Begin Congress

Mandatory	Repeatable	Data Type	Authority	Level Available	A/V Only	Public Elenent
No	No	Numeric (3)	Begin Congress Authority List	Record Group Series File Unit Item	No	Yes

 

Definition:

The beginning number of the Congress during which the archival materials were created.

 

Purpose:

The House and Senate committees archive and transfer their records by Congress and researchers often request records by Congress number. In addition, citations for legislation, hearings, and other committee publications use Congress number. This field allows staff and researchers to conduct more effective searches of Congressional records and to associate committee publications with related archival materials.

 

Relationship:

This element is related to End Congress.

 

Guidance:

Enter the first applicable Congress number.

 

Examples:

110 [For the 110th Congress.]

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