Editing THOMAS (section)

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'''THOMAS''' was the first online database of [[United States Congress]] legislative information.  A project of the [[Library of Congress]], it was launched in January 1995 at the inception of the [[104th Congress]] and retired on July 5, 2016; it has been superseded by [[Congress.gov]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.congress.gov/help/faq#thomasretirement | title=Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): THOMAS Retirement | publisher=[[Library of Congress]] | access-date=October 18, 2014 }}</ref>