Topic

Congressional tributes

12,414 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 111th at 1,513. 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
12,414 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 9,751–9,780, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HR 937 To direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage located in the rotunda of the United States Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth. 109th July 19, 2005
HR 889 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 109th July 12, 2006
HR 862 To redesignate the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the "Travis C. Johnson Canal". 109th December 7, 2005
HR 795 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to work with the State of New York to ensure that a segment of Interstate Route 86 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, is designated as the "Amo Houghton Bypass". 109th February 15, 2005
HR 787 To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the "Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse". 109th April 29, 2005
HR 724 To designate the United States courthouse located at 2500 Tulare Street in Fresno, California, as the "Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse". 109th February 10, 2005
HR 627 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut, as the "Linda White-Epps Post Office". 109th July 12, 2005
HR 548 To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse". 109th February 9, 2005
HR 535 To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the "Cesar E. Chavez Post Office". 109th February 2, 2005
HR 504 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the "Ray Charles Post Office Building". 109th July 12, 2005
HR 483 To designate a United States courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the "Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse". 109th June 29, 2005
HR 438 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Allston Way in Berkeley, California, as the "Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building". 109th September 27, 2005
HR 324 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 Montgomery Road in Altamonte Springs, Florida, as the "Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building". 109th July 12, 2005
HR 323 To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library". 109th November 16, 2005
HR 315 To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse". 109th October 13, 2006
HR 301 Interstate 3/3rd Infantry Division Highway Initiation Act of 2005 109th January 26, 2005
HR 289 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8200 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building. 109th July 12, 2005
HR 231 To designate the parcel of land containing the facility of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the "Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory Site". 109th February 17, 2005
HR 161 Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2005 109th February 4, 2005
HR 120 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, California, as the "Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building". 109th July 12, 2005
HR 104 Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act 109th March 2, 2005
HR 94 Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act of 2005 109th January 4, 2005
HRES 1109 Honoring Physicians for Peace for its efforts to foster peace and diplomacy throughout the world, and paying tribute to the life and achievements of its founder, Dr. Charles E. Horton, on the occasion of his death. 109th December 8, 2006
HRES 1097 Honoring the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy on the occasion of its 175th anniversary, and commending its ministry and its efforts in helping individuals, especially women and children, overcome challenges that keep them from living full and dignified lives. 109th December 6, 2006
HRES 1095 Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan. 109th December 9, 2006
HRES 1094 Recognizing the 60th Anniversary of Argonne National Laboratory. 109th December 6, 2006
HRES 1090 Honoring the life of Ruth Brown and her copyright royalty reform efforts on behalf of rhythm and blues recording artists. 109th December 6, 2006
HRES 1089 Honoring the life of Milton Friedman. 109th December 6, 2006
HRES 1088 Expressing support for Lebanon's democratic institutions and condemning the recent terrorist assassination of Lebanese parliamentarian and Industry Minister Pierre Amine Gemayel. 109th December 8, 2006
HRES 1087 Designating Room H-139 of the Capitol as the "Henry J. Hyde Room". 109th December 5, 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.