Saved history · 2007 and 2008

Laws of the 110th Congress

The 460 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2009, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

460 laws
134 with a recorded vote · 326 passed with no recorded vote

1 passage vote is not checked yet.

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59,690 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.

H.R. 2356 · Became law Public Law 110-239

To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 386–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-234 · Became law Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 316–108Senate 82–13
Public Law 110-233 · Became law Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–1Senate 95–0
Public Law 110-232 · Became law Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act of 2008

To suspend the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–25Senate: without objection
S. 2929 · Became law Public Law 110-230

To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 408–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-229 · Became law Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008

To authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 291–117Senate 91–4
Public Law 110-227 · Became law Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 388–21Senate: without objection
H.R. 5489 · Became law Public Law 110-226

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6892 Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia, as the “Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 397–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5472 · Became law Public Law 110-225

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the “Julia M. Carson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5400 · Became law Public Law 110-224

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the “Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 402–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4454 · Became law Public Law 110-221

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the “Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building”, in honor of the servicemen and women from Louisville, Kentucky, who died in service during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4211 · Became law Public Law 110-219

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 725 Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, as the “Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 391–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4166 · Became law Public Law 110-217

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 East Copeland Drive in Lebanon, Missouri, as the “Steve W. Allee Carrier Annex”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 382–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3936 · Became law Public Law 110-215

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 Helen Highway in Cleveland, Georgia, as the “Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3196 · Became law Public Law 110-210

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Sussex Street in Port Jervis, New York, as the “E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 382–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4286 · Became law Public Law 110-209

To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-206 · Became law Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008

To provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–1Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 70 · Became law Public Law 110-203

Congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans and continuing contributions of its soldiers to the vital national security interests and homeland defense missions of the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 393–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-199 · Became law Second Chance Act of 2007

To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 347–62Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-198 · Became law Higher Education Extension Act of 2008

To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–4Senate: without objection
S. 2272 · Became law Public Law 110-195

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the John “Marty” Thiels Southpark Station, in honor and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana postal worker who was killed in the line of duty on October 4, 2007.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
S. 2571 · Became law Public Law 110-193

To make technical corrections to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-186 · Became law Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008

To improve and expand small business assistance programs for veterans of the armed forces and military reservists, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 921, 406–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-185 · Became law Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

To provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 380–34Senate 81–16
S. 2110 · Became law Public Law 110-184

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 427 North Street in Taft, California, as the “Larry S. Pierce Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 388–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-181 · Became law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgments against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–46Senate 91–3
Public Law 110-178 · Became law U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger Implementation Act of 2007

To provide for the transfer of the Library of Congress police to the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-174 · Became law Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007

To authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-173 · Became law Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007

To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-166 · Became law Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 352–64Senate 88–5
Public Law 110-161 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 272–142Senate 76–17
Public Law 110-160 · Became law Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

To extend the Terrorism Insurance Program of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 360–53Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-144 · Became law Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act

To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal penalties do not apply to human organ paired donation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 837, 407–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-143 · Became law Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007

To provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 426–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-140 · Became law Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

To move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 314–100Senate 86–8
H.R. 3315 · Became law Public Law 110-139

To provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–6Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-138 · Became law United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

To implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 285–132Senate 77–18
H.J.Res. 69 · Became law Public Law 110-137

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–27Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-135 · Became law Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-134 · Became law Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–36Senate 95–0
H.R. 3446 · Became law Public Law 110-128

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East Michigan Avenue in Marshall, Michigan, as the “Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3325 · Became law Public Law 110-126

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in Suffield, Connecticut, as the “Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3307 · Became law Public Law 110-124

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as the “Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2276 · Became law Public Law 110-122

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in Vassar, Michigan, as the “Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2089 · Became law Public Law 110-121

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the “Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 383–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2546 · Became law Public Law 110-117

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, as the “Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-116 · Became law Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–15Senate: voice vote
Public Law 110-114 · Became law Water Resources Development Act of 2007

To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 361–54Senate 79–14
H.R. 1808 · Became law Public Law 110-112

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the “Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-111 · Became law Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2007

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2007, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
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