Topic

Blacks

351 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 124. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
108 bills in the 110th Congress. Showing 31–60, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HR 4217 Minority Male Academic Achievement Study Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. February 5, 2008
HR 4216 Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. February 5, 2008
HR 4151 STEM Promotion Act of 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. November 9, 2007
HR 4051 Housing Assistance Authorization Act of 2007 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. November 8, 2007
HR 4033 Golf Course Preservation and Modernization Act Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. November 6, 2007
HR 4010 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 West Percy Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the "Minnie Cox Post Office Building". Became Public Law No: 110-440. October 21, 2008
HR 3935 To extend the time limit of the authority of the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass, and for other purposes. Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. October 25, 2007
HR 3073 Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. April 25, 2008
HR 2771 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258. June 28, 2007
HR 2210 Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. May 8, 2007
HR 2030 1901 Missouri African American Expulsion Commission Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. May 4, 2007
HR 1995 Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2007 Subcommittee Hearings Held. April 24, 2007
HR 1734 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office". Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. June 19, 2008
HR 1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008 Became Public Law No: 110-392. October 13, 2008
HR 1373 To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people. Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. April 13, 2007
HR 1192 Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. February 28, 2007
HR 1131 Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. March 27, 2007
HR 1000 Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. April 11, 2007
HR 954 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 365 West 125th Street in New York, New York, as the "Percy Sutton Post Office Building". Became Public Law No: 110-87. September 28, 2007
HR 899 Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007 Subcommittee Hearings Held. June 21, 2007
HR 789 Office of Men's Health Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. February 2, 2007
HR 705 To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of George Henry White. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. January 29, 2007
HR 694 Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. October 4, 2007
HR 622 Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. April 11, 2007
HR 558 African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2007 Subcommittee Hearings Held. June 21, 2007
HR 439 SEARCH Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. March 19, 2007
HR 433 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the "Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building". Became Public Law No: 110-9. March 7, 2007
HR 390 Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1042. September 23, 2008
HR 40 Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. February 2, 2007
HR 18 To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. January 4, 2007

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.