You will make a background and legislative history that reviews and surveys the pertinent available resources regarding the problem of the scarcity of cheap housing in the public sector in the USA. To begin, you need to know three things: the Public Law (P.L.) number, the bill number, and the date it was introduced in Congress. The following sources can help you identify a P.L. to trace. They also can provide you with valuable background information about the intent of the law, its sponsors, and some of the issues surrounding the bill's passage into law.

Introduction, Compiling a Legislative History Bill Files (2 cases) House and Senate Journals (2 cases), Committee Hearing and Floor (2 cases), Debate Recordings (2 cases, so important), Other Official Documents. Researching Legislative Intent, and conclusion. At least two cases from each. CONDUCTING LEGISLATIVE HISTORY RESEARCH Identifying the types of documents: There are four main types of history documents produced by Congress during the process: Bills, Floor, Reports, and Debates.

The background and legislative history, in narrative format, should, at a minimum: explain the current status of this problem and what has been done, or not done, to address the problem; identify and synthesize relevant laws, current and past legislation, including legislative initiatives that may not have passed, and administrative rulings about this problem; evaluate past efforts to resolve the problem, and use at least 6 primary sources, evaluating the credibility of these sources. Remember to use a proper in-text citation, as a significant amount of the content included will require a citation. So, to compile a legislative history, you need to know the steps in the legislative process. You need to make sure to articulate what your problem is, and that the timeframe associated with that is with your history. You don't need to go back to 20 years ago. You have to consider how a problem has been addressed or attempted to be addressed previously. And that's really what a legislative history analysis is all about to do some research and figure out, who has done what, where, and when to address your particular issue. talk about legislative intent, how you formulate the message of the history, and what you're saying with that history. How do you organize the information, the lack of information? Do you do it chronically, chronologically, or some other evidence trend? To illustrate your problem, you definitely should use subsections and headings to clarify the material

Write the Legislative History Document To wrrite your legislative history, begin by using the Method to plan the document. Legislative history writing is interpretive. Even if the report is only a list of significant prior legislation, the list itself represents a selection or interpretation. Think of legislative history as a report of government records research to support a message. The message is your conclusion formed after consulting the record. You need to learn about the legislative process, government record types, and standard or new tools for researching government records. The goal, scope, strategy, protection, and communication objective.