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Federal Legislation

Members of Congress introduce some ten thousand bills and resolutions in each two-year session of Congress, only a small fraction of which are seriously considered and fewer still enacted as law.

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Bills Being Tracked:

H.R. 45 [111th]: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (2293 users)
H.R. 2454 [111th]: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (1189 users)
H.R. 1207 [111th]: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 (893 users)
H.R. 3200 [111th]: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (843 users)
H.R. 875 [111th]: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (779 users)
S. 510 [111th]: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (661 users)
H.R. 17 [111th]: Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 (650 users)
H.R. 1022 [110th]: Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007 (635 users)
H.R. 1409 [111th]: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 (479 users)
H.R. 3261: Stop Online Piracy Act (461 users)
H.R. 1475 [111th]: Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009 (450 users)
H.R. 4213 [111th]: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (449 users)
H.R. 197 [111th]: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009 (426 users)
S. 773 [111th]: Cybersecurity Act of 2010 (399 users)
H.R. 1 [111th]: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (390 users)
H.R. 4437 [109th]: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (370 users)
H.R. 4646 [111th]: Debt Free America Act (366 users)
H.R. 3962 [111th]: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief... (348 users)
H.R. 2749 [111th]: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (346 users)
H.R. 1593 [110th]: Second Chance Act of 2007 (341 users)