1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code 98-68 CUpdated August 1, 2003The Constitution of the United States,the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration ofIndependence: A Guide to Obtaining CopiesJess H. CamposInformation Research
2、 SpecialistInformation Research DivisionSummaryThe texts of the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration ofIndependencearewidelyavailable. TheycanbefoundintheUnitedStatesGovernmentManual,encyclopedias,almanacs,andmanyreferencebooksworksreadilyavailablein many school, public, and researc
3、h libraries, and on the Internet. In addition, thisreportidentifieshowtolocatethesedocumentsinvariousformatsfromsourcessuchasthe U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office,the NationalArchivesand RecordsAdministration, the Historical Documents Company, the Libraryof Congress NationalLibrary Service for the Blin
4、d and Physically Handicapped, and the Law Library ofCongress. It lists Internet addresses where applicable. This report will be updatedyearly.IntroductionCopiesoftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesandtheDeclarationofIndependenceareavailablefrommanysources,includingtheInternet. Thisreportprovidesinforma