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Bills

109th Congress

BillTitle
H R 22 To reform the postal laws of the United States.
H R 5 To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
S 2020 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
S 256 A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
S 306 A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
S 397 A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
S 852 A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.

108th Congress

BillTitle
H R 10 To provide for reform of the intelligence community, terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination, and for other purposes.
H R 1528 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect taxpayers and ensure accountability of the Internal Revenue Service.
H R 1768 To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial, and for other purposes.
H R 2 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
H R 2115 To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
H R 2620 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 4279 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
H R 4280 To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
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 4818 Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
H R 5 To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
H R 975 To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
S 1053 A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
S 1054 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
S 151 An Act to prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.
S 1637 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, 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 1 To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.
H R 2215 To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2563 To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
H R 2926 To preserve the continued viability of the United States air transportation system.
H R 3210 To ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.
H R 333 To amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.
H R 3375 To provide compensation for the United States citizens who were victims of the bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001.
H R 4600 To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
S 1052 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
S 1447 A bill to improve aviation security, and for other purposes.
S 1450 A bill to preserve the continued viability of the United States air transportation system.
S 2600 A bill to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.
S 420 An original bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.

106th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1000 To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
H R 1501 To provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders.
H R 2 To send more dollars to the classroom and for certain other purposes.
H R 2122 To require background checks at gun shows, and for other purposes.
H R 2366 To provide small businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.
H R 2415 To enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2488 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates, to provide marriage penalty relief, to reduce taxes on savings and investments, to provide estate and gift tax relief, to provide incentives for education savings and health care, and for other purposes.
H R 2723 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
H R 2990 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals greater access to health insurance through a health care tax deduction, a long-term care deduction, and other health-related tax incentives, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to and choice in health care through association health plans, to amend the Public Health Service Act to create new pooling opportunities for small employers to obtain greater access to health coverage through HealthMarts, and for other purposes.
H R 3100 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit telemarketers from interfering with the caller identification service of any person to whom a telephone solicitation is made, and for other purposes.
H R 3113 To protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail.
H R 3194 Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 3244 To combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance to victims of trafficking.
H R 775 To establish certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, and for other purposes.
S 254 A bill to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by rehabilitation of juvenile criminals, punish and deter violent gang crime, and for other purposes.
S 82 A bill to authorize appropriations for Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
S 96 A bill to regulate commerce between and among the several States by providing for the orderly resolution of disputes arising out of computer-based problems related to processing data that includes a 2-digit expression of that year's date.

105th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1252 To modify the procedures of the Federal courts in certain matters, and for other purposes.
H R 2247 To reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize appropriations for Amtrak, 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 3150 To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
H R 3891 To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes, and for other purposes.
H R 4101 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4250 To provide new patient protections under group health plans.
H R 4328 Making omnibus consolidated and emergency appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 607 An Act to amend the National Housing Act to prevent the funding of unnecessary or excessive costs for obtaining a home equity conversion mortgage, to require automatic cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with respect to private mortgage insurance required as a condition for entering into a residential mortagage transaction, to abolish the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, and for other purposes.
H R 911 To encourage the States to enact legislation to grant immunity from personal civil liability, under certain circumstances, to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and governmental entities.
S 1301 A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for consumer bankruptcy protection, and for other purposes.
S 1415 A bill to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, and for other purposes.
S 1618 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the protection of consumers against "slamming" by telecommunications carriers, and for other purposes.
S 2159 An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 495 A bill to provide criminal and civil penalties for the unlawful acquisition, transfer, or use of any chemical weapon or biological weapon, and to reduce the threat of acts of terrorism or armed aggression involving the use of any such weapon against the United States, its citizens, or Armed Forces, or those of any allied country, and for other purposes.
S 543 A bill to provide certain protections to volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities in lawsuits based on the activities of volunteers.

104th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1 To make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Federal Government.
H R 1058 An Act to amend the Federal securities laws to curb certain abusive practices in private securites litigation, and for other purposes.
H R 1788 To reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize appropriations for Amtrak, and for other purposes.
H R 1833 To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions.
H R 2425 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve and reform the medicare program.
H R 2491 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
H R 2539 To abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission, to amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to reform economic regulation of transportation, and for other purposes.
H R 2703 To combat terrorism.
H R 3259 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 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 3448 To provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers, and for other purposes.
H R 3452 To make certain laws applicable to the Executive Office of the President, 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 3734 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
H R 4278 Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 9 To create jobs, enhance wages, strengthen property rights, maintain certain economic liberties, decentralize and reduce the power of the Federal Government with respect to the States, localities, and citizens of the United States, and to increase the accountability of Federal officials.
H R 927 To seek international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a transition government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes.
H R 956 To establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.
S 1357 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
S 1396 A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the regulation of surface transportation.
S 240 A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish a filing deadline and to provide certain safeguards to ensure that the interests of investors are well protected under the implied private action provisions of the Act.
S 735 A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.

103rd Congress

BillTitle
H R 2264 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994.
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 3626 To supersede the Modification of Final Judgment entered August 24, 1982, in the antitrust action styled U.S. v. Western Electric, Civil Action No. 82-0192, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies, and for other purposes.
H R 4092 To control and prevent crime.
H R 4299 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 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 796 To assure freedom of access to clinic entrances.
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.
S 1134 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994.
S 1607 A bill to control and prevent crime.
S 2082 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the intelligence activities of the United States Government and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 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.
S 636 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to permit individuals to have freedom of access to certain medical clinics and facilities, and for other purposes.
S 687 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes.
S 783 A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and for other purposes.

102nd Congress

BillTitle
H R 3596 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to assure the completeness and accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies, to better inform consumers of their rights under the Act, and to improve enforcement, and for other purposes.
H R 3768 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.
S 1745 A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve Federal civil rights laws, to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination, to clarify provisions regarding disparate impact actions, and for other purposes.
S 543 An Act to reform Federal deposit insurance, protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, improve supervision and regulation of insured depository institutions, and for other purposes.
S 640 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes.
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