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.

Public Law 109-282 · Became law Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006

To require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-281 · Became law YouthBuild Transfer Act

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a YouthBuild program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-280 · Became law Pension Protection Act of 2006

To provide economic security for all Americans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 279–131Senate 93–5
H.R. 5540 · Became law Public Law 109-279

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 217 Southeast 2nd Street in Dimmitt, Texas, as the “Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 306–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5169 · Became law Public Law 109-278

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1310 Highway 64 NW. in Ramsey, Indiana, as the “Wilfred Edward `Cousin Willie' Sieg, Sr. Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5107 · Became law Public Law 109-277

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 West Jordan Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the “Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5104 · Became law Public Law 109-276

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 16th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida, as the “Morris W. Milton Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4962 · Became law Public Law 109-275

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the “Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4811 · Became law Public Law 109-274

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 West Industrial Park Road in Harrison, Arkansas, as the “John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4646 · Became law Public Law 109-273

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in Reseda, California, as the “Coach John Wooden Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5683 · Became law Public Law 109-272

To preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 349–74Senate: without objection
S. 3693 · Became law Public Law 109-271

To make technical corrections to the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-270 · Became law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3682 · Became law Public Law 109-269

To redesignate the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia as the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3741 · Became law Public Law 109-268

To provide funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5877 · Became law Public Law 109-267

To amend the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to extend the authorities provided in such Act until September 29, 2006.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-266 · Became law Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a pilot program under which up to 15 States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 358–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-265 · Became law Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District in the State of Nevada.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4019 · Became law Public Law 109-264

To amend title 4 of the United States Code to clarify the treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5245 · Became law Public Law 109-263

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Marble Street in Fair Haven, Vermont, as the “Matthew Lyon Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4995 · Became law Public Law 109-262

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7 Columbus Avenue in Tuckahoe, New York, as the “Ronald Bucca Post Office.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4786 · Became law Public Law 109-261

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 535 Wood Street in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as the “H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4688 · Became law Public Law 109-260

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Boyden Street in Badin, North Carolina, as the “Mayor John Thompson `Tom' Garrison Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4561 · Became law Public Law 109-259

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8624 Ferguson Road in Dallas, Texas, as the “Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4456 · Became law Public Law 109-258

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2404 Race Street in Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the “Hattie W. Caraway Station”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4108 · Became law Public Law 109-257

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3000 Homewood Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “State Senator Verda Welcome and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4101 · Became law Public Law 109-256

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the “Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3934 · Became law Public Law 109-255

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the “Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3549 · Became law Public Law 109-254

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 West 3rd Avenue in Warren, Pennsylvania, as the “William F. Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3440 · Became law Public Law 109-253

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Avenida RL Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the “Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2977 · Became law Public Law 109-252

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, as the “Paul Kasten Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 86 · Became law Public Law 109-251

Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 109-250 · Became law Returned Americans Protection Act of 2006

To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase funding for the program of temporary assistance for United States citizens returned from foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5117 · Became law Public Law 109-249

To exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-248 · Became law Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

To protect children from sexual exploitation and violent crime, to prevent child abuse and child pornography, to promote Internet safety, and to honor the memory of Adam Walsh and other child crime victims.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 109-247 · Became law Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Louis Braille.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-246 · Became law Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–33Senate 98–0
S. 655 · Became law Public Law 109-245

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 40 · Became law Public Law 109-244

Authorizing the printing and binding of a supplement to, and revised edition of, Senate Procedure.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-243 · Became law Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005

To ensure that the right of an individual to display the flag of the United States on residential property not be abridged.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-242 · Became law Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–0Senate 100–0
Public Law 109-241 · Became law Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-240 · Became law Rural Health Care Capital Access Act of 2006

To amend section 242 of the National Housing Act to extend the exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA program for mortgage insurance for hospitals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-239 · Became law Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006

To improve protections for children and to hold States accountable for the safe and timely placement of children across State lines, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-238 · Became law Second 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
S. 1445 · Became law Public Law 109-237

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 520 Colorado Avenue in Arriba, Colorado, as the “William H. Emery Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-236 · Became law MINER Act

To amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to improve the safety of mines and mining.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–37Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-235 · Became law Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005

To increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–35Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-234 · Became law Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 351–67Senate 98–1
Public Law 109-233 · Became law Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and extend housing, insurance, outreach, and benefits programs provided under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to improve and extend employment programs for veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 372–0Senate: without objection
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