Topic
Prisons
134
bills on this subject
Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 42. 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
42
bills in the 109th Congress.
Showing 1–30,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 363 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should promulgate as expeditiously as possible regulations required under the Public Health Service Act, relating to protections for residents of certain facilities with respect to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion. | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | March 16, 2006 |
| HCONRES 294 | Calling on the international community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the People's Republic of China, as a tool for suppression maintained by the Chinese Government. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | January 27, 2006 |
| HR 6329 | Recidivism Reduction Act | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 15, 2006 |
| HR 6306 | Immigration and Border Security Act | Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Government Reform, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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 29, 2006 |
| HR 6007 | To address critical needs for additional resources, coordination between Federal, State, and local law enforcement, and supplemental funding, to support border security activities of State and local law enforcement agencies, including sheriffs, in regions near an international land border of the United States. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity. | August 10, 2006 |
| HR 5067 | Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. | April 17, 2006 |
| HR 4763 | Methamphetamine Eradication Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | May 1, 2006 |
| HR 4547 | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | February 16, 2006 |
| HR 4437 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | January 27, 2006 |
| HR 4360 | Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | February 6, 2006 |
| HR 4313 | TRUE Enforcement and Border Security Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | February 6, 2006 |
| HR 4312 | Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 181. | December 6, 2005 |
| HR 4238 | Border Security Enforcement and Detention Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | February 6, 2006 |
| HR 4212 | Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | March 27, 2006 |
| HR 4172 | Keep Americans Safe Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | February 6, 2006 |
| HR 4079 | Secure Our Nation's Interior Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | February 6, 2006 |
| HR 4044 | Rapid Response Border Protection Act of 2005 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7439-7440, H7442-7443) | September 26, 2006 |
| HR 3776 | Scott Gardner Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | October 17, 2005 |
| HR 3137 | CLEAR Act of 2005 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8067) | September 15, 2005 |
| HR 3003 | To establish an independent Commission to investigate detainee abuses. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | July 18, 2005 |
| HR 2305 | Public Safety Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | June 6, 2005 |
| HR 1806 | Private Prison Information Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | July 1, 2005 |
| HR 1300 | Civic Participation and Rehabilitation Act of 2005 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | April 4, 2005 |
| HRES 642 | Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the Secretary of State's trip to Europe in December 2005. | Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 147. | February 10, 2006 |
| HRES 635 | Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment. | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | December 18, 2005 |
| S 4031 | Private Prison Information Act of 2006 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | September 29, 2006 |
| S 3875 | Real Security Act of 2006 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598. | September 8, 2006 |
| S 3614 | Unprivileged Combatant Act of 2006 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6797-6801) | June 29, 2006 |
| S 3275 | A bill to amend title 18, United States code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State. | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | May 26, 2006 |
| S 3237 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 476. | June 21, 2006 |
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.