Saved history · 2005 and 2006

Laws of the 109th Congress

The 482 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

482 laws
121 with a recorded vote · 361 passed with no recorded vote

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54,607 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Plain-language accounts for laws before January 3, 2025: Not started. A law's page shows the official title, the member votes we have saved and our saved files.

H.R. 1542 · Became law Public Law 109-32

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as the “Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1524 · Became law Public Law 109-31

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12433 Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kansas, as the “Ed Eilert Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1460 · Became law Public Law 109-30

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6200 Rolling Road in Springfield, Virginia, as the “Captain Mark Stubenhofer Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1236 · Became law Public Law 109-29

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 750 4th Street in Sparks, Nevada, as the “Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1082 · Became law Public Law 109-28

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, Oklahoma, as the “Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1072 · Became law Public Law 109-27

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 151 West End Street in Goliad, Texas, as the “Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 627 · Became law Public Law 109-26

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut, as the “Linda White-Epps Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 504 · Became law Public Law 109-25

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the “Ray Charles Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 324 · Became law Public Law 109-24

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 Montgomery Road in Altamonte Springs, Florida, as the “Arthur Stacey Mastrapa Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 289 · Became law Public Law 109-23

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8200 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the “Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 120 · Became law Public Law 109-22

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, California, as the “Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-21 · Became law Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005

To amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition on junk fax transmissions.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-20 · Became law Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part II

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-19 · Became law TANF Extension Act of 2005

To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-18 · Became law Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers and improve health care outcomes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 643 · Became law Public Law 109-17

To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State mediation programs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 483 · Became law Public Law 109-16

To designate a United States courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the “Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1760 · Became law Public Law 109-15

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Madison, Wisconsin, as the “Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-14 · Became law Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-13 · Became law Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005

Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–58Senate 100–0
H.J.Res. 20 · Became law Public Law 109-12

Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–0Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 19 · Became law Public Law 109-11

Providing for the appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 787 · Became law Public Law 109-10

To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the “Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 426–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-9 · Became law Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005

To provide for the protection of intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-8 · Became law Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 302–126Senate 74–25
H.R. 1134 · Became law Public Law 109-7

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1270 · Became law Public Law 109-6

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 431–1Senate: without objection
S. 384 · Became law Public Law 109-5

To extend the existence of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group for 2 years.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 391–0Senate: voice vote
Public Law 109-4 · Became law Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2005

To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through June 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 686 · Became law Public Law 109-3

For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 203–58Senate: voice vote
Public Law 109-2 · Became law Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

To amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 279–149Senate 72–26
H.R. 241 · Became law Public Law 109-1

To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
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