Topic

First Amendment rights

356 bills on this subject

Filed across 10 Congresses, from the 110th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 58. 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 110th to 119th
356 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 241–270, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HR 2110 Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 114th May 1, 2015
HR 2075 United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2015 114th May 15, 2015
HR 1144 Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2015 114th March 31, 2015
HR 153 To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. 114th January 6, 2015
HR 5 Student Success Act 114th July 13, 2015
HRES 569 Condemning violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States. 114th January 15, 2016
HRES 564 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas. 114th December 11, 2015
HRES 514 Protecting Religious Freedom in America. 114th December 4, 2015
HRES 344 Urging the discontinued use of the Confederate battle flag, which represents pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, in remembrance of the Emanuel 9. 114th July 9, 2015
HRES 342 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the enhancement of unity in America. 114th July 9, 2015
HRES 311 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should confirm that money is not free speech and that corporations are not people for purposes of the First Amendment right to make campaign contributions by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and should restore the right of Congress and the States to impose limits on the amount of expenditures that may be made by candidates and others in support of elections for public office by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 114th July 1, 2015
S 3156 Taxpayer Protection Act of 2016 114th July 12, 2016
S 2960 Access to Birth Control Act 114th May 19, 2016
S 965 A bill to prohibit the use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 114th April 15, 2015
S 754 An act to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes. 114th October 28, 2015
SCONRES 27 A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and is protected for all Americans by the text of the Constitution, and recognizing the 230th anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 114th January 19, 2016
SJRES 21 A joint resolution 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. 114th July 30, 2015
SJRES 7 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies, and other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state. 114th February 4, 2015
HCONRES 58 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need for the continued availability of religious services to members of the Armed Forces and their families during a lapse in appropriations. 113th October 16, 2013
HCONRES 6 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 113th January 25, 2013
HJRES 107 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. 113th March 20, 2014
HJRES 47 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. 113th June 14, 2013
HJRES 32 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. 113th April 8, 2013
HJRES 31 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. 113th February 28, 2013
HJRES 29 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only. 113th February 28, 2013
HJRES 21 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state. 113th February 28, 2013
HJRES 19 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. 113th February 28, 2013
HJRES 14 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections and granting Congress and the States the power to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office. 113th January 25, 2013
HJRES 13 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections. 113th January 25, 2013
HR 5893 Ansel Adams Act 113th January 2, 2015

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