legislation

Congressional bills and resolutions from Congress.gov, filtered to policy areas relevant to environmental, health, agriculture, and wildlife regulation.

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6 rows where bill_type = "hconres", congress = 96 and policy_area = "Animals" sorted by introduced_date descending

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  • hconres · 6 ✖
bill_id congress bill_type bill_number title policy_area introduced_date ▲ latest_action_date latest_action_text origin_chamber sponsor_name sponsor_state sponsor_party sponsor_bioguide_id cosponsor_count summary_text update_date url
96-hconres-445 96 hconres 445 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects. Animals 1980-10-02 1980-10-02 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-11] IN D J000033 12 Expresses the sense of the Congress that each department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/445
96-hconres-143 96 hconres 143 A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to urge a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales. Animals 1979-06-18 1979-06-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. House Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] WA D B000620 56 Calls upon the President to urge: (1) the International Whaling Commission to adopt an indefinite moratorium on the commercial killing of whales; and (2) various countries to voluntarily comply with such moratorium. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/143
96-hconres-92 96 hconres 92 A concurrent resolution urging a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales. Animals 1979-04-02 1979-04-02 Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. House Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] OR D A000337 55 Urges (1) the International Whaling Commission to adopt a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales and (2) various countries to comply with such moratorium. 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/92
96-hconres-87 96 hconres 87 A concurrent resolution calling for a moratorium of indefinite duration on the commercial killing of whales. Animals 1979-03-27 1979-03-27 Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. House Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] VT R J000072 1 Urges (1) the International Whaling Commission to adopt a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales and (2) various countries to voluntarily comply with such moratorium. 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/87
96-hconres-47 96 hconres 47 A concurrent resolution calling for a regional conservation treaty to protect northern hemisphere pinnipeds. Animals 1979-02-08 1979-02-08 Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. House Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] VA R W000406 0 Calls for a regional conservation treaty for the protection of northern hemisphere pinnipeds. 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/47
96-hconres-26 96 hconres 26 A concurrent resolution pertaining to the methods used on animals in research. Animals 1979-01-18 1979-01-18 Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology. House Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] VA R W000406 1 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should take steps to develop new research methods to complement or eliminate current methods involving the direct or indirect use of animals, and that no Federal funds should be provided for research projects involving the use of animals if other methods can be successfully substituted. 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/26

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CREATE TABLE legislation (
    bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    congress INTEGER,
    bill_type TEXT,
    bill_number INTEGER,
    title TEXT,
    policy_area TEXT,
    introduced_date TEXT,
    latest_action_date TEXT,
    latest_action_text TEXT,
    origin_chamber TEXT,
    sponsor_name TEXT,
    sponsor_state TEXT,
    sponsor_party TEXT,
    sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
    cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
    summary_text TEXT,
    update_date TEXT,
    url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);