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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 9,871–9,900, newest first.

Bill	Title	Congress	Latest action
HRES 733	Calling on the Government of Libya to review the legal actions taken against several Bulgarian medical workers.	108th	October 5, 2004
HRES 716	Encouraging the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to participate in a constitutional, peaceful, democratic, and electoral solution to the political crisis in Venezuela relating to the referendum to recall President Hugo Chavez.	108th	July 14, 2004
HRES 713	Deploring the misuse of the International Court of Justice by a plurality of the United Nations General Assembly for a narrow political purpose.	108th	July 15, 2004
HRES 700	Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives documents in the possession of the Attorney General relating to the treatment of prisoners and detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.	108th	September 7, 2004
HRES 699	Directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives documents in the possession of the Secretary of State relating to the treatment of prisoners and detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.	108th	July 22, 2004
HRES 690	Creating a select committee to investigate the abuses of detainees held in United States custody in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or any operation within the Global War on Terrorism, in particular those abuses that have been documented by thousands of photographs and on video at Abu Ghraib prison.	108th	June 23, 2004
HRES 689	Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain other Federal officials to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the President and those officials relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay.	108th	July 22, 2004
HRES 680	To urge the resolution of claims related to the confiscation of certain property by the Government of Italy.	108th	June 16, 2004
HRES 655	Condemning the crackdown on democracy protestors in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of China on the 15th anniversary of that tragic massacre.	108th	June 3, 2004
HRES 652	Urging the Government of the Republic of Belarus to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for its parliamentary elections in the fall of 2004.	108th	July 22, 2004
HRES 640	Of inquiry requesting that the Secretary of Defense transmit to the House of Representatives before the expiration of the 14-day period beginning on the date of the adoption of this resolution any picture, photograph, video, communication, or report produced in conjunction with any completed Department of Defense investigation conducted by Major General Antonio M. Taguba relating to allegations of torture or allegations of violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or any completed Department of Defense investigation relating to the abuse or alleged abuse of a prisoner of war or detainee by any civilian contractor working in Iraq who is employed on behalf of the Department of Defense.	108th	June 16, 2004
HRES 632	Urging the Government of Romania to provide equitable, prompt, and fair restitution to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Unitarian Church, the Hungarian Reformed Church, the Jewish community, and other affected religious communities for property confiscated by the former Communist government in Romania.	108th	May 6, 2004
HRES 620	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.	108th	May 20, 2004
HRES 596	Condemning ethnic violence in Kosovo.	108th	April 2, 2004
HRES 576	Urging the Government of the People's Republic of China to improve its protection of intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.	108th	July 14, 2004
HRES 568	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the laws of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws of the United States.	108th	May 13, 2004
HRES 564	Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces.	108th	March 17, 2004
HRES 563	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the one-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.	108th	March 31, 2004
HRES 557	Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces.	108th	March 17, 2004
HRES 552	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 339) to prevent frivolous lawsuits against the manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.	108th	March 10, 2004
HRES 545	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a specific statement should be included in the Iraqi Transitional Administrative Law guaranteeing the people of Iraq the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, and for other purposes.	108th	February 26, 2004
HRES 535	Expressing the concern and support of the House of Representatives for local elected officials under threat of assassination, kidnapping, forcible displacement, and coercion by terrorist organizations in the Republic of Colombia.	108th	March 31, 2004
HRES 530	Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China.	108th	March 3, 2004
HRES 509	Honoring and recognizing the achievements of Thurgood Marshall and encouraging Congress to award him the Congressional Gold Medal.	108th	March 1, 2004
HRES 508	Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.	108th	March 1, 2004
HRES 501	Recognizing and supporting Iranians in their daily struggle for democracy and reform, encouraging the Islamic Republic of Iran to conduct open and fair elections, and urging the President of the United States to engage with and support Iranians in their struggle for freedom and democracy.	108th	January 23, 2004
HRES 500	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws pursuant to the intent of Congress in order to protect children in the United States from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio.	108th	February 3, 2004
HRES 494	To create a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.	108th	January 20, 2004
HRES 482	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the October 3, 2003, order released by the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau in response to complaints regarding the broadcast of program material that contained indecent language.	108th	December 17, 2003
HRES 468	Expressing disapproval of the consideration by Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States of foreign laws and public opinion in their decisions, urging the end of this practice immediately to avoid setting a dangerous precedent, and urging all Justices to base their opinions solely on the merits under the Constitution of the United States.	108th	December 10, 2003

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.