Topic
Poverty
354
bills on this subject
Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 112. 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
88
bills in the 110th Congress.
Showing 1–30,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 353 | Recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and civil rights enforcer. | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | May 16, 2008 | |
| HCONRES 327 | Congratulating and saluting Focus: HOPE on its 40th anniversary and for its remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State of Michigan, and the United States. | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | April 15, 2008 | |
| HCONRES 318 | Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation. | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | August 1, 2008 | |
| HCONRES 265 | Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. | December 4, 2007 | |
| HCONRES 247 | Expressing support for advancing vital United States interests through increased engagement in health programs that alleviate disease and poverty, and reduce premature death in developing nations, especially through programs that combat high levels of infectious disease, improve children's and women's health, decrease malnutrition, reduce unintended pregnancies, fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, encourage healthy behaviors, and strengthen health care capacity. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 6, 2007 | |
| HCONRES 198 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise in poverty. | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | January 23, 2008 | |
| HCONRES 161 | Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Dr. King's Launching of the Poor People's Campaign and Organization of the Poor People's Army. | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | May 24, 2007 | |
| HCONRES 19 | Affirming the sense of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme poverty. | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4200) | April 26, 2007 | |
| HCONRES 10 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax give away since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed and those monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing burden on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America. | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4200) | April 26, 2007 | |
| HR 7180 | Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2127-2128) | September 28, 2008 | |
| HR 7085 | America's Right-to- Eat Rescue Act of 2008 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | November 19, 2008 | |
| HR 6941 | Measuring American Poverty Act of 2008 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. | September 18, 2008 | |
| HR 5705 | Clean Energy Partnership with India Act of 2008 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | April 3, 2008 | |
| HR 4637 | Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2007 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | December 13, 2007 | |
| HR 4344 | To amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | February 5, 2008 | |
| HR 4226 | Climate Stewardship and Economic Security Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | April 25, 2008 | |
| HR 4156 | Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, 2008 | Motion by Senator Dodd to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked [Record Vote Number 411] entered in Senate. | November 16, 2007 | |
| HR 3934 | Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | November 9, 2007 | |
| HR 3692 | Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. | January 11, 2008 | |
| HR 3246 | Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007 | For Further Action See P.L. 110-234, Title 6, Subtitle A, Sections 6025 and 6026 and Title 14, Subtitle C, Section 14217 (H.R. 2419). | May 22, 2008 | |
| HR 3243 | Poverty Measurement Improvement Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. | September 7, 2007 | |
| HR 2965 | GROWTH Act of 2007 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | July 10, 2007 | |
| HR 2847 | Green Jobs Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | September 11, 2007 | |
| HR 2634 | Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | April 24, 2008 | |
| HR 2541 | Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2007 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | May 24, 2007 | |
| HR 2378 | Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | June 14, 2007 | |
| HR 2351 | HealthCARE Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | July 17, 2007 | |
| HR 2206 | U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 | Became Public Law No: 110-28. | May 25, 2007 | |
| HR 1938 | Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | May 4, 2007 | |
| HR 1841 | AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | July 9, 2007 |
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.