Congressional Sources
Congressional committees are excellent federal science policy information sources. These committees are responsible for funding federal science programs and conducting oversight of these programs performance. Committees producing information on federal science policy include:
- GovInfo - Provides access to congressional bills, committee reports on legislation, the Code of Federal Regulations, and other major federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information.
- U.S. Constitution & Declaration of Independence (See Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 and "promote the general welfare" in the Preamble. See also 1st Amendment "Congress shall make no law... abridging...the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances)
- Legislative Process(Tutorials on U.S. congressional legislative process.)
- Status of Annual Appropriations Legislation (Science is included with the Commerce and Justice Dept. budgets)
- House Appropriations Committee HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents. - HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:
- Senate Appropriations Committee (Appropriations committees are excellent sources of project expenditure information) HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is a member of this committee)
- Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) (Covers agency and subject appropriations legislation from 1998-present. See especially Commerce, Justice, & Science.) - HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
- Senate Armed Services Committee Professional Staff 115th Congress (2017-2018)
- Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Senator Todd Young (R-IN) is a member of this committee.)
- April 21, 2021 hearing on Bill Nelson nomination to be NASA Administrator
- January 26, 2021 hearing on Gina Raimondo nomination to be Secretary of Commerce
- Office of Government Ethics to see financial disclosure information on major executive branch and independent agency officials like Nelson and Raimondo. Especially Form 278. HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents for this committee - HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/7:
- Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Comm. (Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is a member of this committee. HERE & HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents. - HSSE DOC Y 4.L 11/4:
- House Science, Space, and Technology Committee (Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) is a member of this committee). HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog records. - HSSE DOC Y 4.SCI 2:
- Congressional Serial Set (Purdue Users Only Online version HSSE Repository & MF Y 1.1/2:
- Congressional Record (Contains transcripts of congressional debate, text of legislation, and recorded votes.)
- CRS Reports(Courtesy-Library of Congress 2018-present)
- Federal Scientific Integrity Policies: A Primer(November 20, 2020 CRS report)
- Congressional Budget Office
- Government Accountability Office
