Topic

Performing arts

320 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 62. 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
320 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 211–240, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 618 Expressing support for Lunchtime Music on the Mall in Washington, DC, to benefit the District of Columbia, regional residents, and visitors and recognizing the public service of the performers and sponsors. 113th June 10, 2014
HRES 484 Expressing support for designation of the week of March 16, 2014, through March 22, 2014, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 113th February 11, 2014
HRES 337 Recognizing the contributions of musician Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go, to music and to the District of Columbia and expressing support for the designation of a Chuck Brown Day. 113th September 9, 2013
HRES 304 Expressing support for dancing as a form of valuable exercise and artistic expression, and for the designation of July 27, 2013, as National Dance Day. 113th July 19, 2013
HRES 244 Expressing support for Lunchtime Music on the Mall in Washington, DC, to benefit the District of Columbia, regional residents, and visitors and recognizing the public service of the performers and sponsors. 113th June 3, 2013
HRES 126 Expressing support for designation of the week of March 24, 2013, through March 30, 2013, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week. 113th March 18, 2013
S 2260 EXPIRE Act of 2014 113th May 7, 2014
S 2180 STAGE Act 113th March 27, 2014
S 397 Lena Horne Recognition Act 113th February 27, 2013
SRES 492 A resolution congratulating "A Prairie Home Companion" on its 40 years of engaging, humorous, and quality radio programming. 113th June 26, 2014
HR 4097 John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012 112th June 8, 2012
HR 2975 Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Conservancy Partnership Act 112th September 23, 2011
HR 2297 To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 112th July 9, 2012
HR 2055 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 112th December 23, 2011
HR 1815 Lena Horne Recognition Act 112th April 18, 2012
HR 1531 Access to Complete Education Act 112th May 20, 2011
HRES 769 Expressing support for Lunchtime Music on the Mall in Washington, DC, and honoring the public service of the performers and sponsors. 112th August 2, 2012
HRES 725 Expressing support for dancing as a form of valuable exercise and artistic expression and for the designation of July 28, 2012, as National Dance Day. 112th July 13, 2012
HRES 670 Expressing support for designating August 22, 2012, as national "Chuck Brown Day" and honoring Chuck Brown's contributions to music and to the District of Columbia. 112th May 30, 2012
HRES 354 Congratulating the staff, community, and patrons of the Utah Shakespeare Festival on the festival's 50th anniversary. 112th July 15, 2011
HRES 342 Expressing support for the designation of July 30, 2011, as National Dance Day. 112th July 15, 2011
S 1993 Lena Horne Recognition Act 112th December 14, 2011
SRES 72 A resolution recognizing the artistic and cultural contributions of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the 50th Anniversary of the first performance of Alvin Ailey's masterwork, "Revelations". 112th February 17, 2011
HCONRES 277 Expressing the sense of Congress that Lena Horne should be recognized as one of the most outstanding American entertainers of the 20th century, who broke racial barriers and created opportunities for generations of African American performers who followed in her footsteps. 111th May 12, 2010
HCONRES 275 Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on the second Sunday of September as Arts in Education Week. 111th December 23, 2010
HCONRES 67 Expressing the sense of Congress that Lena Horne should be recognized as one of the most popular performers of the 1940s and 1950s and for her outspoken opposition to racial and social injustice. 111th February 26, 2009
HR 5606 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47 South 7th Street in Indiana, Pennsylvania, as the "James M. 'Jimmy' Stewart Post Office Building". 111th January 4, 2011
HR 5359 Lena Horne Recognition Act 111th May 20, 2010
HR 1105 Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 111th March 11, 2009
HR 848 Performance Rights Act 111th December 14, 2010

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.