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.

H.R. 1384 · Became law Public Law 110-60

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the “Buck Owens Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1335 · Became law Public Law 110-59

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 508 East Main Street in Seneca, South Carolina, as the “S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1260 · Became law Public Law 110-58

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6301 Highway 58 in Harrison, Tennessee, as the “Claude Ramsey Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3206 · Became law Public Law 110-57

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through December 15, 2007, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3311 · Became law Public Law 110-56

To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: 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 110-51 · Became law Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007

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
Public Law 110-50 · Became law Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007

To enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
Public Law 110-47 · Became law Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007

To modify the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to include certain land within the GT Park Subdivision, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 801 · Became law Public Law 110-46

To designate a United States courthouse located in Fresno, California, as the “Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 229 · Became law Public Law 110-45

To redesignate a Federal building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the “Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-44 · Became law First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007

To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1352 · Became law Public Law 110-43

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the “Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 57 · Became law Public Law 110-40

To repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1537 · Became law Public Law 110-39

To authorize the transfer of certain funds from the Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund to the Senate Employee Child Care Center.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: 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
Public Law 110-37 · Became law Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007

To reauthorize the program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for loan guarantees for Indian housing.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 110-35 · Became law Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007

To suspend the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding electronic filing of previous participation certificates and regarding filing of such certificates with respect to certain low-income housing investors.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 2080 · Became law Public Law 110-33

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to conform the District charter to revisions made by the Council of the District of Columbia relating to public education.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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. 625 · Became law Public Law 110-31

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4230 Maine Avenue in Baldwin Park, California, as the “Atanacio Haro- Marin Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 414 · Became law Public Law 110-29

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 Calle McKinley, West in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the “Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 988 · Became law Public Law 110-27

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, California, as the “Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-26 · Became law American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007

To amend the Congressional Charter of The American National Red Cross to modernize its governance structure, to enhance the ability of the board of governors of The American National Red Cross to support the critical mission of The American National Red Cross in the 21st century, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 521 · Became law Public Law 110-25

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse and customhouse located at 515 West First Street in Duluth, Minnesota, as the “Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 110-23 · Became law Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding trauma care, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 1003 · Became law Public Law 110-21

To amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 753 · Became law Public Law 110-20

To redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, as the “Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-19 · Became law Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to reinstate certain provisions relating to the nutrition services incentive program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-18 · Became law National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 110-17 · Became law NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007

To endorse further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to facilitate the timely admission of new members to NATO, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1129 · Became law Public Law 110-16

To provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an arterial road in St. Louis County, Missouri.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 584 · Became law Public Law 110-15

To designate the Federal building located at 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the “Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 544 · Became law Public Law 110-14

To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the “Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 342 · Became law Public Law 110-13

To designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the “Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 577 · Became law Public Law 110-11

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, as the “Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building”.

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