Laws of the 112th Congress
The 283 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2011 to January 3, 2013, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.
53,201 individual votes saved for this Congress.
Laws with a recorded vote
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.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the “Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the “Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the “John J. Cook Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the “Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the “Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the definition of aircraft and the offenses penalized under the aviation smuggling provisions under that Act, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the “Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, as the “M.D. Anderson Plaza” and to authorize the placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. Anderson.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Plain-language account: Not startedA bill to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize the presentation of a United States flag on behalf of Federal civilian employees who die of injuries incurred in connection with their employment.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 462 Washington Street, Woburn, Massachusetts, as the “Officer John Maguire Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, the development of a sexual assault policy, the establishment of an Office of Victim Advocacy, the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 489 Army Drive in Barrigada, Guam, as the “John Pangelinan Gerber Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System land that is subject to ski area permits, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo implement the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5014 Gary Avenue in Lubbock, Texas, as the “Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the “Schertz Veterans Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases, to extend certain expiring provisions of law, and to modify certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the child and family services program through fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the United States courthouse located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, as the Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide an extension of surface and air transportation programs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority and discretion in enforcing the consumer product safety laws, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not started