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Bills 14,356 First seen 107th Most recent 119th

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
14,356 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 4,471–4,500, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HCONRES 402 Requiring certain committees of Congress to review and evaluate the activities and progress of the Government of Iraq in securing and stabilizing Iraq. 109th May 17, 2006
HCONRES 396 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should address the ongoing problem of untouchability in India. 109th May 24, 2006
HCONRES 391 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not initiate military action against Iran with respect to its nuclear program without first obtaining authorization from Congress. 109th April 26, 2006
HCONRES 377 Honoring the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) for fifty years of distinguished service. 109th May 24, 2006
HCONRES 375 Expressing the sense of Congress to support the decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims to award public safety officer death benefits to the family of Christopher Nicholas Kangas, a 14-year old volunteer apprentice firefighter who died as a result of serious injuries sustained en route to assist in fighting a fire. 109th March 30, 2006
HCONRES 365 Urging the Government of China to reinstate all licenses of Gao Zhisheng and his law firm, remove all legal and political obstacles for lawyers attempting to defend criminal cases in China, including politically sensitive cases, and revise law and practice in China so that it conforms to international standards. 109th April 27, 2006
HCONRES 363 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should promulgate as expeditiously as possible regulations required under the Public Health Service Act, relating to protections for residents of certain facilities with respect to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion. 109th March 16, 2006
HCONRES 348 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to accomplishing the mission in Iraq. 109th June 21, 2006
HCONRES 333 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 109th February 15, 2006
HCONRES 330 Expressing the concern of Congress that the President's 2002 order authorizing electronic surveillance of United States persons without a warrant violates existing law prohibiting such electronic surveillance, and for other purposes. 109th December 22, 2005
HCONRES 328 Condemning the anti-democratic actions of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should strongly support the aspirations of the democratic forces in Venezuela. 109th April 26, 2006
HCONRES 320 Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Pham Hong Son and other political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and other purposes. 109th April 6, 2006
HCONRES 311 Urging Japan to honor its commitments under the 1986 Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals, and for other purposes. 109th December 7, 2005
HCONRES 302 Supporting the national motto of the United States. 109th February 6, 2006
HCONRES 295 Providing that any agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards. 109th November 10, 2005
HCONRES 284 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt. 109th January 27, 2006
HCONRES 280 Mourning the horrific loss of life caused by the floods and mudslides that occurred in October 2005 in Central America and Mexico and expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should do everything possible to assist the affected people and communities. 109th December 12, 2005
HCONRES 279 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt. 109th October 26, 2005
HCONRES 271 Honoring the life and accomplishments of Judge Constance Baker Motley and recognizing her as a symbol of hope and inspiration for all men and women. 109th February 6, 2006
HCONRES 257 Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to a moratorium on the payment of principal or interest on certain mortgage loans, small business loans, and consumer loans for residents of a Federal disaster area. 109th January 4, 2006
HCONRES 253 Expressing the sense of the Congress that reciting the pledge of allegiance by students attending public schools contributes to the moral foundation of our Nation and urging the Supreme Court to uphold the pledge's constitutionality. 109th October 17, 2005
HCONRES 252 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States should support democracy, the rule of law, and human rights in the Republic of Nicaragua and work cooperatively with regional and international organizations to bolster Nicaraguan efforts to establish the requisite conditions for free, fair, transparent, and inclusive presidential and legislative elections in 2006. 109th January 27, 2006
HCONRES 245 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution of the United States. 109th September 30, 2005
HCONRES 239 Recognizing the need for judges who hear causes of action brought by teenage victims of dating violence to be educated as to the specific needs of such victims. 109th October 17, 2005
HCONRES 238 Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979. 109th January 27, 2006
HCONRES 224 Calling on the Government of Venezuela to uphold the human rights and civil liberties of the people of Venezuela. 109th July 28, 2005
HCONRES 208 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Rosa Louise Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus and the subsequent desegregation of American society. 109th November 18, 2005
HCONRES 194 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 109th June 28, 2005
HCONRES 191 Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the War in the Pacific and honoring veterans of both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of the Second World War. 109th July 14, 2005
HCONRES 175 Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on 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. 109th November 17, 2006

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.