Topic

Civil actions and liability

7,655 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 1,048. 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 119th
526 bills in the 112th Congress. Showing 1–30, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HCONRES 121 Expressing the sense of Congress that as one of the world's important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems, the Niger Delta should be protected and its recovery and economic development a priority. Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. April 27, 2012
HCONRES 85 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the proposed settlement between the Department of Justice, the State attorneys general, and mortgage servicers regarding mortgage fraud and the economic crisis. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. November 21, 2011
HCONRES 29 Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions. Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. March 21, 2011
HCONRES 25 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. March 21, 2011
HR 6725 NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2012 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. December 31, 2012
HR 6706 Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Correction Act of 2012 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. December 27, 2012
HR 6700 Stop Deducting Damages Act of 2012 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. December 20, 2012
HR 6697 Consumer Bounty Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. January 2, 2013
HR 6688 Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. December 19, 2012
HR 6684 Spending Reduction Act of 2012 Received in the Senate. December 21, 2012
HR 6680 Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2012 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. December 18, 2012
HR 6676 Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. December 19, 2012
HR 6648 POCAG Act Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. December 11, 2012
HR 6622 Officer Safety Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. December 7, 2012
HR 6621 To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code. Became Public Law No: 112-274. January 14, 2013
HR 6594 Military Ballot Integrity Act of 2012 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. November 16, 2012
HR 6586 Space Exploration Sustainability Act Became Public Law No: 112-273. January 14, 2013
HR 6531 Bottle Recycling Climate Protection Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. September 26, 2012
HR 6529 ECPA 2.0 Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. October 3, 2012
HR 6483 SAFE Lending Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. October 23, 2012
HR 6409 Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. October 2, 2012
HR 6406 Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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. September 13, 2012
HR 6389 Sequestration Prevention Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. September 19, 2012
HR 6377 Mobile Device Privacy Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. September 14, 2012
HR 6360 Oversight and Accountability in Wartime Contracting Act of 2012 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, 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. August 7, 2012
HR 6299 To repeal the Federally subsidized loan program for non-profit health insurance, to provide for association health plans, and for other purposes. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. August 3, 2012
HR 6293 Servicemembers Rights Enforcement Improvement Act of 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. September 21, 2012
HR 6274 To amend the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the definition of Indian and Indian organization for the purposes of that Act. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. September 7, 2012
HR 6247 Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012 Committee Hearings Held. August 15, 2012
HR 6246 Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. August 2, 2012

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.