Topic

World War II

417 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 108. 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
417 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 61–90, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 434 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946. 110th June 28, 2007
HRES 397 Condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia's embassies in 2007, and expressing solidarity with the Government and the people of Estonia. 110th June 5, 2007
HRES 226 A resolution to recognize American government officials who played a critical role in the creation and activity of the War Refugee Board in an effort to help rescue Jews and other persecuted minorities during the Holocaust. 110th June 11, 2007
HRES 148 Recognizing and appreciating the historical significance and the heroic human endeavor and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commending the PanCretan Association of America. 110th May 17, 2007
HRES 122 Recognizing the significance of the 65th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II. 110th February 13, 2007
HRES 121 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces' coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II. 110th July 30, 2007
HRES 109 Recognizing the historical significance of the Pinedale Assembly Center, the reporting site for 4,823 Japanese Americans who were unjustly interned during World War II. 110th February 12, 2007
S 3689 Economic Recovery Act of 2008 110th November 19, 2008
S 3283 Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Congressional Gold Medal Act 110th July 17, 2008
S 3253 Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2008 110th July 10, 2008
S 3213 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 110th June 27, 2008
S 3107 A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were forced to perform slave labor by the Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. 110th June 10, 2008
S 3007 World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2008 110th May 12, 2008
S 2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 110th May 8, 2008
S 2679 Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2008 110th February 28, 2008
S 2673 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the "Felix Sparks Post Office Building". 110th May 12, 2008
S 2652 America's National World War II Museum Expansion Act 110th February 14, 2008
S 2640 Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008 110th February 14, 2008
S 2339 A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Alpena, Michigan, as the "Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic". 110th September 30, 2008
S 2180 Natural Resource Projects and Programs Authorization Act of 2007 110th June 11, 2008
S 1732 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the "Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building". 110th September 28, 2007
S 1639 A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. 110th June 28, 2007
S 1585 A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". 110th December 17, 2007
S 1476 Tule Lake Segregation Center Special Resource Study Act 110th April 10, 2008
S 1348 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 110th June 7, 2007
S 1315 Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007 110th September 23, 2008
S 961 Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007 110th May 7, 2008
S 916 Minidoka National Historic Site Act of 2007 110th May 15, 2007
S 671 Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act 110th February 16, 2007
S 621 Wartime Treatment Study Act 110th May 24, 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.