"Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation is a single publication made up of multiple lists of legislation at various stages in the legislative process. It is published each day the House is in session." House "committee meetings and hearings are listed on the committee schedule". congress.gov
"In the Senate, legislative business that is eligible for floor action is published in the Calendar of Business. It is published each day the Senate is in session. A second calendar, the Executive Calendar, concerns executive business (treaties and nominations) of the Senate." congress.gov
Chamber, Title | Congress | Years | Format | Location |
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House* | 56-117 | 1899-2021 | online | Calendars of the House of Representatives, 1899–2021, House of Representatives |
House* | 66-111 | 1919-2010 | online | HathiTrust |
Senate† | 99-102 | 1985-1992 | online | HathiTrust |
House*, Senate† | 104-present | 1995-present | online | search or browse in govinfo |
varies | varies | online | Internet Archive; HathiTrust; Google Books. None of these databases is comprehensive. |
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Senate, Executive Calendar | 78-present | 1943-present | online | Executive Calendars Archive, Senate |
* Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation.
May include: special orders, unfinished business, special legislative days, Union Calendar, House Calendar, Private Calendar, motions to discharge committees, laws-numerical list by law number, titles of bills and resolutions which have become laws, acts which failed to become laws, acts which were vetoed but became laws, acts which became laws without the approval of the President, pocket vetoes, bills not signed or returned to Congress notwithstanding intrasession adjournment of the two Houses, bills and resolutions which have been reported to or considered by either or both Houses, reported bills and resolutions which have been referred to committees under time limitations, bills in conference, bills through conference, statistical recapitulation, comparison of work in previous Congresses, status of major bills, index.
† Senate Calendar of Business.
May include: unanimous consent agreements, Senate membership, committee assignments, general orders, notice of intent to object, resolutions and motions over, under the rule, bills and joint resolutions read the first time, subjects on the table, motions for reconsideration, bills in conference, status of appropriation bills.
Floor Calendars, congress.gov
Chamber | Congress | Years | Format | Location |
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House, Senate | 101-111 | 1989-2010 | online | search or browse in govinfo, from select Congressional Committees |
House, Senate | varies | varies | online | Internet Archive; HathiTrust; Google Books. None of these databases is comprehensive. |
House, Senate | varies | varies | online | Some legislative calendars are published as committee prints. |
Legislative calendars of committees may include information such as: members, subcommittees, subcommittee assignments, jurisdiction, rules, bills and resolutions referred to the committee, bills of interest to the committee, measures referred to the subcommittees, rules of procedure, calendar of nominations, list of nominees, meetings, executive sessions and other committee business, hearings, presidential messages, senate reports, conference reports, publications issued by the committee, index, etc.
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