About the House Library
Since 1792 the House Library has served as the official depository of Congressional Documents for the House of Representatives. The Library has an extensive collection of over 125,000 volumes of documents originated by the House of Representatives, Congressional publications, and legislative and legal reference resources.
The mission of the House Library is to provide legislative history and information to all patrons. As a division of the Legislative Resource Center (LRC), the Library has the responsibility of preserving House Documents from the 1st Congress and future Congresses.