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 46255
Economics and Public Finance 30679
Congressional oversight 27470
Congress 25204
Income tax 23204
Law 19445
Commerce 19234
Labor and Employment 17785
Congressional reporting requirements 17473
Government information and archives 15323
Congressional tributes 15202
Social Welfare 15078
Administrative procedure 14886
Higher education 13901
Education 13661
Finance and Financial Sector 13040
Armed Forces and National Security 12979
Crime and Law Enforcement 12742
Government paperwork 12547
House of Representatives 12368
Advisory bodies 12358
Health 12195
Environmental Protection 12109
Families 11702
Government studies and investigations 11256
Elementary and secondary education 11233
Administrative law and regulatory procedures 11157
Commemorations 10612
Civil actions and liability 10563
Medicare 10499
Federal advisory bodies 10288
Government trust funds 10215
Science, Technology, Communications 9793
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9783
Agriculture and Food 9352
Authorization 9240
Appropriations 9223
Tariff 8375
International Affairs 8371
Federal employees 8311
Executive reorganization 8209
State and local government operations 7904
Executive agency funding and structure 7644
Administrative remedies 7624
Foreign Trade and International Finance 7611
Small business 7569
Tax deductions 7551
Land transfers 7022
Disabled 6846
Commemorative events and holidays 6829
Business and commerce 6775
Housing and Community Development 6739
Child health 6532
States 6501
Senate 6454
House rules and procedure 6373
Transportation and Public Works 6351
Energy 6041
Fines (Penalties) 5981
Tax credits 5892
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 5842
Terrorism 5823
Health care coverage and access 5814
Intergovernmental relations 5790
Minorities 5753
Medicaid 5719
Department of Health and Human Services 5688
Human rights 5594
Members of Congress 5585
Old age, survivors and disability insurance 5553
Agriculture and Rural Affairs 5519
Imports 5475
Taxation 5434
Licenses 5376
California 5321
Medical research 5247
Licensing and registrations 5167
Immigration 5119
Tax exclusion 5111
Crime prevention 5103
Public Lands and Natural Resources 5045
Health programs administration and funding 5019
Federal-state relations 5017
Research and development 5008
Federal officials 4868
Public contracts and procurement 4859
Education programs funding 4818
Government publicity 4757
Health care costs and insurance 4749
Department of the Treasury 4747
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 4540
Veterans' medical care 4537
Military personnel and dependents 4532
Employment and training programs 4481
Arts, Culture, Religion 4469