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
17
bills in the 110th Congress.
Showing 1–17,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 14 | Expressing that Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war. | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | January 5, 2007 |
| HJRES 12 | 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. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | February 2, 2007 |
| HJRES 9 | 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, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | February 2, 2007 |
| HR 2817 | 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. | June 21, 2007 |
| HR 2421 | Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 | Committee Hearings Held. | April 16, 2008 |
| HR 2248 | Redistricting Reform Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | June 25, 2007 |
| HR 1359 | Enumerated Powers Act | 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. | March 6, 2007 |
| HR 1108 | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | August 1, 2008 |
| HR 770 | Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation Act | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. | January 31, 2007 |
| HR 645 | Comprehensive Strategy for Iraq Act of 2007 | Committee Hearings Held. | March 20, 2007 |
| HR 543 | Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2007 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | January 17, 2007 |
| HR 264 | Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2007 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7367) | June 28, 2007 |
| S 3159 | Enumerated Powers Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | June 19, 2008 |
| S 2342 | Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2007 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | November 13, 2007 |
| S 625 | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | August 1, 2007 |
| SJRES 40 | A joint resolution 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. | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | June 12, 2008 |
| SRES 39 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the need for approval by the Congress before any offensive military action by the United States against another nation. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1074) | January 24, 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.