legislation

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

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2 rows where bill_type = "sjres", congress = 96 and policy_area = "Native Americans" sorted by introduced_date descending

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  • sjres · 2 ✖
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-sjres-108 96 sjres 108 A joint resolution to validate the effectiveness of certain plans for the use or distribution of funds appropriated to pay judgments awarded to Indian tribes or groups. Native Americans 1979-10-04 1980-02-21 Public Law 96-194. Senate Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] MT D M000635 0 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Validates the effectiveness of certain plans for the use or distribution of funds appropriated to pay judgments awarded to specified Indian tribes or groups. Exempts such plans from the submission deadline for such plans as set forth in the Distribution of Joint Funds Act of 1973. 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z  
96-sjres-96 96 sjres 96 A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 28, 1979, as "National Indian Day". Native Americans 1979-07-18 1979-07-18 Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ] AZ R G000267 2 Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 28, 1979, as "National Indian Day." 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  

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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);