Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the official website for finding U. S. Federal legislative information. It replaced the previous legislative website Thomas website in 2016. The information available on bill status,* Congressional profiles and the legislative process comes from the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publications Office and the Congressional Budget Office. The range of the website can be ascertained from some of its contents:

• Federal Legislation, 93rd Congress, 1973-74 to Current Congressional Session*
• Congressional Record, 1995-present daily edition
  
• Treaty Documents, 81st-115th Congress
• U. S. Code, 1994 – Current Edition (from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.)

*Bill records are available on Congress.gov from 1973 (93rd Congress) to the present. The full texts of bills are available from 1989 (101st Congress), and the full text of laws from 1995 (104th Congress). Amendment records are available from 1981 (97th Congress), and full text of amendments is available from 1995 (104th Congress) to the present. The legislation collection is updated the morning after a session adjourns.

Fdsys (Federal Digital System)
Search or browse this database of official publications of the 3 branches of the U.S. Government, arranged in over 50 collections. Publications come from the GPO (Government Publications Office), the Library of Congress and the National Archives. All documents are available as authentic, digitally signed pdf documents. Some of the documents included are:

• Congressional Research Service Annotated U. S. Constitution, Current & Historical Editions
• Congressional Record (Bound Edition), 1941 to 1998
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 1996 – Current Year
• Federal Register, 1970 – Current Daily Edition
• U S Code, 1994 – Current Edition (from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.)

Govinfo.gov:
The website (in Beta mode) is designed to replace Fdsys, providing some of the same information for browsing or searching utilizing an easier search format, retaining document authentication, and access to the GPO catalog, print and ebooks. Some of its initial contents are similar:

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 1996 - Current Year
• Congressional Record (Bound Edition), 1942-2007
• Congressional Record Daily, 1995-1996 Daily Edition - Current Daily Edition (Prefix designations of chambers and parts of the Congressional Record Daily ( S, H, E, D ) are retained)
• Federal Register, 1970 - Current Daily Edition
• U S Code, 1994 - Current Edition ( from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives.)

LALL: LA Law Library
Search the library’s catalog for complete descriptions of our holdings of state and federal government publications.

Library of Congress
View the vast digital collections of the nation’s library, including the country’s earliest laws in “A Century of lawmaking for a new nation,” such as, the Annals of Congress, the Congressional Globe, the Federalist Papers and broadsides. The library is also home to the U. S. Copyright Office, the Congressional Research Service and the Law Library of Congress. The law library website includes a Guide to Law Online (the full text of National and International laws, regulations and cases) plus explanatory guides (Understanding the U. S. Legal System, for example), links to Congress.gov for the Congressional Record and a Congressional Record App,.

Metalib 
A feature of the U. S. Government Publications catalog which allows you to search reports and articles from a majority of federal government agencies. While it searches only government agencies’ websites, the results may include non-government publications.

USA.gov
An official and secure website of the federal government (formerly known as Firstgov.gov), provides access to federal and state government agencies’ information and general government services (passports, grants, etc.) A search on this website yields only results from a government agency. Search requests can be made by email, smartphone app, or live chat.

U.S.Courts
This official directory of the U. S. Judiciary serves as a gateway to finding court locations, federal court records, the Federal Rules (Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Bankruptcy), Appellate and District Court information, PACER, court forms, and educational resources for all.

U. S. House of Representatives & U. S. Senate
The websites of the House of Representatives & U. S. Senate provide access to current legislative activity, Representative and Senator biographical information, historical bill information on Congress.gov and the Library of Congress, Congressional Committee membership, and educational or entertaining resources such as, “Kids in the house.”  

California Courts
This official website of California’s Judicial Branch promotes equal access and justice to all through the information provided. A myriad of self-help topics can be explored (probate, debt collection, adoption, trial preparation, domestic violence, fee waivers, and criminal law to name a few) to gain an understanding of a topic or a guide for completing a procedure. A person can also “ask a librarian” a question, complete their court forms, search the Official California court opinions, and find Court rules, jury instructions, and instructional guides. Recently, an “Immigration Resource Directory” was added.

California Laws
The official website of the Legislature provides the full text of California Assembly and Senate bills and resolutions plus daily updates on those bills and legislative activity from 1999 to the present plus the full text of California’s codes to browse or search. From the homepage, one can do a quick bill or code search or select the California Law tab and conduct a text search of one or more California codes. Bills and analyses from before 1999 are on the previous Legislative website - http://leginfo.ca.gov/. California’s historical statutes, archived Assembly and Senate final histories, searchable weekly histories, daily histories, and journals are within the archives of the California Assembly clerk.

California State Government
Browse this colorful state website under the keyword icons for “how, who, what, were, when and why.” The answers will identify information about the governor and other state officials, state agency information and agency regulations, resources for people with disabilities, calculate child support and much, much more. The website was a 2016 “Best of the Web Finalist.”

California State Library
The outstanding library website provides access to official state information about agency programs, its own historic collections, continuing education opportunities and genealogical resources. The Bernard E. Witkin Law Library, located within the state library, is known for its holdings in the area of California and federal legislative history, California Supreme Court and Court of Appeals briefs, and Northern California historic land claims. The state library is the only regional Federal/GPO depository library in the state. It collects every government document published by the U.S. Government Publishing Office. By comparison, the LA Law Library is a selective federal depository, collecting a fraction of what is published.

U C Hastings
The University library’s website is noted for its current and historic voter guides.The U C Hastings’ California Ballot Propositions and Initiatives guides includes election results and ballot measures from 1911 to the present. Another Northern California program, the Institute of Governmental studies at Berkeley offers guides to California state elections, from 2000 to the most recent state-wide elections and the California Secretary of State’s website has statewide election results from 1990 to the present, voter information guides from March 1996 to the present, and the history of California Initiatives from 1912 to the present.