Open Congress : Top 20 Bills Most Written About In The News2008-05-12T01:20:26Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/most/newsH.R.2634 Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-06:/bill/110-h26342008-05-12T01:20:26Z
To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes. H.R.5843 Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adultstag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/bill/110-h58432008-05-12T01:20:26Z
To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes. H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-07:/bill/110-h57152008-05-12T01:20:26Z
To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families. H.R.5830 FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/bill/110-h58302008-05-12T01:20:26Z
To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market. H.R.4279 PRO-IP Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/bill/110-h42792008-05-12T01:20:26Z
To enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. H.R.4286 To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma.tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/bill/110-h42862008-05-12T01:20:26Z
To award a congressional gold medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma. H.R.5982 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, for purposes of transportation security, to conduct a study on how airports can transition to uniform, standards-based, and interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport workers with unescorted access to secure or sterile areas of an airport, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/bill/110-h59822008-05-11T00:22:20Z
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, for purposes of transportation security, to conduct a study on how airports can transition to uniform, standards-based, and interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport workers with unescorted access to secure or sterile areas of an airport, and for other purposes. S.2990 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/bill/110-s29902008-05-09T03:32:16Z
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins. H.Con.Res.342 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-05:/bill/110-hc3422008-05-08T04:26:50Z
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest. H.R.5958 To make permanent the increases made by the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 in the loan limits for the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the FHA.tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-04:/bill/110-h59582008-05-08T00:25:48Z
To make permanent the increases made by the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 in the loan limits for the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the FHA. H.R.5818 Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-15:/bill/110-h58182008-05-07T00:17:43Z
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs. H.R.5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-12:/bill/110-h56132008-04-02T01:09:49Z
To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009, and for other purposes. S.2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-09:/bill/110-s27392008-03-24T23:56:15Z
A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes. H.R.5512 Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-27:/bill/110-h55122008-03-14T03:44:04Z
To reduce the costs of producing 1-cent and 5-cent coins, provide authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to perform research and development on new metallic content for circulating coins, and to require biennial reports to Congress on circulating coin production costs and possible alternative metallic content. H.R.5353 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-11:/bill/110-h53532008-02-13T21:35:59Z
To establish broadband policy and direct the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a proceeding and public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services, and for other purposes. H.R.29 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes.tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-03:/bill/110-h292008-01-09T05:25:38Z
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes. S.2191 America's Climate Security Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-17:/bill/110-s21912007-10-25T05:39:08Z
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes. H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-15:/bill/110-h4932007-08-23T02:17:16Z
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. H.R.3221 New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-07-29:/bill/110-h32212007-08-04T11:03:20Z
A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. H.R.2881 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/bill/110-h28812007-07-11T10:00:59Z
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.