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 109-232 · Became law Lewis and Clark Commemorative Coin Correction Act

To amend section 308 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act to make certain clarifying and technical amendments.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3829 · Became law Public Law 109-231

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-230 · Became law San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Old Mint at San Francisco, otherwise known as the “Granite Lady”, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1736 · Became law Public Law 109-229

To provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in the Federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-228 · Became law Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act

To amend titles 38 and 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-227 · Became law Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone to make contributions to their individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which such contribution is based is excluded from gross income, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 803, 412–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-226 · Became law Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005

To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-225 · Became law James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005

To provide for the expansion of the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1382 · Became law Public Law 109-224

To require the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of certain land, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian tribe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 83 · Became law Public Law 109-223

To memorialize and honor the contribution of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-222 · Became law Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 244–185Senate 54–44
Public Law 109-221 · Became law Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006

To make technical corrections to laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 28 · Became law Public Law 109-220

Approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-219 · Became law Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project Contract Extension Act of 2005

To amend the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation water contractors in the States of Wyoming and Nebraska.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-218 · Became law Local Community Recovery Act of 2006

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify the preference for local firms in the award of certain contracts for disaster relief activities.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 82 · Became law Public Law 109-217

Providing for the reappointment of Alan G. Spoon as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 81 · Became law Public Law 109-216

Providing for the appointment of Phillip Frost as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-215 · Became law Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

To ensure regulatory equity between and among all dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated milk marketing areas and into certain non-federally regulated milk marketing areas from federally regulated areas, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 285–128Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-214 · Became law Supreme Court Grounds Transfer Act of 2005

To transfer jurisdiction of certain real property to the Supreme Court.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1259 · Became law Public Law 109-213

To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of the Tuskegee Airmen, collectively, in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 109-212 · Became law 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. 2363 · Became law Public Law 109-211

To extend the educational flexibility program under section 4 of the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1184 · Became law Public Law 109-210

To waive the passport fees for a relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4826 · Became law Public Law 109-209

To extend through December 31, 2006, the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-208 · Became law National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2006

A bill to temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the national flood insurance program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2064 · Became law Public Law 109-207

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 South Bill Street in Francesville, Indiana, as the Malcolm Melville “Mac” Lawrence Post Office.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1691 · Became law Public Law 109-206

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin, as the “John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1053 · Became law Public Law 109-205

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–2Senate: without objection
S. 2320 · Became law Public Law 109-204

To make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 287–128Senate: voice vote
S. 2089 · Became law Public Law 109-203

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1271 North King Street in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, as the “Hiram L. Fong Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4295 · Became law Public Law 109-202

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12760 South Park Avenue in Riverton, Utah, as the “Mont and Mark Stephensen Veterans Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4152 · Became law Public Law 109-201

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 High Street in Clinton, Massachusetts, as the “Raymond J. Salmon Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4107 · Became law Public Law 109-200

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1826 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “Maryland State Delegate Lena K. Lee Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4053 · Became law Public Law 109-199

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, California, as the “Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3989 · Became law Public Law 109-198

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 37598 Goodhue Avenue in Dennison, Minnesota, as the “Albert H. Quie Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 391–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3830 · Became law Public Law 109-197

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 East Marion Avenue in Punta Gorda, Florida, as the “U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3825 · Became law Public Law 109-196

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Trumbull Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the “Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3770 · Became law Public Law 109-195

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the “Grant W. Green Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 393–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3703 · Became law Public Law 109-194

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8501 Philatelic Drive in Spring Hill, Florida, as the “Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3548 · Became law Public Law 109-193

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Franklin Avenue in Pearl River, New York, as the “Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3439 · Became law Public Law 109-192

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 North 3rd Street in Smithfield, North Carolina, as the “Ava Gardner Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3368 · Became law Public Law 109-191

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6483 Lincoln Street in Gagetown, Michigan, as the “Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3256 · Became law Public Law 109-190

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3038 West Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the “Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 396–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 2894 · Became law Public Law 109-189

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 South Walters Avenue in Hodgenville, Kentucky, as the “Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2630 · Became law Public Law 109-188

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1927 Sangamon Avenue in Springfield, Illinois, as the “J.M. Dietrich Northeast Annex”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2413 · Became law Public Law 109-187

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1202 1st Street in Humble, Texas, as the “Lillian McKay Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2346 · Became law Public Law 109-186

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 105 NW Railroad Avenue in Hammond, Louisiana, as the “John J. Hainkel, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2113 · Became law Public Law 109-185

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 McDonough Street in Joliet, Illinois, as the “John F. Whiteside Joliet Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1287 · Became law Public Law 109-184

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in Flora, Illinois, as the “Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 109-183 · Became law Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2005

To reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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