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Bills

109th Congress

BillTitle
H R 22 To reform the postal laws of the United States.
H R 2862 An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
H R 3675 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving unfair or deceptive acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.
H RES 376 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Trade Commission should investigate the publication of the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' to determine if the publisher deceived the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an 'Adults-Only' rating.

108th Congress

BillTitle
H J RES 2 Joint Resolution making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
H R 1104 To prevent child abduction, and for other purposes.
H R 1375 To provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes.
H R 2658 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
H R 2660 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
H R 3140 To provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients, and for other purposes.
H R 346 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.
H R 4520 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroad.
H R 5006 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
H R 743 To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes.
S 151 An Act to prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.
S 877 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet.

107th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1701 To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
H R 2299 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2311 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2500 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2590 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2647 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2944 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 3580 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices, and for other purposes.
H R 4070 To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes.
H R 5121 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
S 1172 An original bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.

106th Congress

BillTitle
H R 10 To enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.
H R 1184 To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 1833 An Act to authorize appropriations for the United States Customs Service, and for other purposes.
H R 1905 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2084 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2466 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2490 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2561 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2587 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2605 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2670 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 3064 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 3194 Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 3671 A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds available for grants to States for fish and wildlife conservation projects, to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, to commemorate the centennial of the establishment of the first national wildlife refuge in the United States on March 14, 1903, and for other purposes.
H R 4475 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4516 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4576 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4577 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4635 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4733 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4942 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 707 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize a program for predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
H R 833 To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
S 1059 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S 1122 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
S 1186 An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
S 2603 An original bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
S 335 A bill to amend Chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to sweepstakes, skill contests, facsimile checks, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating to such matter, and for other purposes.
S 900 An Act to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.

105th Congress

BillTitle
H R 10 To enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.
H R 1270 To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
H R 1469 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 1775 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
H R 1847 To improve the criminal law relating to fraud against consumers.
H R 2107 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2169 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2203 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2264 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2266 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2267 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2378 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2607 An Act making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2616 To amend titles VI and X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter schools.
H R 400 To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents, and for other purposes.
H R 4060 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 408 To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes.
H R 4103 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4104 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4112 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4193 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4274 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4276 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4328 Making omnibus consolidated and emergency appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4380 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 1004 An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1005 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1022 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1023 An original bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1061 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 2132 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 2138 An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 2237 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 2260 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 2307 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 2312 An original bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 39 A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes.
S 830 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and for other purposes.
S 858 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

104th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1296 To provide for the Administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer.
H R 1976 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 1977 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2126 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2491 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
H R 3005 To amend the Federal securities laws in order to promote efficiency and capital formation in the financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, protect investors, and provide more effective and less burdensome regulation.
H R 3019 Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes.
H R 3103 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes.
H R 3610 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3675 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3814 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 4236 To provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, and for other purposes.
H R 4278 Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 447 To establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American-made.
H R 483 An Act to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States.
S 1028 A bill to provide increased access to health care benefits, to provide increased portability of health care benefits, to provide increased security of health care benefits, to increase the purchasing power of individuals and small employers, and for other purposes.
S 652 An original bill to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition, and for other purposes.

103rd Congress

BillTitle
H R 1845 To establish the Biological Survey in the Department of the Interior.
H R 1964 To authorize appropriations for the Maritime Administration for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2010 To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Corporation for National Service, enhance opportunities for national service, and provide national service educational awards to persons participating in such service, and for other purposes.
H R 2264 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994.
H R 2330 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
H R 2445 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2446 Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2493 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2518 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2520 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2739 To amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2750 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 3355 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase police presence, to expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies and members of the community to address crime and disorder problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety.
H R 4277 To establish the Social Security Administration as an independent agency and to make other improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program.
H R 4301 An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense programs of hte Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strenths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
H R 4453 Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4602 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 820 To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance manufacturing technology development and transfer, to authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes.
H R 868 To strengthen the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to protect consumers in connection with sales made with a telephone, and for other purposes.
S 1491 A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes.
S 1607 A bill to control and prevent crime.
S 2182 An Act to authoirze appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense programs of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S 2351 An original bill to achieve universal health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
S 4 A bill to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic growth of the United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian technology programs of the Department of Commerce, amending the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance the development and nationwide deployment of manufacturing technologies, and authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes.

102nd Congress

BillTitle
H R 1989 To authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
H R 2094 To require the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, to improve supervision and examinations, to provide additional resources to the Bank Insurance Fund, and for other purposes.
H R 3371 To control and prevent crime.
H R 3490 To protect the public interest and the future development of interstate pay-per-call technology by providing for the regulation and oversight of the applications and growth of the pay-per-call industry, and for other purposes.
H R 3750 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and related provisions of law to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Representatives election campaigns, and for other purposes.
H R 429 To authorize additional appropriations for the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone Project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Wyoming.
H R 5231 To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance manufacturing technology development and transfer, to authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes.
H R 5504 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 6 To reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amounts of deposit insurance, and for other purposes.
S 1241 A bill to control and reduce violent crime.
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