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
12,000 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 9,001–9,030, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 898 Congratulating the Oregon State University Beavers baseball team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I College World Series. 109th November 2, 2006
HRES 882 Honoring Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder, Professor of Child Development at West Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California, in recognition of her retirement after 32 years of service to the College. 109th September 7, 2006
HRES 875 Congratulating Spelman College on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. 109th September 6, 2006
HRES 858 Condemning the recent vote by the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to boycott Israeli academia. 109th June 9, 2006
HRES 828 Commending the people of Mongolia, on the 800th anniversary of Mongolian statehood, for building strong, democratic institutions, and expressing the support of the House of Representatives for efforts by the United States to continue to strengthen its partnership with that country. 109th June 7, 2006
HRES 768 Congratulating Geno Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women's basketball head coach, upon his selection to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. 109th May 24, 2006
HRES 765 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. 109th April 5, 2006
HRES 761 To commend the University of Florida Gators for their historic win in the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. 109th May 24, 2006
HRES 757 Commending the Virginia Wesleyan College Marlins men's basketball team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III National Basketball Championship. 109th May 24, 2006
HRES 742 Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965. 109th March 30, 2006
HRES 741 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965. 109th March 29, 2006
HRES 739 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive inter-agency program that will reduce lung cancer mortality by at least 50 percent by 2015. 109th April 19, 2006
HRES 735 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the "Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy: Three-Part Test-part Three", issued by the United States Department of Education without notice or opportunity for public comment on March 17, 2005, is inconsistent with longstanding Department policies and fundamental principles of equality, is a disservice to our Nation's young women, and should be withdrawn by the Department of Education. 109th May 1, 2006
HRES 722 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of oral health, and for other purposes. 109th March 17, 2006
HRES 711 Recognizing and honoring the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. 109th May 1, 2006
HRES 704 Congratulating the University of Maryland on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. 109th May 1, 2006
HRES 699 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Entrepreneurship Week and encouraging the implementation of entrepreneurship education programs in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education through the United States. 109th June 7, 2006
HRES 682 Congratulating the University of Portland Pilots women's soccer team for winning the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Soccer Championship. 109th May 1, 2006
HRES 681 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, and for other purposes. 109th March 7, 2006
HRES 680 Recognizing Dr. I. King Jordan for his contributions to Gallaudet University and the deaf and hard of hearing community. 109th March 28, 2006
HRES 677 Recognizing the creation of the NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium. 109th February 28, 2006
HRES 668 Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Texas Western's 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recognizing the groundbreaking impact of the title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights in America. 109th February 28, 2006
HRES 623 Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 109th December 17, 2005
HRES 607 Congratulating the University of Maryland Terrapins women's field hockey team on winning the 2005 National College Athletic Association Championship. 109th March 27, 2006
HRES 606 Congratulating the University of Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champions. 109th March 27, 2006
HRES 576 Celebrating Advancement Via Individual Determination's 25 years of success. 109th July 11, 2006
HRES 531 Honoring Abilene Christian University on it's 100th Anniversary. 109th March 24, 2006
HRES 521 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should cease its distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and should work with the United Nations and Greece to find a mutually acceptable official name for the FYROM. 109th October 27, 2005
HRES 442 Honoring the Fordham University School of Law upon the occasion of its 100th Anniversary. 109th October 12, 2005
HRES 431 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a Lifelong Learning Week. 109th September 7, 2005

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.