Senate Federal Bill Topic

1,667 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 117th at 172. 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

1,667 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1,081–1,110, newest first.

Bill	Title	Congress	Latest action
SRES 99	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.	112th	March 10, 2011
SRES 94	A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of reducing its budget by at least 5 percent.	112th	March 16, 2011
SRES 93	A resolution establishing the Committee to Reduce Government Waste.	112th	March 7, 2011
SRES 92	A resolution to authorize the payment of legal expenses of Senate employees out of the contingent fund of the Senate.	112th	March 3, 2011
SRES 82	A resolution to provide sufficient time for legislation to be read.	112th	March 1, 2011
SRES 78	A resolution relative to the death of James Albertus McClure, former United States Senator for the State of Idaho.	112th	February 28, 2011
SRES 46	A resolution requiring that legislation considered by the Senate to be confined to a single issue.	112th	February 8, 2011
SRES 43	A resolution to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.	112th	February 3, 2011
SRES 42	A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.	112th	February 3, 2011
SRES 29	A resolution to permit the waiving of the reading of an amendment if the text and adequate notice are provided.	112th	January 27, 2011
SRES 28	A resolution to establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter.	112th	January 27, 2011
SRES 24	A resolution to propose a standing order to govern extended debate.	112th	January 25, 2011
SRES 23	A resolution to prohibit unauthorized earmarks.	112th	January 25, 2011
SRES 21	A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide procedures for extended debate.	112th	January 27, 2011
SRES 19	A resolution to require that a descriptive summary of each provision of any legislative matter be available 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.	112th	January 25, 2011
SRES 16	A resolution to require that all legislative matters be available and fully scored by CBO 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.	112th	January 25, 2011
SRES 13	A bill to require a two-fifths threshold to sustain a filibuster.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 12	A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the filibuster rules to improve the daily process of the Senate.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 11	A resolution to establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 10	A resolution to improve the debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations in the Senate.	112th	January 27, 2011
SRES 9	A resolution to permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 8	A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate.	112th	January 27, 2011
SRES 7	A resolution to make effective appointment of Deputy Senate Legal Counsel.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 6	A resolution to make effective appointment of Senate Legal Counsel.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 5	A resolution electing Gary B. Myrick, of Virginia, as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 4	A resolution honoring Senator Barbara Mikulski for becoming the longest-serving female Senator in history.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 3	A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.	112th	January 5, 2011
SRES 2	A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.	112th	January 5, 2011
HCONRES 255	Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and honoring the founder of Earth Day, the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.	111th	April 26, 2010
HCONRES 83	Expressing the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-79 or the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-80, should be named the U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.	111th	April 27, 2009

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.