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Administrative Law & Legislative History
Research
April 6, 2009
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Learn These Terms
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Federal Register U.S. Government
Manual Ohio Administrative
Code (OAC)
Register of Ohio Ohio Monthly Record LexisNexis
Congressional USCCAN Compiled legislative
histories
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Federal Administrative Law
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What Is Admin Law?
A third source of primary law.
The output of federal and state admin bodies.
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Three Hints for Researching
1. Know the agency, e.g. using United States Government Manual.
2. Read the underlying legislation. This is This is really important!really important!
3. Monitor the agency.
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Agencies Make Regulations
Regs are published in TWO formats.1. Federal Register
Daily publication; chronological order Publishes final regs and proposed regs. Generally hard to find stuff in it But essential for the most up-to-date regs & for updating updating
the CFRthe CFR.
2. Code of Federal Regulations More accessible. Arranged by issuing agency and subject. Usually start here.
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Where to Find the CFR?
e-CFR, GPO Access, Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline
Print version comes out quarterly.
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Where to Find the Federal Register?
GPO Access/FDsys, Regulations.gov, Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline
Print version runs about 2 weeks behind.
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Two Ways to Find Regs
1. In Annotations to US Code (USCA, USCS)
2. By searching the CFR
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Baby Food Example
21 USCA 350a Infant formulasNotes:
Code of Federal Regulations:
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services--Infant formula quality control procedures, 21 CFR Part 106. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services--Infant formula, 21 CFR Part 107.
eCRF, browse to Title 21; search “infant formula”
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Updating the CFR
Search the Federal Register; restricting to last several days (based on CFR currency)
KeyCite your reg (not Shepard’s) Lexis Regulatory Impact Print: List of Sections Affected (LSA) at end
of CFR books lists page references in Federal Register
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Beyond Regs: Other Types of Agency Materials
Federal Agency Decisions, e.g. EEOC decisions
Compliance Manuals, e.g. FDA Enforcement Guidelines, e.g. USDA Official Interpretations, IRS private letter
rulings
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Ohio Administrative Law
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A Quick Comparison
Federal Ohio
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)
Federal Register Register of Ohio (online)
or
Ohio Monthly Record (print)
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Ohio Administrative Code
Arranged by agency and subject matter Annotated version on Westlaw / Lexis Unannotated version online at
http://codes.ohio.gov
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Ohio Monthly Record
Print only Publishes new rules, proposed rules, notices
of repealed rules Comes out …. monthly
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Register of Ohio
Online only Publishes new rules, proposed rules, notices
of repealed rules Great source for news rules or recent
changes – updates the OAC Purges old records – not good for older
changes
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Updating the OAC
Register of Ohio Regulation tracking databases in Lexis &
Westlaw KeyCite the reg (not Shepard’s)
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Federal Legislative History
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What is Legislative History?
Figuring out what a statute “really means” by determining the “intent” of the law makers.
A collection of all of the documents associated with the passage of a statute.
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Top Docs
Congressional bills Hearings Committee reports Congressional debates Presidential approval or veto
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Where to Find the Docs
CIS/LexisNexis Congressional - #1 Source#1 Source USCCAN (U.S. Code Congressional and
Administrative News) Compiled legislative histories (e.g. USA
Patriot Act)
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CIS/LexisNexis Congressional
CIS (Congressional Information Service) started indexing Congressional publications in 1970.
Online, the CIS Indexes are available on LexisNexis Congressional.
Much of LexisNexis Congressional is full-text now, but not all.
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USCCAN
“Quick & dirty” precompiled legis history of every enacted federal law since 1947.
Use to find especially reports – key docs. It is not a comprehensive legislative history. Good for the major documents.
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Compiled Legislative Histories
Let someone else do the work for you! If you’re researching a major act, check for
these first. e.g. USA Patriot Act: A Legislative History Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories Union List of Legislative Histories Your library catalog.
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