Topic
Congressional powers
92
bills on this subject
Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 107th at 34. 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
21
bills in the 109th Congress.
Showing 1–21,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 36 | Expressing the continued support of Congress for equal access of military recruiters to institutions of higher education. | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | February 2, 2005 |
| HCONRES 15 | Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war. | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | January 6, 2005 |
| HJRES 89 | Requiring the President to notify Congress if the President makes a determination to ignore a duly enacted provision of law, establishing expedited procedures for the consideration of legislation in the House of Representatives in response to such a determination, and for other purposes. | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | June 16, 2006 |
| HJRES 87 | Requiring the President to notify Congress if the President makes a determination at the time of signing a bill into law to ignore a duly enacted provision of such newly enacted law, establishing expedited procedures for the consideration of legislation in the House of Representatives in response to such a determination, and for other purposes. | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | May 25, 2006 |
| HJRES 13 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by candidates for election for public office. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | March 2, 2005 |
| HJRES 10 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | June 22, 2005 |
| HJRES 5 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | March 2, 2005 |
| HJRES 4 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | March 2, 2005 |
| HR 5486 | To prevent the Executive from encroaching upon the Congressional prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes. | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4373) | June 21, 2006 |
| HR 4797 | Citizen Soldier Protection Act of 2006 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | March 20, 2006 |
| HR 4694 | Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act | Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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. | February 1, 2006 |
| HR 4094 | Redistricting Reform Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | February 6, 2006 |
| HR 3073 | Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2005 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | June 27, 2005 |
| HR 2642 | Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | July 1, 2005 |
| HR 2458 | Enumerated Powers Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | July 1, 2005 |
| HR 1376 | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | March 22, 2005 |
| HR 1356 | Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | March 18, 2005 |
| S 2350 | Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2006 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | March 1, 2006 |
| S 912 | Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532) | February 28, 2006 |
| S 666 | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3037-3053) | March 17, 2005 |
| SJRES 12 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 34. Record Vote Number: 189. | June 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.