Saved history · 2009 and 2010

Laws of the 111th Congress

The 383 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

383 laws
160 with a recorded vote · 223 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

71,765 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Plain-language accounts for laws before January 3, 2025: Not started. A law's page shows the official title, the member votes we have saved and our saved files.

H.R. 4095 · Became law Public Law 111-183

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9727 Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kansas, as the “Congresswoman Jan Meyers Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4017 · Became law Public Law 111-182

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 43 Maple Avenue in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, as the “Ann Marie Blute Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3892 · Became law Public Law 111-181

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Highway 64 Bypass in Roper, North Carolina, as the “E.V. Wilkins Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 356–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3634 · Became law Public Law 111-180

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 109 Main Street in Swifton, Arkansas, as the “George Kell Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3250 · Became law Public Law 111-179

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the “Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-178 · Became law Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the transportation and moving expenses for the immediate family of certain Federal employees who die in the performance of their duties.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-177 · Became law Extending Immunities to the Office of the High Representative and the International Civilian Office in Kosovo Act of 2010

To provide for the International Organizations Immunities Act to be extended to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Civilian Office in Kosovo.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5128 · Became law Public Law 111-176

To designate the United States Department of the Interior Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the “Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-175 · Became law Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010

To extend the statutory license for secondary transmissions under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-174 · Became law Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2010

To provide improvements for the operations of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5014 · Became law Public Law 111-173

To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-172 · Became law Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009

To support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-171 · Became law Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010

To extend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, to provide customs support services to Haiti, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 5148 · Became law Public Law 111-170

To amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the instances in which the term “census” may appear on mailable matter.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2802 · Became law Public Law 111-169

To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1442 · Became law Public Law 111-168

To provide for the sale of the Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-167 · Became law Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009

To authorize a land exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 377–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-166 · Became law Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include in the Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices information about freedom of the press in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–12Senate: without objection
H.R. 5146 · Became law Public Law 111-165

To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 402–15Senate: without objection
H.R. 4360 · Became law Public Law 111-164

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long Beach, California, as the “Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-163 · Became law Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide assistance to caregivers of veterans, to improve the provision of health care to veterans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: without objection
S. 3253 · Became law Public Law 111-162

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-161 · Became law Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 25 · Became law Public Law 111-160

Granting the consent and approval of Congress to amendments made by the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-159 · Became law TRICARE Affirmation Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that health coverage provided by the Department of Defense is treated as minimal essential coverage.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-158 · Became law Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010

To urge the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Directors at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and other multilateral development institutions to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to cancel immediately and completely Haiti's debts to such institutions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-157 · Became law Continuing Extension Act of 2010

To provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 289–112Senate 59–38
H.J.Res. 80 · Became law Public Law 111-156

Recognizing and honoring the Blinded Veterans Association on its 65th anniversary of representing blinded veterans and their families.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-155 · Became law Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act

To protect the integrity of the constitutionally mandated United States census and prohibit deceptive mail practices that attempt to exploit the decennial census.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-154 · Became law PACT Act

To prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 387–25Senate: without objection
Public Law 111-153 · Became law Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-152 · Became law Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).

Plain-language account: Not started
House 220–207Senate 56–43
Public Law 111-151 · Became law Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010

To reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 through April 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4938 · Became law Public Law 111-150

To permit the use of previously appropriated funds to extend the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3433 · Became law Public Law 111-149

To amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are funded under that Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-148 · Became law Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 219–212Senate 60–39
Public Law 111-147 · Became law Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 217–201Senate 68–29
Public Law 111-146 · Became law Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010

To make certain technical and conforming amendments to the Lanham Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-145 · Became law United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2009

To make technical corrections to the laws affecting certain administrative authorities of the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 78–18
Public Law 111-144 · Became law Temporary Extension Act of 2010

To provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 78–19
Public Law 111-143 · Became law Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2009

To extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 111-142 · Became law Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010

To provide for permanent extension of the attorney fee withholding procedures under title II of the Social Security Act to title XVI of such Act, and to provide for permanent extension of such procedures under titles II and XVI of such Act to qualified non-attorney representatives.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–6Senate: without objection
H.R. 3961 · Became law Public Law 111-141

To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until February 28, 2011.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 315–97Senate: voice vote
Public Law 111-140 · Became law Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act

To strengthen efforts in the Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 397–10Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 45 · Became law Public Law 111-139

Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 233–187Senate 60–39
S. 692 · Became law Public Law 111-138

To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1377 · Became law Public Law 111-137

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4508 · Became law Public Law 111-136

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–4Senate: without objection
H.R. 3788 · Became law Public Law 111-135

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Darrow Road in Stow, Ohio, as the “Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3767 · Became law Public Law 111-134

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 North Main Street in Smithfield, Utah, as the “W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–0Senate: without objection
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