From: Jef Poskanzer <jef@ee.lbl.gov>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 17:54:44 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Privacy/Money Orders
Message-ID: <9311200153.AA26952@ace.ee.lbl.gov>
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>You can get some information on bills via telnet to locis.loc.gov,
>the Library of Congress Information Service.

Still a few bugs in this system - amusing transcript appended.
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Jef

Script started on Fri Nov 19 17:42:01 1993
% telnet locis.loc.gov
Trying 140.147.254.3...
Connected to locis.loc.gov.
Escape character is '^]'.
         L O C I S :  LIBRARY OF CONGRESS INFORMATION SYSTEM
 
          To make a choice: type a number, then press ENTER
 
 
  1   Library of Congress Catalog              4   Braille and Audio
 
  2   Federal Legislation                      5   Organizations
 
  3   Copyright Information                    6   Foreign Law
 
 
 *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *
 
  7   Searching Hours and Basics
  8   Documentation and Classes
  9   Library of Congress General Information
 
 
 12   Comments and Logoff
 
 
      Choice:
 2
                          FEDERAL LEGISLATION
 
These files track and describe legislation (bills and resolutions) introduced
in the US Congress, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to the current Congress (the
current Congress is the 103rd).  Each file covers a separate Congress.
 
 CHOICE                                                      FILE
 
   1    Congress, 1981-82        (97th)                      CG97
   2    Congress, 1983-84        (98th)                      CG98
   3    Congress, 1985-86        (99th)                      CG99
   4    Congress, 1987-88        (100th)                     C100
   5    Congress, 1989-90        (101st)                     C101
   6    Congress, 1991-92        (102nd)                     C102
   7    Current Congress, 1993-  (103rd)                     C103
 
   8    Search all Congresses from 1981-->current
   9    Search all Congresses on LOCIS 1973-->current
 
       Earlier Congresses: press ENTER
  12   Return to LOCIS MENU screen.
 
       Choice:
 7

 
FRIDAY, 11/19/93  08:43 P.M.
***C103- THE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION FILE FOR THE 103RD CONGRESS,
         which was updated on 11/19/93 and contains 7,958 records,
         is now available for your search.
 
  CURRENCY: All information is NOT current through the above date, which is
            machine generated when ANY information is added to the file.
            Bill numbers, official titles, sponsors, and status (STEP) added
            within 48 hours.  Indexing terms and digests added later, in
            some cases several weeks after the bill is added to the file.
 
 TO START   RETRIEVE to find:                    EXAMPLES:
   SEARCH:    member name  -------------->    retrieve rep gingrich
                                              retrieve sen kennedy
              bill number  -------------->    retrieve h.r. 1
              subject keywords  --------->    retrieve day care
 
 FOR HELP:  Type the word HELP and press the ENTER key.
 
 
   READY FOR NEW COMMAND:
retrieve assault guns

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telnet> close
Connection closed.
% exit
script done on Fri Nov 19 17:46:43 1993