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The text of a bill as it is introduced into Congress and any editing made to it as it moves through the legislative process allows researchers to surmise (or at least attempt to surmise) the intent of Congress in passing the bill into law. Unfortunately, analysis of a bill and any editing made to it requires the researcher to make assumptions difficult to prove without other documentation of legislative intent. Despite this problem, bills remain a useful tool in legislative history research because they allow the researcher to see how a bill has evolved through the legislative process.
NCCU's Law Library provides researchers with multiple access points for locating the text of bills in print.