Topic

Human rights

4,269 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 531. 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
4,269 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1,201–1,230, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
SRES 101 A resolution supporting the goals of International Women's Day. 116th March 7, 2019
SRES 81 A resolution calling for accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov. 116th June 10, 2019
SRES 80 A resolution establishing the John S. McCain III Human Rights Commission. 116th February 27, 2019
SRES 73 A resolution calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to immediately release Saudi Women's Rights activists and respect the fundamental rights of all Saudi citizens. 116th February 14, 2019
SRES 67 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance and vitality of the United States alliances with Japan and the Republic of Korea, and our trilateral cooperation in the pursuit of shared interests. 116th April 10, 2019
SRES 36 A resolution supporting the observation of National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month during the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on February 1, 2019, to raise awareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery. 116th February 12, 2019
SRES 35 A resolution supporting democratic principles and standards in Bolivia and throughout Latin America. 116th April 10, 2019
SRES 34 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. 116th July 8, 2019
SRES 30 A resolution condemning efforts to undermine democracy in Hungary and urging President Trump to defend the universal human rights and democratic norms under attack by the Orban government. 116th January 25, 2019
SRES 14 A resolution affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking. 116th January 10, 2019
HCONRES 140 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the life and work of Senator John S. McCain III in promoting the United States, human rights, and peace. 115th September 26, 2018
HCONRES 126 Affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States. 115th August 2, 2018
HCONRES 96 Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. 115th December 8, 2017
HCONRES 90 Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the violence in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access to the state of Rakhine in Burma. 115th December 7, 2017
HCONRES 89 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to United States policy toward Tibet and that the treatment of the Tibetan people should be an important factor in the conduct of United States relations with the People's Republic of China. 115th November 29, 2017
HCONRES 74 Affirming the right of all renters to a safe, affordable, and decent home. 115th July 27, 2017
HCONRES 67 Urging the Government of the People's Republic of China to unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo, together with his wife Liu Xia, to allow them to freely meet with friends, family, and counsel and seek medical treatment wherever they desire. 115th July 10, 2017
HCONRES 57 Expressing the sense of Congress that a museum should be established and operated in Washington, DC, for the purpose of memorializing the victims of communist regimes, educating Americans and foreign visitors about the ideology of communism and its history, and encouraging visitors to meet the challenges of the human rights abuses presented by communist regimes today. 115th May 18, 2017
HJRES 139 Providing for the designation of a "Freedom to Choose their Destiny for the Nations of Eastern Europe and Eurasia Week". 115th September 12, 2018
HR 7384 UIGHUR Act of 2018 115th December 20, 2018
HR 7350 No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act of 2018 115th December 19, 2018
HR 7291 GLOBE Act of 2018 115th December 13, 2018
HR 7245 Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018 115th December 10, 2018
HR 7228 Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018 115th December 10, 2018
HR 7123 Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018 115th November 13, 2018
HR 7089 Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2018 115th October 23, 2018
HR 7082 To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the Government of Saudi Arabia, and for other purposes. 115th October 23, 2018
HR 7070 To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the Government of Saudi Arabia pending a determination by the Secretary of State regarding the status of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes. 115th October 16, 2018
HR 7055 Keeping Girls in School Act 115th October 9, 2018
HR 7008 Stop Gendercide Act 115th September 28, 2018

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.