Topic
Higher education
12,000
bills on this subject
Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 110th at 1,512. 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
1,394
bills in the 116th Congress.
Showing 1,351–1,380,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 72 | Federal Employees Civil Relief Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | January 9, 2019 |
| S 70 | Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | January 9, 2019 |
| S 53 | WALL Act of 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | January 8, 2019 |
| S 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | Became Public Law No: 116-9. | March 12, 2019 |
| SCONRES 42 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2020, be observed as the 130th anniversary of the 1890 Land-Grant Educational Institutions. | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S4638) | July 30, 2020 |
| SJRES 56 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability". | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | March 11, 2020 |
| SRES 807 | A resolution urging the Government of Uganda and all parties to respect human, civil, and political rights and ensure free and fair elections in January 2021, and recognizing the importance of multiparty democracy in Uganda. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S7808-7809) | December 18, 2020 |
| SRES 791 | A resolution designating November 2020 as "National College Application Month". | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7222; text: CR S7218-7219) | December 3, 2020 |
| SRES 782 | A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and distinguished public service of the Honorable George Pratt Shultz. | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S7180) | December 2, 2020 |
| SRES 723 | A resolution designating September 2020 as "Campus Fire Safety Month". | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5881; text: CR S5877-5878) | September 24, 2020 |
| SRES 711 | A resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt. | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5791-5792) | September 22, 2020 |
| SRES 703 | A resolution designating the week beginning September 14, 2020, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5715-5716; text: CR S5711-5712) | September 17, 2020 |
| SRES 695 | A resolution designating September 2020 as "National Voting Rights Month". | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5614-5615) | September 15, 2020 |
| SRES 647 | A resolution recognizing the forthcoming centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4231) | July 2, 2020 |
| SRES 646 | A resolution recognizing the 70th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Thailand. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4231) | July 2, 2020 |
| SRES 581 | A resolution honoring the memory of Jereima "Jeri" Bustamante on the second anniversary of her passing. | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2457-2458) | May 14, 2020 |
| SRES 578 | A resolution condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2455-2456) | May 14, 2020 |
| SRES 503 | A resolution commending the University of West Florida Argonauts football team for its National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national championship victory. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1083; text: CR S1080) | February 13, 2020 |
| SRES 492 | A resolution supporting the observation of "National Girls & Women in Sports Day" on February 5, 2020, to raise awareness of and celebrate the achievements of girls and women in sports. | Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S944) | February 5, 2020 |
| SRES 491 | A resolution designating the week beginning February 2, 2020, as "National Tribal Colleges and University Week". | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (text: 02/05/2020 CR S943-944) | February 11, 2020 |
| SRES 476 | A resolution congratulating the North Dakota State University Bison football team for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S282; text: CR S280) | January 16, 2020 |
| SRES 473 | A resolution congratulating the University of Charleston men's soccer team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men's Soccer Championship at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S252; text: CR S249) | January 15, 2020 |
| SRES 472 | A resolution commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S252; text: CR S248-249) | January 15, 2020 |
| SRES 432 | A resolution designating November 2019 as "National College Application Month". | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6679; text: CR S6675) | November 19, 2019 |
| SRES 319 | A resolution designating the week beginning September 16, 2019, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5609; text: CR S5607-5608) | September 19, 2019 |
| SRES 309 | A resolution designating September 2019 as "National Voting Rights Month". | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5476-5477) | September 12, 2019 |
| SRES 295 | A resolution designating the month of September 2019 as "Campus Fire Safety Month". | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5217-5218; text: CR S5256-5257) | July 31, 2019 |
| SRES 262 | A resolution affirming the importance of title IX, applauding the increase in educational opportunities available to all people, regardless of sex or gender, and recognizing the tremendous amount of work left to be done to further increase those opportunities. | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4461-4462) | June 24, 2019 |
| SRES 256 | A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of June 16 through June 23, 2019, as "National GI Bill Commemoration Week" and celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S4177-4178) | June 20, 2019 |
| SRES 249 | A resolution commemorating the victory of the University of Maryland in the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship. | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3450; text: CR S3369) | June 12, 2019 |
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.