Legislative Subject Terms
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Subjects: 115th Congress (2017-2018)
- Abortion [66]
- Academic performance and assessments [89]
- Accidents [37]
- Accounting and auditing [168]
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures [1,297]
- Administrative remedies [389]
- Adoption and foster care [117]
- Adult day care [24]
- Adult education and literacy [39]
- Advanced technology and technological innovations [146]
- Advisory bodies [424]
- Age discrimination [24]
- Aging [107]
- Agricultural conservation and pollution [97]
- Agricultural education [45]
- Agricultural equipment and machinery [16]
- Agricultural insurance [39]
- Agricultural marketing and promotion [38]
- Agricultural practices and innovations [66]
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit [98]
- Agricultural research [51]
- Agricultural trade [45]
- Air quality [271]
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians [92]
- Alcoholic beverages [23]
- Allergies [10]
- Alliances [136]
- Allied health services [14]
- Alternative and renewable resources [255]
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration [71]
- Alternative treatments [56]
- Animal and plant health [29]
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships [88]
- Appropriations [346]
- Aquaculture [25]
- Aquatic ecology [80]
- Arab-Israeli relations [66]
- Archaeology and anthropology [16]
- Arctic and polar regions [24]
- Area studies and international education [12]
- Arms control and nonproliferation [109]
- Art, artists, authorship [54]
- Assault and harassment offenses [237]
- Astronomy [2]
- Athletes [82]
- Atmospheric science and weather [72]
- Aviation and airports [279]
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital [189]
- Banking and financial institutions regulation [165]
- Bankruptcy [51]
- Biological and life sciences [9]
- Birds [41]
- Birth defects [13]
- Blood and blood diseases [10]
- Books and print media [20]
- Border security and unlawful immigration [291]
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies [63]
- Budget deficits and national debt [115]
- Budget process [96]
- Building construction [127]
- Business education [51]
- Business ethics [44]
- Business expenses [19]
- Business investment and capital [192]
- Business records [188]
- Buy American requirements [61]
- Cancer [117]
- Capital gains tax [35]
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health [93]
- Cell biology and embryology [16]
- Cemeteries and funerals [67]
- Census and government statistics [57]
- Charitable contributions [74]
- Chemical and biological weapons [55]
- Chemistry [19]
- Child care and development [150]
- Child health [363]
- Child safety and welfare [304]
- Citizenship and naturalization [99]
- Civil actions and liability [631]
- Climate change and greenhouse gases [183]
- Coal [104]
- Coast guard [46]
- Collective security [25]
- Commemorative events and holidays [689]
- Commodities markets [17]
- Community life and organization [79]
- Commuting [16]
- Competition and antitrust [62]
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits [128]
- Comprehensive health care [28]
- Computer security and identity theft [329]
- Computers and information technology [249]
- Conflicts and wars [345]
- Congressional agencies [66]
- Congressional committees [126]
- Congressional districts and representation [24]
- Congressional elections [75]
- Congressional leadership [20]
- Congressional officers and employees [109]
- Congressional operations and organization [104]
- Congressional oversight [2,339]
- Congressional tributes [740]
- Congressional-executive branch relations [41]
- Constitution and constitutional amendments [139]
- Consumer affairs [241]
- Consumer credit [135]
- Contracts and agency [66]
- Cooperative and condominium housing [10]
- Corporate finance and management [213]
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment [140]
- Credit and credit markets [56]
- Crime prevention [181]
- Crime victims [360]
- Crimes against animals and natural resources [25]
- Crimes against children [119]
- Crimes against property [34]
- Crimes against women [121]
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation [585]
- Criminal justice information and records [331]
- Criminal procedure and sentencing [227]
- Cultural exchanges and relations [17]
- Currency [57]
- Customs enforcement [71]
- Dams and canals [90]
- Debt collection [38]
- Defense spending [130]
- Dental care [33]
- Detention of persons [296]
- Digestive and metabolic diseases [97]
- Digital media [44]
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad [477]
- Disability and health-based discrimination [71]
- Disability and paralysis [294]
- Disability assistance [95]
- Disaster relief and insurance [244]
- Domestic violence and child abuse [163]
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation [138]
- Drug therapy [165]
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances [449]
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use [372]
- Due process and equal protection [60]
- Earth sciences [13]
- Ecology [49]
- Economic development [210]
- Economic performance and conditions [113]
- Economic theory [3]
- Education of the disadvantaged [116]
- Education programs funding [511]
- Educational facilities and institutions [134]
- Educational guidance [48]
- Educational technology and distance education [75]
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation [318]
- Electric power generation and transmission [240]
- Elementary and secondary education [544]
- Emergency communications systems [60]
- Emergency medical services and trauma care [198]
- Emergency planning and evacuation [116]
- Employee benefits and pensions [305]
- Employee hiring [175]
- Employee leave [63]
- Employee performance [78]
- Employment and training programs [319]
- Employment discrimination and employee rights [251]
- Employment taxes [44]
- Endangered and threatened species [111]
- Energy assistance for the poor and aged [22]
- Energy efficiency and conservation [193]
- Energy prices [33]
- Energy research [75]
- Energy revenues and royalties [46]
- Energy storage, supplies, demand [174]
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research [316]
- Environmental health [87]
- Environmental regulatory procedures [167]
- Environmental technology [75]
- Espionage and treason [9]
- Ethnic studies [3]
- Evidence and witnesses [227]
- Executive agency funding and structure [848]
- Family planning and birth control [44]
- Family relationships [168]
- Family services [52]
- Farmland [70]
- Federal appellate courts [35]
- Federal district courts [50]
- Federal officials [330]
- Federal preemption [84]
- Federal-Indian relations [145]
- Federally chartered organizations [5]
- Financial crises and stabilization [22]
- Financial literacy [37]
- Financial services and investments [209]
- Firearms and explosives [292]
- Fires [130]
- First Amendment rights [44]
- First responders and emergency personnel [110]
- Fishes [63]
- Floods and storm protection [124]
- Food assistance and relief [152]
- Food industry and services [58]
- Food supply, safety, and labeling [103]
- Foreign aid and international relief [367]
- Foreign and international banking [94]
- Foreign and international corporations [93]
- Foreign labor [148]
- Foreign language and bilingual programs [64]
- Foreign loans and debt [54]
- Foreign property [102]
- Forests, forestry, trees [249]
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes [348]
- Free trade and trade barriers [43]
- Freedom of information [39]
- Fruit and vegetables [33]
- Gambling [31]
- Games and hobbies [8]
- General Native American affairs matters [11]
- General agriculture matters [4]
- General education matters [1]
- General energy matters [5]
- General foreign operations matters [1]
- General public lands matters [14]
- General science and technology matters [9]
- General taxation matters [6]
- Genetics [44]
- Geography [27]
- Government buildings, facilities, and property [375]
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises [32]
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management [626]
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption [378]
- Government information and archives [1,649]
- Government lending and loan guarantees [323]
- Government liability [111]
- Government studies and investigations [1,288]
- Government trust funds [293]
- Grain [12]
- HIV/AIDS [55]
- Hate crimes [39]
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances [222]
- Health care costs and insurance [432]
- Health care coverage and access [512]
- Health care quality [172]
- Health facilities and institutions [312]
- Health information and medical records [356]
- Health personnel [449]
- Health programs administration and funding [448]
- Health promotion and preventive care [420]
- Health technology, devices, supplies [212]
- Hearing, speech, and vision care [42]
- Hereditary and development disorders [18]
- Higher education [717]
- Historic sites and heritage areas [156]
- Historical and cultural resources [99]
- Home and outpatient care [118]
- Homeland security [49]
- Homelessness and emergency shelter [89]
- Horticulture and plants [46]
- Hospital care [152]
- House of Representatives [296]
- Housing and community development funding [136]
- Housing discrimination [32]
- Housing finance and home ownership [143]
- Housing for the elderly and disabled [15]
- Housing industry and standards [13]
- Housing supply and affordability [41]
- Human rights [365]
- Human trafficking [160]
- Humanities programs funding [14]
- Hunting and fishing [84]
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles [53]
- Hydrology and hydrography [22]
- Immigrant health and welfare [16]
- Immigration status and procedures [392]
- Immunology and vaccination [37]
- Income tax credits [348]
- Income tax deductions [229]
- Income tax deferral [41]
- Income tax exclusion [195]
- Income tax rates [84]
- Indian claims [41]
- Indian lands and resources rights [166]
- Indian social and development programs [233]
- Industrial facilities [69]
- Industrial policy and productivity [22]
- Infectious and parasitic diseases [88]
- Inflation and prices [180]
- Infrastructure development [120]
- Insects [21]
- Insurance industry and regulation [76]
- Intellectual property [97]
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information [244]
- Interest, dividends, interest rates [143]
- Intergovernmental relations [377]
- International exchange and broadcasting [68]
- International law and treaties [188]
- International monetary system and foreign exchange [31]
- International organizations and cooperation [369]
- International scientific cooperation [7]
- Internet and video services [323]
- Judges [71]
- Judicial procedure and administration [139]
- Judicial review and appeals [169]
- Jurisdiction and venue [56]
- Juvenile crime and gang violence [103]
- Labor standards [120]
- Labor-management relations [141]
- Lakes and rivers [106]
- Land transfers [287]
- Land use and conservation [342]
- Language arts [18]
- Law enforcement administration and funding [369]
- Law enforcement officers [326]
- Lawyers and legal services [109]
- Lease and rental services [16]
- Legal fees and court costs [88]
- Legislative rules and procedure [359]
- Libraries and archives [30]
- Licensing and registrations [699]
- Life, casualty, property insurance [36]
- Lighting and heating [58]
- Literature [6]
- Livestock [56]
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care [124]
- Low- and moderate-income housing [85]
- Mammals [95]
- Manufacturing [202]
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries [247]
- Marine and inland water transportation [114]
- Marine pollution [48]
- Marketing and advertising [110]
- Marriage and family status [62]
- Materials [31]
- Meat [24]
- Medicaid [212]
- Medical education [202]
- Medical ethics [42]
- Medical research [276]
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods [219]
- Medicare [367]
- Members of Congress [258]
- Mental health [357]
- Metals [70]
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor [40]
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements [175]
- Military civil functions [18]
- Military command and structure [48]
- Military education and training [92]
- Military facilities and property [117]
- Military history [129]
- Military law [24]
- Military medicine [80]
- Military operations and strategy [236]
- Military personnel and dependents [493]
- Military procurement, research, weapons development [138]
- Military readiness [44]
- Mining [119]
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses [57]
- Minority education [98]
- Minority employment [69]
- Minority health [118]
- Monetary policy [7]
- Monuments and memorials [124]
- Motor carriers [59]
- Motor fuels [88]
- Motor vehicles [208]
- Multilateral development programs [51]
- Musculoskeletal and skin diseases [27]
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers [119]
- Music [40]
- National Guard and reserves [112]
- National and community service [46]
- National symbols [30]
- Natural disasters [124]
- Navigation, waterways, harbors [78]
- Neurological disorders [104]
- News media and reporting [129]
- Noise pollution [20]
- Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment [3]
- Nuclear power [69]
- Nuclear weapons [144]
- Nursing [43]
- Nutrition and diet [123]
- Oil and gas [324]
- Olympic games [20]
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation [26]
- Organized crime [67]
- Outdoor recreation [110]
- Palestinians [50]
- Parks, recreation areas, trails [245]
- Pedestrians and bicycling [20]
- Performance measurement [259]
- Performing arts [31]
- Personnel records [66]
- Pest management [49]
- Photography and imaging [57]
- Physical fitness and lifestyle [37]
- Pipelines [64]
- Policy sciences [35]
- Political advertising [38]
- Political movements and philosophies [60]
- Political parties and affiliation [62]
- Political representation [3]
- Pollution liability [54]
- Pornography [43]
- Postal service [214]
- Poverty and welfare assistance [237]
- Preschool education [45]
- Prescription drugs [254]
- Presidential administrations [16]
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents [408]
- Private Legislation [68]
- Product development and innovation [18]
- Product safety and quality [67]
- Professional sports [58]
- Property rights [39]
- Property tax [21]
- Protection of officials [26]
- Protest and dissent [135]
- Public contracts and procurement [509]
- Public housing [42]
- Public participation and lobbying [127]
- Public transit [72]
- Public utilities and utility rates [102]
- Public-private cooperation [236]
- Racial and ethnic relations [318]
- Radiation [24]
- Radioactive wastes and releases [35]
- Railroads [71]
- Real estate business [34]
- Reconstruction and stabilization [26]
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons [183]
- Regional and metropolitan planning [27]
- Religion [248]
- Reptiles [8]
- Research administration and funding [334]
- Research and development [192]
- Research ethics [3]
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair [66]
- Retail and wholesale trades [148]
- Right of privacy [247]
- Roads and highways [171]
- Rule of law and government transparency [118]
- Rural conditions and development [274]
- Sales and excise taxes [171]
- Sanctions [235]
- School administration [98]
- School athletics [29]
- Science and engineering education [111]
- Scientific communication [33]
- Seafood [36]
- Seashores and lakeshores [37]
- Securities [246]
- Self-employed [28]
- Senate [117]
- Separation, divorce, custody, support [40]
- Service animals [31]
- Service industries [4]
- Sex and reproductive health [57]
- Sex offenses [253]
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination [218]
- Sexually transmitted diseases [20]
- Small business [316]
- Small towns [15]
- Smuggling and trafficking [69]
- Social security and elderly assistance [95]
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations [340]
- Soil pollution [23]
- Solid waste and recycling [158]
- Sound recording [27]
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status [244]
- Space flight and exploration [30]
- Spacecraft and satellites [28]
- Special education [30]
- Specialized courts [30]
- Sports and recreation facilities [24]
- State and local courts [34]
- State and local finance [167]
- State and local government operations [843]
- State and local taxation [53]
- Strategic materials and reserves [26]
- Student aid and college costs [442]
- Student records [36]
- Subversive activities [62]
- Supreme Court [50]
- Surgery and anesthesia [37]
- Tariffs [77]
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers [271]
- Tax reform and tax simplification [13]
- Tax treatment of families [47]
- Tax-exempt organizations [92]
- Taxation of foreign income [47]
- Teaching, teachers, curricula [279]
- Technology assessment [68]
- Technology transfer and commercialization [111]
- Teenage pregnancy [10]
- Telecommunication rates and fees [39]
- Telephone and wireless communication [187]
- Television and film [50]
- Temporary and part-time employment [46]
- Terrorism [392]
- Time and calendar [3]
- Trade adjustment assistance [11]
- Trade agreements and negotiations [81]
- Trade restrictions [264]
- Trade secrets and economic espionage [10]
- Transfer and inheritance taxes [23]
- Transportation costs [110]
- Transportation employees [112]
- Transportation programs funding [161]
- Transportation safety and security [265]
- Travel and tourism [119]
- U.S. Capitol [49]
- U.S. and foreign investments [134]
- U.S. history [168]
- U.S. territories and protectorates [137]
- Unemployment [145]
- Urban and suburban affairs and development [61]
- User charges and fees [306]
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation [289]
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs [78]
- Veterans' medical care [343]
- Veterans' organizations and recognition [116]
- Veterans' pensions and compensation [132]
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases [32]
- Violent crime [243]
- Visas and passports [263]
- Vocational and technical education [141]
- Voting rights [50]
- Wages and earnings [293]
- War and emergency powers [110]
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity [73]
- Water quality [276]
- Water resources funding [91]
- Water storage [61]
- Water use and supply [259]
- Watersheds [65]
- Wetlands [44]
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats [150]
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection [254]
- Women in business [35]
- Women's education [46]
- Women's employment [83]
- Women's health [205]
- Women's rights [56]
- Worker safety and health [187]
- World health [66]
- World history [14]
- Youth employment and child labor [68]