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 110-110 · 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 110-109 · Became law Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2007

To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to amend the definition of an eligible not-for-profit holder, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 3233 · Became law Public Law 110-107

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney Woods, Mississippi, as the “Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 3106 · Became law Public Law 110-105

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in Ferdinand, Indiana, as the “Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3052 · Became law Public Law 110-104

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 954 Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge, Ohio, as the “John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2825 · Became law Public Law 110-103

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, as the “Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2778 · Became law Public Law 110-102

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle, New York, as the “Robert Merrill Postal Station”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2765 · Became law Public Law 110-101

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 44 North Main Street in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, as the “Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2654 · Became law Public Law 110-100

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in Woonsocket, South Dakota, as the “Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2587 · Became law Public Law 110-99

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 South 3rd Street Lobby in Memphis, Tennessee, as the “Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2467 · Became law Public Law 110-98

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 69 Montgomery Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the “Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
Public Law 110-96 · Became law International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act

To amend the penalty provisions in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 474 · Became law Public Law 110-95

To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-94 · Became law Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to renew and amend the provisions for the enhanced review of covered pesticide products, to authorize fees for certain pesticide products, to extend and improve the collection of maintenance fees, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3625 · Became law Public Law 110-93

To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 110-90 · Became law TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007

To provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA), the abstinence education program, and the qualifying individuals (QI) program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3375 · Became law Public Law 110-89

To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3218 · Became law Public Law 110-88

To designate a portion of Interstate Route 395 located in Baltimore, Maryland, as “Cal Ripken Way”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 954 · Became law Public Law 110-87

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 365 West 125th Street in New York, New York, as the “Percy Sutton Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3528 · Became law Public Law 110-86

To provide authority to the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 110-83 · Became law United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007

To establish a United States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-82 · Became law Native American $1 Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
S. 1716 · Became law Public Law 110-80

To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to strike a requirement relating to forage producers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 975 · Became law Public Law 110-79

Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 375 · Became law Public Law 110-78

To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 3006 · Became law Public Law 110-77

To improve the use of a grant of a parcel of land to the State of Idaho for use as an agricultural college, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2952 · Became law Public Law 110-76

To authorize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2863 · Became law Public Law 110-75

To authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1099 · Became law Public Law 110-74

To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to make individuals employed by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain Federal health insurance.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2688 · Became law Public Law 110-73

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the “Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2570 · Became law Public Law 110-72

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the “Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
H.R. 2309 · Became law Public Law 110-70

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3916 Milgen Road in Columbus, Georgia, as the “Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: 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. 2127 · Became law Public Law 110-68

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 408 West 6th Street in Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the “Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2078 · Became law Public Law 110-67

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14536 State Route 136 in Cherry Fork, Ohio, as the “Staff Sergeant Omer `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2077 · Became law Public Law 110-66

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek, Ohio, as the “George B. Lewis Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2025 · Became law Public Law 110-65

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11033 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the “Willye B. White Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 1617 · Became law Public Law 110-63

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 561 Kingsland Avenue in University City, Missouri, as the “Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
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