You want to conduct legislative history research for the Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. You do not have any other information for the law. How would you conduct legislative history research for the statute?

What will be an ideal response?


First, you could consult the popular name index. Then you could go to specific sections in the United States Code where the law has been codified. Then go to the historical notes in the annotations.

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