Topic

Blind

Bills 189 First seen 107th Most recent 110th

189 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 108th at 57. 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
42 bills in the 109th Congress. Showing 1–30, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HCONRES 484 Commending The New York Institute for Special Education for providing excellent education for students with blindness and visual disabilities for 175 years, and for broadening its mission to provide the same quality education to students with emotional and learning disabilities. Received in the Senate. December 7, 2006
HCONRES 235 Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual. Message on Senate action sent to the House. September 25, 2006
HR 6329 Recidivism Reduction Act Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. November 15, 2006
HR 6185 Veterans Health Care Act of 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. October 10, 2006
HR 6073 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes. Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. September 26, 2006
HR 5930 Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Act Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks. August 7, 2006
HR 5815 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2006 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. September 14, 2006
HR 5647 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 289. June 20, 2006
HR 5521 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 478. June 22, 2006
HR 4704 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. February 9, 2006
HR 3579 Blinded Veterans Continuum of Care Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. August 15, 2005
HR 3010 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-149. December 30, 2005
HR 2985 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-55. August 2, 2005
HR 2965 Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. September 21, 2006
HR 2963 Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act Subcommittee Hearings Held. April 6, 2006
HR 2872 Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act Became Public Law No: 109-247. July 27, 2006
HR 2671 Vision Preservation Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. June 17, 2005
HR 1682 SSI Modernization Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. April 27, 2005
HR 1480 Federal Employees with Disabilities Protection Act Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. April 5, 2005
HR 1268 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 Became Public Law No: 109-13. May 11, 2005
HR 951 Video Description Restoration Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. March 22, 2005
HR 939 Count Every Vote Act of 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. April 4, 2005
HR 902 Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. April 28, 2005
HR 592 To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining supplemental security income benefits. Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. February 25, 2005
HR 550 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1567) April 6, 2006
HR 240 Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 20. October 20, 2005
S 3708 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 526. July 20, 2006
S 3421 Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-461. December 22, 2006
S 2918 Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. July 12, 2006
S 2686 Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1128, pt. 3. June 13, 2006

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.