Topic

Commemorations

Bills 8,010 First seen 107th Most recent 110th

8,010 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 110th at 2,412. 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
8,010 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 3,721–3,750, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 39 Commending countries and organizations for marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and urging a strengthening of the fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism. 109th January 25, 2005
HRES 37 Commending the people and the Governments of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the State of Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Republic of Yemen for their political and economic liberalization efforts and expressing hope that progress will continue and that the efforts of these countries will serve as a model for other Arab countries. 109th March 17, 2005
HRES 36 Congratulating the College of Saint Catherine in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on its centennial anniversary, and commending its outstanding contributions to the education and preparation of women as leaders of our communities, our families, and our nation. 109th February 9, 2005
HRES 34 Congratulating the University of Southern California Trojans for their second straight national title. 109th February 9, 2005
HRES 31 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a portrait of Dilip Singh Saund should be displayed in an appropriate place in the United States Capitol or in a House Office Building. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 30 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" should be established. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 29 Honoring the United States Army Volunteer Reserve for its dedicated and distinguished service to veterans and communities in need in the United States. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 28 Commending Tincher Preparatory School in Long Beach, California, for the school's innovative efforts to fight childhood obesity, including by designating one day each week as "Healthy Snack Day". 109th February 9, 2005
HRES 27 Congratulating Wangari Maathai for winning the Nobel Peace Prize and commending her for her tireless work promoting sustainable development, democracy, peace, and women's rights in Africa. 109th March 17, 2005
HRES 26 Congratulating the Downers Grove North High School Trojan football team and the students and fans of Downers Grove North High School on their outstanding sportsmanship and on winning the 2004 Illinois Class 8A Football State Championship. 109th February 9, 2005
HRES 23 Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools. 109th February 1, 2005
HRES 21 Honoring Shirley Chisholm for her service to the Nation and expressing condolences to her family, friends, and supporters on her death. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 19 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 18 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating Juan Nepomuceno Seguin. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 17 Recognizing the thousands of Freemasons in every State in the Nation and honoring them for their many contributions to the Nation throughout its history. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 16 Supporting the goals of National Manufacturing Week, congratulating manufacturers and their employees for their contributions growth and innovation, and recognizing the challenges facing the manufacturing sector. 109th February 4, 2005
HRES 15 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. 109th October 6, 2005
HRES 12 Expressing condolences and support for assistance to the victims of the earthquake and tsunamis that occurred on December 26, 2004, in South and Southeast Asia. 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 11 Expressing profound sorrow on the occasion of the death of the Honorable Robert T. Matsui, a Representative from the State of California. 109th January 4, 2005
S 4120 Harriet Beecher Stowe House Special Resource Study Act 109th December 8, 2006
S 4078 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office". 109th December 5, 2006
S 4073 A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Farmington, Missouri, as the "Robert Silvey Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". 109th December 18, 2006
S 4071 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit buildings and bonus depreciation property and the period for rehabilitation expenditures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone. 109th November 16, 2006
S 4050 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Thompson Street in Thomaston, Georgia, as the "Sergeant First Class Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hollar, Jr. Post Office Building". 109th December 18, 2006
S 4045 A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at the intersections of Broad Street, Seventh Street, Grace Street, and Eighth Street in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert Merhige Jr. Courthouse". 109th September 29, 2006
S 3990 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Oak Street in Farmington, Minnesota, as the "Hamilton H. Judson Post Office". 109th December 6, 2006
S 3988 Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 109th September 28, 2006
S 3964 A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce. 109th September 28, 2006
S 3942 Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 2006 109th September 26, 2006
S 3936 National Competitiveness Investment Act 109th September 27, 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.