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.

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 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
H.R. 2011 · Became law Public Law 110-159

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 100 East 8th Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as the “George Howard, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1045 · Became law Public Law 110-158

To designate the Federal building located at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as the “Neal Smith Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-157 · Became law Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve low-vision benefits matters, matters relating to burial and memorial affairs, and other matters under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 366 · Became law Public Law 110-156

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the “Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 8 · Became law Public Law 110-155

Providing for the reappointment of Patricia Q. Stonesifer as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2484 · Became law Public Law 110-154

To rename the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2371 · Became law Public Law 110-153

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make technical corrections.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2174 · Became law Public Law 110-152

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as the “Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-151 · Became law Genocide Accountability Act of 2007

To amend section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the prosecution of genocide in appropriate circumstances.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 597 · Became law Public Law 110-150

To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 72 · Became law Public Law 110-149

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3739 · Became law Public Law 110-148

To amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3703 · Became law Public Law 110-147

To amend section 5112(p)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, to allow an exception from the $1 coin dispensing capability requirement for certain vending machines.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2671 · Became law Public Law 110-146

To designate the United States courthouse located at 301 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, as the “C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2408 · Became law Public Law 110-145

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the “Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 110-142 · Became law Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4118 · Became law Public Law 110-141

To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 4252 · Became law Public Law 110-136

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through May 23, 2008, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
Public Law 110-133 · Became law Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007

To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-132 · Became law Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007

To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3572 · Became law Public Law 110-131

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, as the “Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3530 · Became law Public Law 110-130

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 Highway 41 North in Inverness, Florida, as the “Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3518 · Became law Public Law 110-129

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in Cantonment, Florida, as the “Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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. 3382 · Became law Public Law 110-127

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North William Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the “Philip A. Baddour, Sr. Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 3308 · Became law Public Law 110-125

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, as the “Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 3297 · Became law Public Law 110-123

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 West Trenton Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as the “Nate DeTample Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
S. 2206 · Became law Public Law 110-120

A bill to provide technical corrections to Public Law 109-116 (2 U.S.C. 2131a note) to extend the time period for the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 7 · Became law Public Law 110-119

Providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Sant as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2602 · Became law Public Law 110-118

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the “Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 2779 · Became law Public Law 110-115

To recognize the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national museum of Navy SEALS and their predecessors.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
Public Law 110-113 · Became law Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007

To provide nationwide subpoena authority for actions brought under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

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