Americans are generous and kind, resourceful and brave." In 2002 Bush extended the observance over multiple days and each president since has continued to proclaim National Days of Prayer and Remembrance in the month of September. Patriot Day On December 18, 2001, President George W. Bush signed H.J. Res. 71 into law (115 Stat. 876, 36 U.S.C. 144) designating September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, an observance "in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001."

In this trial, we have been reminded, and the world has seen, that our fellow Americans are generous and kind, resourceful and brave." In 2002 Bush extended the observance over multiple days and each president since has continued to proclaim National Days of Prayer and Remembrance in the month of September. Patriot Day On December 18, 2001, President George W. Bush signed H.J. Res. 71 into law (115 Stat. 876, 36 U.S.C. 144) designating September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, an observance "in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001."

In this trial, we have been reminded, and the world has seen, that our fellow Americans are generous and kind, resourceful and brave." In 2002 Bush extended the observance over multiple days and each president since has continued to proclaim National Days of Prayer and Remembrance in the month of September. Patriot Day On December 18, 2001, President George W. Bush signed H.J. Res. 71 into law (115 Stat. 876, 36 U.S.C. 144) designating September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, an observance "in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001."

The Presidents and the National Parks (The White House Historical Association) Browse the U.S. Government Publishing Office's online bookstore for National Park Service publications such as, “Redwood: A Guide to Redwood National and State Parks, California." Search GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) to find more publications related to the Redwood National and State Parks.

Government publications, including the Congressional Globe, FCC Record, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and more (GPO Partner- University of North Texas) USA.gov - portal to government information and services U.S. Government Posters - provides access to a collection of over 1,500 digitized posters issued by various U.S. Government agencies (GPO Partner: University of Iowa Libraries) Wage Determinations - provides a single location for Federal contracting officers to use in obtaining appropriate Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations for each official contract action (GPO Partner- Dept. of Labor) Works Progress Administration (WPA) Materials - provides access to over 400 digitized publications from the WPA (GPO Partner: University of Kentucky Libraries) World War I Posters - provides access to access to a digitized collection of World War I posters from Federal agencies (GPO Partner- Illinois State University) World War II Historic Government Publications - provides access to over 300 digitized informational pamphlets, Government reports, regulations, and more distributed by GPO during World War II (GPO Partner-Southern Methodist University)