Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".

Contains laws, legislative history, administrative regulations, lists of committees, proclamations, executive messages and orders

This publication is a comprehensive collection of statutes, executive orders, regulations, case law and analytical materials related to U.S. homeland security efforts, pulled from the new Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism databases on Westlaw, the legal industry's online research service. This publication covers a variety of substantive legal areas, including immigration and border security, criminal law and procedure, civil rights, government contracts, administrative law, privacy and the Freedom of Information Act, labor and employment, civil service law, torts, insurance and military law. It includes: The Homeland Security Act and subsequent amendments; A section-by-section synopsis of the Act prepared by West attorney-editors that denotes availability of cited reference materials in the Westlaw Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism databases with the symbol [H] and allows for a smooth interface with online offerings; the text of other key post-September 11 statutes, including the USA Patriot Act, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, the Terrorist Bombings Convention Implementation Act and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act; selected regulations and administrative materials; organization charts for the Department of Homeland Security and a bibliography listing pertinent research references including three important 2004 Supreme Court cases: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Rasul v. Bush and Rumsfeld v. Padilla.