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.

Laws with a recorded vote

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 109-55 · Became law Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 305–122Senate 96–4
Public Law 109-54 · Became law Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–10Senate 99–1
Public Law 109-53 · Became law Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

To implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 217–215Senate 55–45
H.J.Res. 59 · Became law Public Law 109-49

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 541 · Became law Public Law 109-46

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-41 · Became law Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005

To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 428–3Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 52 · Became law Public Law 109-39

Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–2Senate 97–1
H.R. 2326 · Became law Public Law 109-33

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 614 West Old County Road in Belhaven, North Carolina, as the “Floyd Lupton Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 370–0Senate: 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. 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. 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
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
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 109-8 · 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. 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
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
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