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Know the IMPACT
Discover how the latest proposals will IMPACT the laws and regulations that matter to you, your clients and your business.Legislative Impact ®
- Learn how new bills will IMPACT existing federal law
- Find the full history of amendments to existing law, both proposed and enacted
- Navigate quickly with hyperlinks to deep data sets of federal legislation and public laws
- Access all bills and resolutions within one hour of GPO filing
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Regulatory Impact ®
- Learn how new rules will IMPACT existing federal regulations
- Browse by Agency to find all active notices, rules and proposed rules
- Find the full details of each proposed, amended, revised and final rule by CFR title
- Navigate quickly with hyperlinks to the complete CFR and Federal Register
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Get the ALERTS that matter
Know what changes have been proposed or made to the laws and regulations that matter most to you, your clients and your business.Impact Alerts
- Customize your email alerts to track only the issues important to you
- Set alerts on key public laws or regulations – you’ll learn immediately when a proposal would affect that law or regulation
- Know your interests are monitored
Legislative Impact Alert Setup:
Legislative Impact Alert Sample
Regulatory Impact Alert Setup:
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Access deep RESOURCES
Subscriber-only access to the deep collection of searchable federal legislative and regulatory database.The Potomac Collection:
- Continually updated information to keep you abreast of daily changes
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Searchable Access to
- Statutes at Large dating from 1789
- House and Senate bills and resolutions
- Complete U.S. Code
- Federal Register
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Facts and figures showcasing a variety of information, including the stages of bills and resolutions, bill types, number of laws approved by each president, and public laws by all congressional sessions, all updated continuously.
- Hyperlinked references and citations for comprehensive results and more.
The complete POTOMAC Collection
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Data Set | Deep Coverage | Frequency of Update | Format of Results |
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Statutes at Large | Complete set of PDF files back to 1st Congress (2012-1789) | Uploaded within a week of PDFs uploaded to FDSys | Complete set of official PDF files; full text hyperlinked HTML files through 106th Congress (1999) |
Public Laws | Complete set of PDF files back to 1st Congress (2012-1789) | Uploaded within an hour of GPO releasing public law | Complete set of official PDF files; full text hyperlinked HTML files through 106th Congress (1999) |
Bills and Resolutions | 112th- 109th Congress (2012-2005) | Uploaded within an hour of GPO releasing bill or resolution | Official PDF files; full text hyperlinked HTML files |
U.S. Code | Complete | Updated within days of classification notes released from Law Revision Counsel | Full text hyperlinked HTML files |
Federal Register | 2012-2003 | Uploaded by 7AM M-F, except federal holidays or if GPO is delayed | Official PDF files; full text hyperlinked HTML files |
Code of Federal Regulations | Complete | Updated within hours of receiving the Federal Register each morning, usually by noon | Full text hyperlinked HTML files |
Other Tools
Tool | Description | Subscriber Benefits |
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Legislative Impact ® |
Creates a report for each bill:
Creates three reports for each public law:
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DataStream created this feature. One click reporting shows users a compact, hyperlinked and navigable report, drilling down to the information needed. |
Regulatory Impact ® | Creates a report that shows changes in regulatory law for agencies or selected portions of the CFR including notices, proposed, temporary and final rules | This feature was created by DataStream and is only available within THE POTOMAC Collection. One click reporting shows users the whole spectrum of possible changes with hyperlinks to navigate to relevant documents. |
Alerts | Proactively emails impact reports when specified laws or regulations are amended | This feature was created by DataStream and is only available within THE POTOMAC Collection. THE POTOMAC Collection automatically generates comprehensive and complete Alerts with user-directed topics and timing. Users effortlessly stay abreast of pending changes to law and statute with Alerts. |
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