Topic

Commemorations

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 1,081–1,110, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 906 Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the United States Air Force Space Command headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. 110th January 23, 2008
HRES 905 Commending the Valdosta State University Blazers on winning the NCAA Division II National Championship. 110th February 28, 2008
HRES 904 Commending the Northport American Legion Post 694 located in Northport, New York, for raising funds for the Marine and Army combat units fighting in the Middle East, enabling them to purchase needed equipment. 110th January 23, 2008
HRES 903 Honoring the national contributions of the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri, on its 100th Anniversary. 110th December 19, 2007
HRES 902 To commemorate the 230th Anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga and the significance this event played in winning American independence and spreading the ideals of freedom and democracy throughout the world. 110th January 2, 2008
HRES 901 Congratulating University of Florida Quarterback Timothy "Tim" Tebow for winning the Heisman Trophy and honoring both his athletic and academic achievements. 110th July 29, 2008
HRES 900 Expressing support for designation of April as "Gospel Music Heritage Month" and honoring gospel music for its valuable long-standing contributions to American culture. 110th December 19, 2007
HRES 898 Recognizing the State of Minnesota's 150th anniversary. 110th December 19, 2007
HRES 896 Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. 110th July 30, 2008
HRES 892 Expressing support for designation of a "National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day". 110th April 29, 2008
HRES 891 Celebrating 35 years of space-based observations of the Earth by the Landsat spacecraft and looking forward to sustaining the longest unbroken record of civil Earth observations of the land. 110th April 22, 2008
HRES 890 Congratulating the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team for winning the 2007 NAIA National Championship. 110th February 28, 2008
HRES 889 Condemning the December 11, 2007, terrorist bombings on the people of Algeria and United Nations personnel, and expressing sympathy to the victims of these terrorist attacks. 110th December 18, 2007
HRES 888 Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as "American Religious History Week" for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith. 110th December 18, 2007
HRES 887 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in remembrance of the victims and in honor of the veterans of the peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984. 110th December 18, 2007
HRES 886 Expressing sympathy to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado. 110th April 14, 2008
HRES 883 Honoring the heroic service and sacrifice of the 350 American soldiers detained at the Nazi camp at Berga during World War II. 110th February 1, 2008
HRES 881 Honoring the life and mourning the death of John Berthoud, Ph.D. 110th December 17, 2007
HRES 880 Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Julia Carson, a Representative of the State of Indiana. 110th December 17, 2007
HRES 875 Honoring and supporting the Hadley School for the Blind. 110th September 27, 2008
HRES 872 Recognizing the ongoing work of The United States Sweet Potato Council and expressing support for designation of a "Sweet Potato Month". 110th December 12, 2007
HRES 870 Congratulating the 200th Anniversary of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. 110th September 26, 2008
HRES 868 Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Muir Woods National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. 110th February 12, 2008
HRES 867 Commending the Houston Dynamo soccer team for winning the 2007 Major League Soccer Cup. 110th February 6, 2008
HRES 866 Honoring the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard whose tireless work, dedication, and commitment to protecting the United States have led to the Coast Guard seizing over 350,000 pounds of cocaine at sea during 2007, far surpassing all of our previous records. 110th January 22, 2008
HRES 858 Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 110th December 11, 2007
HRES 856 Expresses heartfelt sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. 110th December 17, 2007
HRES 853 Honoring those who have volunteered to assist in the cleanup of the November 7, 2007, oil spill in San Francisco Bay. 110th December 11, 2007
HRES 852 Raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by establishing January 2008 as "National Stalking Awareness Month". 110th January 23, 2008
HRES 851 Honoring local and state first responders, and the citizens of the Pacific Northwest in facing the severe winter storm of December 2 and 3, 2007. 110th December 17, 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.