Top Legislative Subjects

Most common CRS subject terms across all tracked legislation.

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SELECT subject, COUNT(*) AS bill_count FROM legislation_subjects GROUP BY subject ORDER BY bill_count DESC LIMIT 100

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subjectbill_count
Government Operations and Politics 46254
Economics and Public Finance 30679
Congressional oversight 27453
Congress 25204
Income tax 23204
Law 19445
Commerce 19234
Labor and Employment 17785
Congressional reporting requirements 17473
Government information and archives 15306
Congressional tributes 15186
Social Welfare 15078
Administrative procedure 14886
Higher education 13893
Education 13661
Finance and Financial Sector 13040
Armed Forces and National Security 12979
Crime and Law Enforcement 12742
Government paperwork 12547
Advisory bodies 12352
House of Representatives 12348
Health 12195
Environmental Protection 12109
Families 11702
Government studies and investigations 11249
Elementary and secondary education 11230
Administrative law and regulatory procedures 11152
Commemorations 10612
Civil actions and liability 10560
Medicare 10499
Federal advisory bodies 10288
Government trust funds 10212
Science, Technology, Communications 9793
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9783
Agriculture and Food 9352
Authorization 9240
Appropriations 9220
Tariff 8375
International Affairs 8371
Federal employees 8310
Executive reorganization 8209
State and local government operations 7898
Executive agency funding and structure 7638
Administrative remedies 7621
Foreign Trade and International Finance 7610
Small business 7567
Tax deductions 7551
Land transfers 7022
Disabled 6846
Commemorative events and holidays 6820
Business and commerce 6775
Housing and Community Development 6739
Child health 6530
States 6501
Senate 6451
House rules and procedure 6373
Transportation and Public Works 6351
Energy 6041
Fines (Penalties) 5981
Tax credits 5892
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 5836
Terrorism 5822
Health care coverage and access 5813
Intergovernmental relations 5786
Minorities 5753
Medicaid 5719
Department of Health and Human Services 5687
Human rights 5594
Members of Congress 5577
Old age, survivors and disability insurance 5553
Agriculture and Rural Affairs 5519
Imports 5475
Taxation 5434
Licenses 5376
California 5320
Medical research 5246
Licensing and registrations 5159
Immigration 5119
Tax exclusion 5111
Crime prevention 5102
Public Lands and Natural Resources 5045
Federal-state relations 5017
Health programs administration and funding 5017
Research and development 5006
Federal officials 4865
Public contracts and procurement 4857
Education programs funding 4815
Government publicity 4757
Health care costs and insurance 4748
Department of the Treasury 4744
Federal aid to education 4684
Emergency Management 4635
Consumer protection 4581
Emergency medical services and trauma care 4550
Foreign Trade and Investments 4550
District of Columbia 4539
Veterans' medical care 4537
Military personnel and dependents 4528
Employment and training programs 4476
Arts, Culture, Religion 4469