Using the Browse feature
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The Browse feature allows you to conduct a comprehensive search of regulatory materials using keywords, and then focus your search by topic, jurisdiction, and agency. Use the Browse feature when you want to search using key terms to perform a comprehensive search of statutes, regulations, and regulatory and legislative materials. You can view your results as a list or create a custom report based on your search criteria.
To use the Browse feature, follow these steps:
Restrict your search to specific topics by selecting the appropriate text boxes. You must select at least one topic in order to run a search.
After your topic restrictions are processed, restrict your search to specific jurisdictions, if desired, by selecting the appropriate text boxes under Jurisdiction.
After your jurisdiction restrictions are processed, restrict your search to specific agencies, where available, by selecting the appropriate text boxes under Agency.
To display your search result, click View Results.
To display your search result, click View Results. Alternatively, you can create a custom report or custom collection based on your selections by clicking the appropriate link. For more on creating custom reports, see Custom Reports. For more on creating custom collections, see Custom Collections.
When you use the Browse feature, you search federal and state legislative and regulatory materials, including the following:
Federal Sources
All 50 titles of the United States Code Annotated (USCA), including the Constitution, court rules, and appendixes.
All 50 titles constituting the current Code of Federal Regulations.
Selected documents and decisions from federal agencies, including the following: Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals, Board of Immigration Appeals, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, Comptroller General Opinions, Congressional Accountability Office of Compliance, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Directorate for Industrial Security Clearance Review, Employee Compensation Appeals Board, Environmental Protection Agency, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communication Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Government Contracts - Contract Adjustment Board, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Federal Service Impasses Panel, Federal Trade Commission, Health Care Financing Administration, Merit System Protection Board, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, National Transportation Safety Board, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Provider Reimbursement Review Board, Small Business Administration, Social Security Administration, Surface Transportation Board, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Executive and administrative orders, proclamations, trade agreement letters, and other documents released by the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
Documents from the Congressional Record.
Agendas and witness lists for U.S. congressional committee hearings, transcripts of oral statements, and written statements submitted to committees of Congress.
All congressional committee reports, including reports on bills that did not become law, beginning with 1990.
State Materials
Documents passed by the legislatures of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and selected documents proposing legislation by initiative or proposition.
Statutes from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, plus annotations.
Administrative codes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Documents passed by the legislatures of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and selected documents proposing legislation by initiative or proposition.
Select administrative decisions from 49 states and the District of Columbia (North Dakota not included).
Full text of all available bills (introduced, amended, and enacted versions) from current and recently ended sessions of legislatures from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Full text of proposed and recently adopted rules and regulations for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Governors' messages pertaining to bills passed by state legislatures.
Documents released by the attorneys general of all 50 states.
Executive orders from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Documents from selected state ethics commissions.
Other sources
Newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, government press releases, and transcripts of television and radio shows and congressional testimony.
Documents from texts and periodicals related to employment, environmental, financial, health, insurance, and tax regulations.
Regulatory summaries.
Checklists and forms.