Government Documents on Science Policy: Congressional

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
(Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee)

HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents.

Senate Appropriations Committee
(Appropriations committees are excellent sources of project expenditure information) HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents.

Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) (Covers agency and subject appropriations legislation from 1998-present.  See especially Commerce, Justice, & Science.)

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.)

See answers to committee questions by Trump Administration Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.  Jan. 18, 2017 Ross confirmation hearing. Ross' post-hearing responses to Committee members questions.  See this Office of Government Ethics (OGE) site for presidential appointees and nominees financial disclosure reports & ethics statements.

See answers to committee questions by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Webcast of his November 1, 2017 confirmation committee hearing. Bridenstine's post-hearing responses to Committee members questions. His nomination was approved by this committee on November 8, 2017 & January 8, 2018 by 14-13 votes.  He was confirmed by the Senate 50-49 on April 19, 2018. OGE site for financial disclosure reports & ethics statements.

HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog documents.

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.

House Science Committee
(Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) is a member of this committee).

HERE for selected fulltext Hathitrust catalog records.

Congressional Record (Contains transcripts of congressional debate, text of legislation, and recorded votes.)

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

CRS Reports (Courtesy-Library of Congress 2018-present)

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):  FY 2020 Budget Request & Appropriations (April 22, 2019 CRS report)