Saved history · 2011 and 2012

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.

283 laws
118 with a recorded vote · 165 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

53,201 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.

Public Law 112-183 · Became law Billfish Conservation Act of 2012

To prohibit the sale of billfish.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 112-182 · Became law Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012

To authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between Lowell National Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-181 · Became law Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 376–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 1791 · Became law Public Law 112-180

To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the “Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-179 · Became law Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2012

To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al., by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3625 · Became law Public Law 112-178

To change the effective date for the internet publication of certain information to prevent harm to the national security or endangering the military officers and civilian employees to whom the publication requirement applies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-177 · Became law Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012

To reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3245 · Became law Public Law 112-176

To extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-175 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 329–91Senate 62–30
H.R. 6336 · Became law Public Law 112-174

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3510 · Became law Public Law 112-173

To prevent harm to the national security or endangering the military officers and civilian employees to whom internet publication of certain information applies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-172 · Became law Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012

To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 3670 · Became law Public Law 112-171

To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1402 · Became law Public Law 112-170

To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives at no net cost to the Federal Government.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3363 · Became law Public Law 112-169

To provide for the use of National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin surcharges, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-168 · Became law Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012

To require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organization and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
S. 739 · Became law Public Law 112-167

To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the Senate at no net cost to the Federal Government.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-166 · Became law Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011

To reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 261–116Senate 79–20
Public Law 112-165 · Became law Wallowa Forest Service Compound Conveyance Act

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-164 · Became law La Pine Land Conveyance Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5986 · Became law Public Law 112-163

To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric program and to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, to make technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to the textile and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3772 · Became law Public Law 112-162

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the “First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3501 · Became law Public Law 112-161

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the “SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3412 · Became law Public Law 112-160

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the “Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3276 · Became law Public Law 112-159

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the “Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-158 · Became law Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012

To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 750, 421–6Senate: voice vote
H.R. 1560 · Became law Public Law 112-157

To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1369 · Became law Public Law 112-156

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the “Warren Lindley Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-155 · Became law Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012

To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-154 · Became law Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, to improve the provision of housing assistance to veterans and their families, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-153 · Became law Pilot's Bill of Rights

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide rights for pilots, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-152 · Became law National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-151 · Became law HEARTH Act of 2012

To amend the Act titled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the Secretary of the Interior.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-150 · Became law United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012

To enhance strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 112-149 · Became law Insular Areas Act of 2011

To improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–11Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-148 · Became law Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 377–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-147 · Became law Veteran Skills to Jobs Act

To direct the head of each Federal department and agency to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-146 · Became law Former Charleston Naval Base Land Exchange Act of 2012

To provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-145 · Became law District of Columbia Special Election Reform Act

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to revise the timing of special elections for local office in the District of Columbia.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 112-144 · Became law Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 92–4
H.R. 2297 · Became law Public Law 112-143

To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-142 · Became law Church Plan Investment Clarification Act

To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to specify when certain securities issued in connection with church plans are treated as exempted securities for purposes of that Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 310–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-141 · Became law MAP-21

To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 373–52Senate 74–19
Public Law 112-140 · Became law Temporary Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012

To 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 started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-139 · Became law East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend a water contract between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 684 · Became law Public Law 112-138

To provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 383–3Senate: without objection
S. 404 · Became law Public Law 112-137

To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 380–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5890 · Became law Public Law 112-136

To correct a technical error in Public Law 112-122.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5883 · Became law Public Law 112-135

To make a technical correction in Public Law 112-108.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 363 · Became law Public Law 112-134

To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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