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 112-133 · Became law Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act

To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3261 · Became law Public Law 112-132

To allow the Chief of the Forest Service to award certain contracts for large air tankers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-131 · Became law John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012

To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3992 · Became law Public Law 112-130

To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2947 · Became law Public Law 112-129

To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950 for the establishment of an airport in Cook County, Minnesota.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-128 · Became law Sequoia and King Canyon National Parks Backcountry Access Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-127 · Became law Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012

To reduce the trafficking of drugs and to prevent human smuggling across the Southwest Border by deterring the construction and use of border tunnels.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–4Senate: without objection
H.R. 3413 · Became law Public Law 112-126

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the “Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3220 · Became law Public Law 112-125

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the “Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 351–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2415 · Became law Public Law 112-124

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as the “Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-123 · Became law National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act

To extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-122 · Became law Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012

To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 330–93Senate 78–20
Public Law 112-121 · Became law Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012

To prevent the termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4045 · Became law Public Law 112-120

To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1302 · Became law Public Law 112-119

To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Tracy, California, to the City of Tracy.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3248 · Became law Public Law 112-118

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3247 · Became law Public Law 112-117

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3246 · Became law Public Law 112-116

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the “Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3004 · Became law Public Law 112-115

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, as the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2767 · Became law Public Law 112-114

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the “William T. Trant Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-113 · Became law Brian A. Terry Memorial Act

To designate the station of the United States Border Patrol located at 2136 South Naco Highway in Bisbee, Arizona, as the “Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2660 · Became law Public Law 112-112

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the “Tomball Veterans Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2244 · Became law Public Law 112-111

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 started
House 418–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 2213 · Became law Public Law 112-110

To 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 started
House 420–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2079 · Became law Public Law 112-109

To 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 started
House 418–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 1423 · Became law Public Law 112-108

To 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 started
House 399–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 298 · Became law Public Law 112-107

To 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 started
House 391–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-106 · Became law Jumpstart Our Business Startups

To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 380–41Senate 73–26
Public Law 112-105 · Became law STOCK Act

To 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 started
House 417–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-104 · Became law United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

To 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 started
House 409–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-103 · Became law HALE Scouts Act

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-102 · Became law 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 266–158Senate: voice vote
S. 1710 · Became law Public Law 112-101

To designate the United States courthouse located at 222 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, as the James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-100 · Became law St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act

To authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 339–80Senate: without objection
H.R. 4105 · Became law Public Law 112-99

To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 370–39Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-98 · Became law Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 388–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 1162 · Became law Public Law 112-97

To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–7Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-96 · Became law Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 293–132Senate 60–36
Public Law 112-95 · Became law FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

To 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 started
House 248–169Senate 75–20
H.R. 588 · Became law Public Law 112-94

To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-93 · Became law Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012

To 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 started
House 408–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-92 · Became law SOAR Technical Corrections Act

To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-91 · Became law Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2012

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
Public Law 112-90 · Became law Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of the Nation's energy products by pipeline, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2422 · Became law Public Law 112-89

To 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 started
House 390–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2056 · Became law Public Law 112-88

To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 112-87 · Became law Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

To 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 started
House 396–23Senate: without objection
Public Law 112-86 · Became law Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for expedited security screenings for members of the Armed Forces.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 1264 · Became law Public Law 112-85

To 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 started
House 418–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 1059 · Became law Public Law 112-84

To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes.

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