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Searching Legislative and Regulatory Databases on Westlaw
Regulation Tracking Databases
The Regulation Tracking–Federal database (US-REGTRK) contains summaries and status
information concerning proposed and recently adopted federal regulations.
The Regulation Tracking–All States database (ST-REGTRK) and the Individual State Regulation
Tracking databases (XX-REGTRK, where XX is a state’s two-letter postal abbreviation) contain
summaries and status information concerning proposed and recently adopted regulations for all
50 states and the District of Columbia.
Archival Regulations Databases
Federal regulations are available in historical Code of Federal Regulations databases (CFRYY,
where YY is the last two digits of a year) starting with 1984, e.g., Code of Federal Regulations
(2003 Version) (CFR03).
Court Rules Databases
The Federal Rules database (US-RULES) contains rules from the USCA.
State court rules are available in Individual State Court Rules databases (XX-RULES, where XX
is a state’s two-letter postal abbreviation).
Treaties Databases
The U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements database (USTREATIES) provides the full
text of international and American Indian treaties to which the U.S. government is a party. U.S.
treaties are also available in the United States Treaties in Force database (USTIF), which
contains the full text of the current edition of United States Treaties in Force published by the
U.S. Department of State.
The European Union Treaties database (EU-TREATIES) contains the text of treaties between
member states of the European Union, including the treaties establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community, the European Economic Community, and the European Atomic Energy
Community; accession documents that enlarged the European communities; treaties of
amendment such as the Single European Act; and the Treaty of the European Union (Maastricht
Treaty).
Westlaw 50 State Surveys
The 50 State Surveys database (SURVEYS) contains topical surveys of state laws along with
references to the applicable state statutes so you can easily determine how legislation on a given
topic varies among states.
The 50 State Regulatory Survey database (REG-SURVEYS) contains topical surveys of state
regulations along with references to the full text of the applicable regulations.
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