Law Bills in the 108th Congress

14,356 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 109th at 3,489. 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

3,200 bills in the 108th Congress. Showing 31–60, newest first. Every Congress

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HCONRES 324	Urging Japan to honor its commitments under the 1986 Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	November 13, 2003
HCONRES 304	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding oppression by the Government of the People's Republic of China of Falun Gong in the United States and in China.	Received in the Senate.	October 5, 2004
HCONRES 276	Providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	September 23, 2003
HCONRES 267	Urging a full and impartial inquiry into the murder of attorney Pat Finucane in 1989 in Northern Ireland.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	July 25, 2003
HCONRES 257	Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery.	Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	July 7, 2004
HCONRES 251	Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	September 4, 2003
HCONRES 244	Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Government of Saudi Arabia's lack of protection of internationally recognized human rights and the absence of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	July 15, 2003
HCONRES 243	Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding dispute settlement proceedings in the World Trade Organization.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	July 22, 2003
HCONRES 223	Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and supporting the designation of an Equal Justice Day in commemoration of such anniversary.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	June 25, 2003
HCONRES 200	Recognizing Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez for ending segregation in schools in Orange County, California, and for setting the precedent for the historic Brown v. Board of Education case, which ended segregation in schools across the United States.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	June 25, 2003
HCONRES 197	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding housing affordability and urging fair and expeditious review by international trade panels to ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	May 28, 2003
HCONRES 179	Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Second Amendment.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	June 25, 2003
HCONRES 169	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should support the human rights and dignity of all persons with disabilities by pledging support for the drafting and working toward the adoption of a thematic convention on the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities by the United Nations General Assembly to augment the existing United Nations human rights system, and for other purposes.	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.	June 12, 2003
HCONRES 158	Recognizing the importance of inheritance rights of women in Africa.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	April 30, 2003
HCONRES 143	Relating to the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials, military leaders, and citizens who may be responsible for crimes against humanity, attempted genocide, and war crimes.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	April 9, 2003
HCONRES 139	Authorizing printing of the brochures entitled "How Our Laws Are Made" and "Our American Government", the publication entitled "Our Flag", the document-sized, annotated version of the United States Constitution, and the pocket version of the United States Constitution.	Message on Senate action sent to the House.	June 23, 2003
HCONRES 130	Fair Play-Equal Access in Membership Resolution	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	May 5, 2003
HCONRES 102	Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	March 19, 2003
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.	Message on Senate action sent to the House.	April 11, 2003
HCONRES 90	Expressing the sense of the Congress that hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves should be modified so that individuals have a fair and equitable opportunity to hunt such birds.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.	March 14, 2003
HCONRES 88	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Children's Internet Protection Act is constitutional as it applies to public libraries.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	May 5, 2003
HCONRES 87	Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claims of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	March 11, 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.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	February 13, 2003
HCONRES 32	Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to human rights in Central Asia.	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	February 11, 2003
HCONRES 27	Condemning the selection of Libya to chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and for other purposes.	Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	February 12, 2003
HCONRES 15	Commending India on its celebration of Republic Day.	Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	March 11, 2004
HJRES 113	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	November 18, 2004
HJRES 112	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	November 18, 2004
HJRES 109	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States regardless of place of residence.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	November 5, 2004
HJRES 107	Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.	Became Public Law No: 108-309.	September 30, 2004

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.