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

1 passage vote is not checked yet.

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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.

Public Law 109-432 · Became law Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 367–45Senate 79–9
H.R. 5646 · Became law Public Law 109-431

To study and promote the use of energy efficient computer servers in the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-430 · Became law National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006

To establish a National Integrated Drought Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve drought monitoring and forecasting capabilities.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-429 · Became law River Raisin National Battlefield Study Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System certain sites in Monroe County, Michigan, relating to the Battles of the River Raisin during the War of 1812.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-428 · Became law Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act

To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise the requirements for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4510 · Became law Public Law 109-427

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the Capitol.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4416 · Became law Public Law 109-426

To reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts relating to the location and recovery of missing children.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4057 · Became law Public Law 109-425

To provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-424 · Became law Tsunami Warning and Education Act

To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be carried out by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-423 · Became law Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act of 2005

To extend for 3 years changes to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas made by the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-422 · Became law STOP Act

To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 854 · Became law Public Law 109-421

To provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 758 · Became law Public Law 109-420

To establish an interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cultivation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 394 · Became law Public Law 109-419

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-418 · Became law Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-417 · Became law Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-416 · Became law Combating Autism Act of 2006

To amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism through research, screening, intervention and education.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-415 · Became law Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006

To amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/ AIDS.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 4073 · Became law Public Law 109-414

To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Farmington, Missouri, as the “Robert Silvey Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 4050 · Became law Public Law 109-413

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Thompson Street in Thomaston, Georgia, as the “Sergeant First Class Robert Lee `Bobby' Hollar, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3759 · Became law Public Law 109-412

To name the Armed Forces Readiness Center in Great Falls, Montana, in honor of Captain William Wylie Galt, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1820 · Became law Public Law 109-411

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the “Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1219 · Became law Public Law 109-410

To authorize certain tribes in the State of Montana to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights to meet the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6151 · Became law Public Law 109-409

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Oak Street in Farmington, Minnesota, as the “Hamilton H. Judson Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6102 · Became law Public Law 109-408

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Lawyers Road, NW in Vienna, Virginia, as the “Captain Christopher P. Petty and Major William F. Hecker, III Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 383–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 6078 · Became law Public Law 109-407

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 307 West Wheat Street in Woodville, Texas, as the “Chuck Fortenberry Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5990 · Became law Public Law 109-406

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 415 South 5th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois, as the “Wallace W. Sykes Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5989 · Became law Public Law 109-405

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10240 Roosevelt Road in Westchester, Illinois, as the “John J. Sinde Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5923 · Became law Public Law 109-404

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29-50 Union Street in Flushing, New York, as the “Dr. Leonard Price Stavisky Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5857 · Became law Public Law 109-403

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Cherrybell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the “Morris K. `Mo' Udall Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5736 · Became law Public Law 109-402

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Palafox Place in Pensacola, Florida, as the “Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-401 · Became law Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006

To exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 330–59Senate: without objection
H.R. 5108 · Became law Public Law 109-400

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1213 East Houston Street in Cleveland, Texas, as the “Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4720 · Became law Public Law 109-399

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Gateway Drive in Lincoln, California, as the “Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4246 · Became law Public Law 109-398

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, as the “Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1472 · Became law Public Law 109-397

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New York, New York, as the “Tito Puente Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-396 · Became law Federal and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2006

To provide for the sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of certain real property in the District of Columbia to facilitate the utilization, development, and redevelopment of such property, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-395 · Became law Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006

To award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-394 · Became law Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006

To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide for the revitalization of Native American languages through Native American language immersion programs; and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4377 · Became law Public Law 109-393

To extend the time required for construction of a hydroelectric project, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6121 · Became law Public Law 109-392

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-391 · Became law Ouachita National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006

To adjust the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest in the States of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-390 · Became law Financial Netting Improvements Act of 2006

To improve the netting process for financial contracts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 395–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5103 · Became law Public Law 109-389

To provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls School in Smyth County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the United States and administered by the Forest Service, to facilitate the restoration and reuse of the property, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-388 · Became law Paint Bank and Wytheville National Fish Hatcheries Conveyance Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey Paint Bank National Fish Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to the State of Virginia.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 366–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4559 · Became law Public Law 109-387

To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4000 · Became law Public Law 109-386

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation District No. 4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-385 · Became law Valle Vidal Protection Act of 2005

To withdraw the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2383 · Became law Public Law 109-384

To redesignate the facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, California, as the “C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 102 · Became law Public Law 109-383

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 370–20Senate: without objection
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