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 9,571–9,600, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HCONRES 411 To express the sense of the Congress regarding the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 108th June 28, 2004
HCONRES 408 Congratulating the University of Denver men's hockey team for winning the 2004 NCAA men's hockey national championship, and for other purposes. 108th May 5, 2004
HCONRES 396 Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment. 108th April 30, 2004
HCONRES 392 Calling for the adoption of a Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism ("SMART") Security Platform for the 21st Century. 108th December 6, 2004
HCONRES 386 Congratulating the United States Air Force Academy on its 50th Anniversary and recognizing its contributions to the Nation. 108th April 1, 2004
HCONRES 380 Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education. 108th May 5, 2004
HCONRES 355 Congratulating the University of Delaware men's football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association I-AA national championship. 108th March 11, 2004
HCONRES 351 Congratulating the University of Delaware men's football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association I-AA national championship. 108th March 11, 2004
HCONRES 333 Expressing support and appreciation for the longstanding alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes. 108th November 20, 2003
HCONRES 319 Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continuing repression of the religious freedom and human rights of the Iranian Baha i community by the Government of Iran. 108th June 24, 2004
HCONRES 318 Expressing the sense of the Congress that American colleges and universities should adopt an Academic Bill of Rights to secure the intellectual independence of faculty members and students and to protect the principle of intellectual diversity. 108th November 17, 2003
HCONRES 312 Recognizing the valuable contributions of higher education faculty in the education of our Nation's students. 108th November 10, 2003
HCONRES 301 Supporting the goals and ideals of the World Year of Physics. 108th September 7, 2004
HCONRES 295 Congratulating and saluting Focus: HOPE on the occasion of its 35th anniversary and for its remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State of Michigan, and the United States. 108th June 2, 2004
HCONRES 270 Supporting the goals and ideals of College Savings Month. 108th October 16, 2003
HCONRES 257 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery. 108th July 7, 2004
HCONRES 253 Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a "Free Enterprise Education Week" to encourage schools and businesses to educate students about the free enterprise system. 108th August 25, 2003
HCONRES 250 Recognizing community organization of public access defibrillation programs. 108th October 6, 2004
HCONRES 242 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 108th July 14, 2003
HCONRES 214 Concerning the national cheerleading championship of the University of Central Florida Varsity Cheerleading Team. 108th June 30, 2003
HCONRES 196 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should provide assistance for women and women's organizations in Iraq in order to strengthen and stabilize the emerging Iraqi democracy. 108th May 22, 2003
HCONRES 142 Congratulating the Syracuse University men's basketball team for winning the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball national championship. 108th April 10, 2003
HCONRES 131 Expressing the sense of the Congress that student travel is a vital component of the educational process. 108th October 7, 2004
HCONRES 95 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013. 108th April 11, 2003
HCONRES 86 Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence. 108th May 5, 2003
HCONRES 71 Recognizing the importance of Ralph Bunche as one of the great leaders of the United States, the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner, an accomplished scholar, a distinguished diplomat, and a tireless campaigner of civil rights for people throughout the world. 108th November 25, 2003
HCONRES 66 Expressing the sense of Congress that Shirley Chisholm should be recognized for her activism and groundbreaking achievements in politics during the civil rights era, and for her efforts to reform the Nation's political system and legislatures so that they better represent the needs of a greater number of Americans. 108th March 5, 2003
HCONRES 47 Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on those descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. 108th February 13, 2003
HCONRES 28 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp on the subject of school safety awareness. 108th February 4, 2003
HCONRES 4 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not rejoin the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 108th January 7, 2003

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.