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. 5606 · Became law Public Law 109-332

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 221 and 211 West Ferguson Street in Tyler, Texas, as the “William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5546 · Became law Public Law 109-331

To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Greenville, South Carolina, as the “Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5504 · Became law Public Law 109-330

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6029 Broadmoor Street in Mission, Kansas, as the “Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 305–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5224 · Became law Public Law 109-329

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green River, Wyoming, as the “Curt Gowdy Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4674 · Became law Public Law 109-328

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, as the “Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4109 · Became law Public Law 109-327

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6101 Liberty Road in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “United States Representative Parren J. Mitchell Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-326 · Became law Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006

To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2146 · Became law Public Law 109-325

To extend relocation expenses test programs for Federal employees.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-324 · Became law Rio Arriba County Land Conveyance Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6106 · Became law Public Law 109-323

To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under title IV, section 105, of Public Law 109-148.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-322 · Became law North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006

To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3443 · Became law Public Law 109-321

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-320 · Became law Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act

To further the purposes of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 by directing the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out an assessment and demonstration program to control salt cedar and Russian olive, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-319 · Became law Ste. Genevieve County National Historic Site Study Act of 2005

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating portions of Ste. Genevieve County in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 326 · Became law Public Law 109-318

To amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 318 · Became law Public Law 109-317

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6159 · Became law Public Law 109-316

To extend temporarily certain authorities of the Small Business Administration.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5664 · Became law Public Law 109-315

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Cooper Street in Babylon, New York, as the “Jacob Samuel Fletcher Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-314 · Became law National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund Act of 2005

To amend Public Law 104-329 to modify authorities for the use of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-313 · Became law General Services Administration Modernization Act

To amend title 40, United States Code, to establish a Federal Acquisition Service, to replace the General Supply Fund and the Information Technology Fund with an Acquisition Services Fund, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-312 · Became law Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006

To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 with respect to dilution by blurring or tarnishment.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3613 · Became law Public Law 109-311

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the “Major George Quamo Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3187 · Became law Public Law 109-310

To designate the Post Office located at 5755 Post Road, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, as the “Richard L. Cevoli Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4841 · Became law Public Law 109-309

To amend the Ojito Wilderness Act to make a technical correction.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-308 · Became law Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-307 · Became law Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2006

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5187 · Became law Public Law 109-306

To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize additional appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for fiscal year 2007.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-305 · Became law Railroad Retirement Technical Improvement Act of 2006

To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued payment of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1442 · Became law Public Law 109-304

To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, “Shipping”, as positive law.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-303 · Became law Copyright Royalty Judges Program Technical Corrections Act

To amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical corrections relating to Copyright Royalty Judges, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2690 · Became law Public Law 109-302

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, Virginia, as the “Harry J. Parrish Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1323 · Became law Public Law 109-301

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Lindbald Avenue, Girdwood, Alaska, as the “Dorothy and Connie Hibbs Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1275 · Became law Public Law 109-300

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7172 North Tongass Highway, Ward Cove, Alaska, as the “Alice R. Brusich Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-299 · Became law Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005

A bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes" to authorize the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 244 · Became law Public Law 109-298

To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 176 · Became law Public Law 109-297

To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3408 · Became law Public Law 109-296

To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-295 · Became law Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–6Senate: voice vote
Public Law 109-294 · Became law Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance to private landowners to restore, enhance, and manage private land to improve fish and wildlife habitats through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-293 · Became law Iran Freedom Support Act

To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-292 · Became law Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006

To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-291 · Became law Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006

To improve ratings quality for the protection of investors and in the public interest by fostering accountability, transparency, and competition in the credit rating agency industry.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-290 · Became law Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act

To protect members of the Armed Forces from unscrupulous practices regarding sales of insurance, financial, and investment products.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-289 · Became law Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 394–22Senate 100–0
Public Law 109-288 · Became law Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006

To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the promoting safe and stable families program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-287 · Became law Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a congressional gold medal to Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many enduring and outstanding contributions to peace, non-violence, human rights, and religious understanding.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-286 · Became law Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005

To resolve certain Native American claims in New Mexico, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-285 · Became law Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 866 · Became law Public Law 109-284

To make technical corrections to the United States Code.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-283 · Became law United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

To implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 221–205Senate 62–32
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