Congressional Commissions: Overview and Considerations for Congress
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- HR 1180106th Congress
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
Dec 17, 1999 · Became Public Law No: 106-170.
- 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 3230113th Congress
Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
Aug 7, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-146.
- HR 3547113th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
Jan 17, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-76.
- HR 3979113th Congress
Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
Dec 19, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-291.
- HR 1831114th Congress
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016
Mar 30, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-140.
- HR 2615114th Congress
Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act
Sep 29, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-224.
- HR 4875114th Congress
United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016
Jul 22, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-196.
- HR 5722114th Congress
John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission Act
Jul 29, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-215.
- S 1635114th Congress
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017
Dec 16, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-323.
- S 2328114th Congress
Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act
Jun 30, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-187.
- S 246114th Congress
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act
Oct 14, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-244.
- S 2943114th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Dec 23, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-328.
- S 524114th Congress
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
Jul 22, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-198.
- HR 1242115th Congress
400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
Jan 8, 2018 · Signed by President.
- HR 244115th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
May 5, 2017 · Signed by President.
- HR 2810115th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
Dec 12, 2017 · Signed by President.
- HR 2989115th Congress
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act
Nov 2, 2017 · Signed by President.
- HR 2115th Congress
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Dec 20, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-334.
- HR 302115th Congress
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
Oct 5, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-254.
- HR 5515115th Congress
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Aug 13, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-232.
- S 1312115th Congress
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017
Dec 21, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-393.
- S 847115th Congress
Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Act
Apr 5, 2017 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- HR 6395116th Congress
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Jan 2, 2021 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- HR 748116th Congress
CARES Act
Jul 23, 2020 · Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
- S 1014116th Congress
Route 66 Centennial Commission Act
Dec 23, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-256.
- S 1790116th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Dec 20, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-92.
- S 2163116th Congress
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act
Aug 14, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-156.
- S 2330116th Congress
Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020
Oct 30, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-189.
- S 47116th Congress
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Mar 12, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-9.
- HR 2471117th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
Mar 15, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-103.
- HR 3525117th Congress
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act
Jun 13, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-140.
- HR 4981117th Congress
To amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, to modify certain deadlines relating to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.
Oct 19, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-51.
- HR 7776117th Congress
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Dec 23, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-263.
- S 1605117th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Dec 27, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-81.
- HR 7764118th Congress
Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act
Dec 11, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-144.
- HR 7888118th Congress
Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Apr 20, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-49.
- S 1071119th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 18, 2025 · Became Public Law No: 119-60.