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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 7,951–7,980, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
SRES 39 A resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation. 109th June 13, 2005
SRES 38 A resolution commending the people of Iraq on the January 30, 2005, national elections. 109th February 7, 2005
SRES 27 A resolution commending the results of the January 9, 2005, Palestinian Presidential Elections. 109th February 1, 2005
SRES 26 A resolution commending the people of Iraq on the election held on January 30, 2005, of a 275-member transitional National Assembly and of provincial and regional governments and encouraging further steps toward establishment of a free, democratic, secure, and prosperous Iraq. 109th January 31, 2005
HCONRES 526 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation. 108th November 19, 2004
HCONRES 503 Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster and expressing the commitment of Congress to work with the Government of India and others to ensure that Union Carbide provides environmental and medical rehabilitation of the affected area and is held responsible for its actions. 108th September 30, 2004
HCONRES 483 Affirming the support of the Congress for preserving the image of Alexander Hamilton on the face of $10 Federal reserve notes because of his standing as one of the United States' most influential founding fathers. 108th August 3, 2004
HCONRES 478 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice system caused by its decision in Blakely v. Washington, and for other purposes. 108th August 4, 2004
HCONRES 474 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not give any Federal agency the power to postpone the date of Federal elections. 108th July 15, 2004
HCONRES 471 Recognizing and honoring the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death because of his standing as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. 108th July 26, 2004
HCONRES 469 Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994 and expressing the concern of the United States regarding the continuing, decade-long delay in the resolution of this case. 108th September 7, 2004
HCONRES 468 Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the world's freshwater resources. 108th August 3, 2004
HCONRES 454 Commemorating over half a century of adjudication under the McCarran Amendment of rights to the use of water. 108th June 28, 2004
HCONRES 451 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a scholarship fund to make tuition grants available to eligible former students who were denied an education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, when the public schools closed rather than comply with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. 108th July 15, 2004
HCONRES 427 Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Charles Hamilton Houston. 108th May 17, 2004
HCONRES 415 Urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for the presidential election on October 31, 2004. 108th October 5, 2004
HCONRES 414 Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all Americans are encouraged to observe this anniversary with a commitment to continuing and building on the legacy of Brown. 108th May 20, 2004
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 406 Remembering the victims of the genocide that occurred in 1994 in Rwanda and pledging to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again. 108th April 2, 2004
HCONRES 399 Urging the President to provide encouragement and support for the ratification, establishment, and financing of a tribunal for the prosecution of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime. 108th March 25, 2004
HCONRES 393 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2004 and 2006 through 2009. 108th March 25, 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 390 Condemning the adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/14 (December 8, 2003) which requests the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to render an advisory opinion concerning the international legal consequences arising from Israel's construction of a security fence in parts of the West Bank, and for other purposes. 108th July 14, 2004
HCONRES 385 Calling on the President to negotiate a bilateral security agreement with the Iraqi Governing Council before June 30, 2004. 108th March 16, 2004
HCONRES 378 Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Father Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly, and for other purposes. 108th May 13, 2004
HCONRES 374 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, Federal banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Federal Trade Commission should work to mitigate the financial hardships experienced by members of the reserve component as a result of being called to active duty. 108th March 22, 2004
HCONRES 372 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the urgency of cessation of hostilities in the Republic of Haiti. 108th February 26, 2004
HCONRES 371 Supporting the construction by Israel of a security fence to prevent Palestinian terrorist attacks and condemning the decision by the United Nations General Assembly to request the International Court of Justice to render an opinion on the legality of the security fence. 108th July 9, 2004
HCONRES 370 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should support the principles of democracy and constitutional rule in the Republic of Haiti, and for other purposes. 108th February 25, 2004
HCONRES 363 Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continuing gross violations of human rights and civil liberties of the Syrian people by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. 108th September 14, 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.