Topic

Legal aid

102 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 110th at 36. 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 110th
36 bills in the 110th Congress. Showing 1–30, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HR 7208 Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. September 28, 2008
HR 6095 International and Parental Child Abduction Remedies Assistance Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. July 28, 2008
HR 5855 Foreclosure Counseling Assistance Act of 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. April 17, 2008
HR 5830 FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386. May 5, 2008
HR 5551 To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts, and for other purposes. Became Public Law No: 110-335. October 2, 2008
HR 5193 To award a congressional gold medal to Barry C. Scheck and to Peter Neufeld in recognition of their outstanding service to the Nation and to justice as co-founders and co-directors of the Innocence Project. Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. March 25, 2008
HR 4986 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 Became Public Law No: 110-181. January 28, 2008
HR 4960 Immigration Law Corrections Act of 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism. January 31, 2008
HR 4300 Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. January 14, 2008
HR 4223 To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. November 15, 2007
HR 4063 Restitution for the Exonerated Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. December 3, 2007
HR 3409 Place to Call Home Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. September 19, 2007
HR 3096 Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. September 19, 2007
HR 3093 Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 The conferees on the part of the House are discharged and H.R. 3093 is laid on the table pursuant to H. Res. 860. December 12, 2007
HR 2954 Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act of 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. September 11, 2007
HR 2874 Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. August 3, 2007
HR 2518 Bring Our Children Home Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. July 24, 2007
HR 2446 Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 2007 Star Print ordered on the bill. July 17, 2007
HR 2228 Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. May 9, 2007
HR 2188 Kinship Caregiver Support Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. September 19, 2007
HR 1792 Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2007 Executive Comment Requested from Dept of Homeland Security. May 4, 2007
HR 1645 STRIVE Act of 2007 Provisions of Measure Incorporated into Title VI of Division E of H.R. 2764. December 26, 2007
HR 1585 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Armed Services. Agreed to by voice vote. January 15, 2008
HR 1379 Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. March 7, 2007
HR 1291 Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. April 20, 2007
HR 840 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583. October 2, 2008
HRES 263 Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity for Congress to improve the foster care system throughout the United States. Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. May 29, 2007
HRES 243 Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong Nhan, Le Quoc Quan, and other political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and for other purposes. The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1429. May 2, 2007
S 3686 Foreclosure Diversion and Residential Mortgage Loan Modification Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. November 17, 2008
S 3594 Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. September 25, 2008

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.