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- HR 1110th Congress
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
Feb 28, 2008 · Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held by the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-473.
- HR 2471117th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
Mar 15, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-103.
- HRES 8117th Congress
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Jan 4, 2021 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- S 164117th Congress
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021
Apr 23, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-8.
- S 272117th Congress
Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021
Sep 24, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-40.
- S 475117th Congress
Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
Jun 17, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-17.
- HRES 863118th Congress
Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Apr 16, 2024 · Received in the Senate.
- HRES 567113th Congress
Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.
May 8, 2014 · Mr. Sessions asked unanimous consent to modify H. Res. 567 in the form he had placed at the desk. Without objection, the modification was agreed to. (consideration: CR H3985)
- S 994113th Congress
DATA Act
May 9, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-101.
- HR 1191114th Congress
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
May 22, 2015 · Became Public Law No: 114-17.
- HR 431114th Congress
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Mar 7, 2015 · Became Public Law No: 114-5.
- HR 6450114th Congress
Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016
Dec 16, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-317.
- HRES 5114th Congress
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
Jan 6, 2015 · On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 234 - 172, 1 Present (Roll no. 6). (text: CR H7-10)
- SRES 377114th Congress
An original resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action to enforce a subpoena of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Mar 17, 2016 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 0. Record Vote Number: 38.
- HR 1625115th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-141.
- HR 72115th Congress
GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017
Jan 31, 2017 · Signed by President.
- HJRES 31116th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
Feb 15, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-6.
- HR 1158116th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-93.
- HR 133116th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Dec 27, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-260.
- HR 748116th Congress
CARES Act
Jul 23, 2020 · Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
- HRES 430116th Congress
Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for other purposes.
Sep 16, 2019 · COMMUNICATION TO THE HOUSE - The House received a communication from Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. Chairman Nadler notified the House of the initiation by the Committee on the Judiciary of the following judicial proceedings pursuant to H. Res. 430: 1. In Re: Application of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, for an Order Authorizing the Release of Certain Grand Jury Materials, Misc. no. 1:19-gj-00048-BAH filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on July 26, 2019. 2. Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives v. McGahn, No. 1:19-cv-2379 filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 7, 2019.
- HRES 497116th Congress
Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jul 23, 2019 · CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENT - The Chair informed the House that, pursuant to H.Res. 497, the Speaker has certified to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia the refusal of William P. Barr and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., to produce documents to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- HRES 935116th Congress
Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Apr 23, 2020 · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 938, H. Res. 935 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H1953-1954; text: CR H1953-1954)
- HRES 938116th Congress
Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 935) establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Apr 23, 2020 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- S 47116th Congress
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Mar 12, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-9.
- HR 3230113th Congress
Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
Aug 7, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-146.
- HR 2882118th Congress
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
Mar 23, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-47.
- HR 7032118th Congress
Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act
Sep 30, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-89.
- HR 7148119th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Feb 3, 2026 · Became Public Law No: 119-75.
- HR 1968119th Congress
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Mar 15, 2025 · Became Public Law No: 119-4.
- HR 7776117th Congress
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Dec 23, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-263.