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"WAIS Database created with WAIS Inc. 1-0-11
Hours of availability: 1 AM EST to 6 AM EST

CONTENTS
The Bill Status Today contains information on the status of 
federal legislation introduced on the Floor of the House today.
It is a valuable source for tracking the progress and
substance of legislation.  This database is updated every
60 minutes when the House is in session by staff from
the Office of the Clerk of the House and House Information
Systems.

This database does not contain the full text of the bill
but does contain a digest or summary. The full text of
the bill is not available online at this time but eventually
the full text of the bill will appear in the database
USHOUSE_house_bill_text_104th.

SEARCHING
Information in Bill Status Today can be retrieved by a variety
of methods including sponsor, subject, and legislative
action.  Each document will include the following information
when it becomes available:

Congress
Bill No          (may not be available initially)
Official Title
Sponsor
Date Introduced
Brief Title    
Cosponsors
Committee/Subcommittee Referral
Legislative Action


The search may also be limited to the following fields:

Search Label:            Field to be Searched:

BILL                     Bill No
INTRODUCED               Date Introduced
SPONSOR                  Sponsor
COSPONSORS               Cosponsors
COMMITTEE                Committee/Subcommittee Referral
ACTION                   Legislative Action


Examples:

Search Terms:                     To Find:

family ADJ leave                  to find the status
                                  of any bill
                                  introduced today 
                                  containing the
                                  terms "family leave"
                                  next to each other

committee = appropriations        to find the status
                                  of all bills
                                  introduced today and
                                  referred to the
                                  Committee on 
                                  Appropriations
 
sponsor = ehlers                  to find the status
                                  of all bills
                                  introduced today
                                  by Congressman
                                  Ehlers 

introduced = 01-04-95             to find the status
                                  of all bills
                                  introduced today
                                  (assuming today's
                                  date is 01-04-95) 
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