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

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59,690 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Laws with a recorded vote

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Public Law 110-110 · Became law Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive program designed to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-108 · Became law Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007

To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 402–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 995 · Became law Public Law 110-106

To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1124 · Became law Public Law 110-97

To extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 96–0
H.J.Res. 52 · Became law Public Law 110-92

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–14Senate 94–1
H.J.Res. 43 · Became law Public Law 110-91

Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: Not checked yetSenate 53–42
Public Law 110-85 · Became law Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–7Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-84 · Became law College Cost Reduction and Access Act

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 292–97Senate 79–12
Public Law 110-81 · Became law Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

To provide greater transparency in the legislative process.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–8Senate 83–14
H.R. 2563 · Became law Public Law 110-71

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the “Major Scott Nisely Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 386–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-69 · Became law America COMPETES Act

To invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 367–57Senate: without objection
H.R. 1722 · Became law Public Law 110-64

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton, Florida, as the “Leonard W. Herman Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1434 · Became law Public Law 110-62

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania, as the “Rachel Carson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 334–53Senate: without objection
H.R. 1425 · Became law Public Law 110-61

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4551 East 52nd Street in Odessa, Texas, as the “Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-55 · Became law Protect America Act of 2007

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 227–183Senate 60–28
H.R. 2429 · Became law Public Law 110-54

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-53 · Became law Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007

To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–40Senate 85–8
H.J.Res. 44 · Became law Public Law 110-52

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 93–1
Public Law 110-49 · Became law Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007

To ensure national security while promoting foreign investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 370–45Senate: without objection
S. 1701 · Became law Public Law 110-48

To provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 291–126Senate: without objection
H.R. 1830 · Became law Public Law 110-42

To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 365–59Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-41 · Became law Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007

To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 408–4Senate: without objection
S. 676 · Became law Public Law 110-38

To provide that the Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank or the Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank may serve on the Board of Directors of the Inter- American Foundation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 386–1Senate: without objection
S. 1104 · Became law Public Law 110-36

To increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special immigrants, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–8Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-34 · Became law Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007

To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to preserve the independence of United States attorneys.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 306–114Senate 94–2
H.R. 1402 · Became law Public Law 110-32

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 South Lecanto Highway in Lecanto, Florida, as the “Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 386–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 437 · Became law Public Law 110-30

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Eisenhower Street in Rio Grande City, Texas, as the “Lino Perez, Jr. Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-28 · Became law U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007

Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 280–142Senate 80–14
Public Law 110-24 · Became law Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend the authority to withhold from public availability a financial disclosure report filed by an individual who is a judicial officer or judicial employee, to the extent necessary to protect the safety of that individual or a family member of that individual, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-22 · Became law Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007

To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–39Senate: without objection
H.R. 521 · Became law Public Law 110-12

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the “Lane Evans Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 49 · Became law Public Law 110-7

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 North Frontage Road West in Vail, Colorado, as the “Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 110-5 · Became law Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 286–140Senate 81–15
Public Law 110-2 · Became law House Page Board Revision Act of 2007

To revise the composition of the House of Representatives Page Board to equalize the number of members representing the majority and minority parties and to include a member representing the parents of pages and a member representing former pages, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
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