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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 7,981–8,010, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HCONRES 344 Expressing the sense of the Congress that American prisoners of war (POWs) during the 1991 Gulf War and their immediate family members should be adequately compensated, without delay, for their suffering and injury, as decided by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 108th November 21, 2003
HCONRES 342 Commending Iraqi women for their participation in Iraqi government and civil society, encouraging the inclusion of Iraqi women in the political and economic life of Iraq, and advocating the protection of Iraqi women's human rights in the Iraqi Constitution. 108th November 22, 2003
HCONRES 336 Expressing the sense of Congress that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of 8 nations should be conditioned on the Russian Government voluntarily accepting and adhering to the norms and standards of democracy. 108th March 31, 2004
HCONRES 327 Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes. 108th November 18, 2003
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. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th September 23, 2003
HCONRES 267 Urging a full and impartial inquiry into the murder of attorney Pat Finucane in 1989 in Northern Ireland. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th July 15, 2003
HCONRES 243 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding dispute settlement proceedings in the World Trade Organization. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th May 28, 2003
HCONRES 179 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Second Amendment. 108th 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. 108th June 12, 2003
HCONRES 158 Recognizing the importance of inheritance rights of women in Africa. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th June 23, 2003
HCONRES 130 Fair Play-Equal Access in Membership Resolution 108th May 5, 2003
HCONRES 102 Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th 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. 108th February 13, 2003
HCONRES 32 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to human rights in Central Asia. 108th February 11, 2003
HCONRES 27 Condemning the selection of Libya to chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and for other purposes. 108th February 12, 2003
HCONRES 15 Commending India on its celebration of Republic Day. 108th March 11, 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.