Topic

Literature

83 bills on this subject

Filed across 11 Congresses, from the 107th to the 117th, and most in the 109th at 13. 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 117th
83 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 61–83, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
S 1186 Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act 109th June 7, 2005
S 1117 United States-People's Republic of China Cultural Engagement Act 109th May 25, 2005
S 372 Artist-Museum Partnership Act 109th February 14, 2005
SCONRES 107 A concurrent resolution congratulating Donald Andrew Hall for his selection by the Librarian of Congress as the 14th Poet Laureate of the United States and for his great accomplishments in prose and essays focusing on New England rural living, baseball, and how work conveys meaning to ordinary life. 109th June 28, 2006
SRES 78 A resolution recognizing and honoring the life of Arthur Miller. 109th March 9, 2005
SRES 51 A resolution recognizing the importance of the writings of Dashiell Hammett to American literature and culture on the 75th anniversary of the first publication of "The Maltese Falcon". 109th February 14, 2005
HCONRES 64 Expressing the sense of Congress that Zora Neale Hurston should be recognized for her achievements as a novelist and anthropologist, and for her contributions to the Harlem Renaissance movement. 108th March 5, 2003
HR 1066 Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement 108th May 5, 2003
HR 806 Artists' Contribution to American Heritage Act of 2003 108th February 13, 2003
S 1792 Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act 108th October 28, 2003
S 476 CARE Act of 2003 108th April 9, 2003
S 287 Artist-Museum Partnership Act 108th April 9, 2003
S 272 CARE Act of 2003 108th January 30, 2003
S 256 CARE Act of 2003 108th January 30, 2003
HCONRES 336 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the life and works of John Steinbeck. 107th February 27, 2002
HCONRES 216 Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative stamp should be issued honoring Felix Octavius Carr Darley. 107th September 5, 2001
HR 5522 Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002 107th November 12, 2002
HR 4840 Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning Act of 2002 107th October 15, 2002
HR 3705 Sound Science Saves Species Act of 2002 107th April 18, 2002
HR 1598 Artists' Contribution to American Heritage Act of 2001 107th April 26, 2001
S 694 Artist-Museum Partnership Act 107th April 4, 2001
SCONRES 99 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative stamp should be issued honoring Felix Octavius Carr Darley. 107th April 8, 2002
SRES 156 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Regional Humanities Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities be named for Eudora Welty. 107th August 3, 2001

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.