Last month, Robert shared that Congress.gov now has committee hearing transcripts going back to the 103rd Congress (1993-1994). We previously added Committee Prints to the website. With today’s release, you can now browse the House prints, Senate prints and Joint committee prints. They are listed by the print number, title, committee, and any legislation that it might accompany.
There is also an additional line added to the email alerts sent from Congress.gov: “To stay up to date with Congress.gov enhancements, sign up for Congress.gov Notifications. See more Email Alerts and Updates.” The Congress.gov Notifications email alert provides updates with our enhancements and other important notifications.
The results for the Quick Search Form for Legislation Text now has two new sort options: Law Number – Ascending and Law Number – Descending. The legislation number also has moved to the beginning of each item listed in the search results. This is similar to most of the other search results on Congress.gov.
Enhancements
The following are the Congress.gov enhancements for February.
Enhancement – Committee Prints – Browse
- Go to the committees section of the Browse page to find links to sortable lists of House prints, Senate prints and Joint committee prints.
Enhancement – Legislation Text – Search Results
- Legislation numbers display at the beginning of each item in your search results for improved scannability.
- Law number sorts allow you to see public and private law texts at the top of your search results.
Congress.gov Tip
Do you want to see what committees are meeting each week? Check out the Committee Schedule. You can also select “Get Weekly Alerts” to have an email sent at the beginning of each week with everything scheduled. This is one of several alerts you can subscribe to from Congress.gov.
Most-Viewed Bills
The following is the most-viewed bills list for the week of January 30, 2022.
| 1. | H.R.3684 [117th] | Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act |
| 2. | H.R.4673 [117th] | EVEST Act |
| 3. | H.R.5376 [117th] | Build Back Better Act |
| 4. | H.R.1319 [117th] | American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 |
| 5. | H.R.4 [117th] | John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 |
| 6. | S.1260 [117th] | United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 |
| 7. | S.2747 [117th] | Freedom to Vote Act |
| 8. | S.1605 [117th] | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 |
| 9. | H.R.1996 [117th] | SAFE Banking Act of 2021 |
| 10. | H.R.4350 [117th] | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 |
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