Saved history · 2013 and 2014

Laws of the 113th Congress

The 296 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2015, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

296 laws
113 with a recorded vote · 183 passed with no recorded vote

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49,909 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.

S. 2183 · Became law Public Law 113-96

United States international programming to Ukraine and neighboring regions.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–12Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-95 · Became law Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014

To provide for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–34Senate: voice vote
Public Law 113-94 · Became law Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act

To eliminate taxpayer financing of political party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 295–103Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-93 · Became law Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

To amend the Social Security Act to extend Medicare payments to physicians and other provisions of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 64–35
Public Law 113-92 · Became law Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act

To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 32 · Became law Public Law 113-91

Providing for the reappointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-90 · Became law HHEATT Act of 2014

To address shortages and interruptions in the availability of propane and other home heating fuels in the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-89 · Became law Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014

To delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 306–91Senate 72–22
Public Law 113-88 · Became law Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013

To allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the State of Minnesota to lease or transfer certain land.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-87 · Became law Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act

To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-86 · Became law National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2014

To reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information System.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 365–21Senate: without objection
S.J.Res. 29 · Became law Public Law 113-85

Providing for the appointment of Risa Lavizzo-Mourey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S.J.Res. 28 · Became law Public Law 113-84

Providing for the appointment of John Fahey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-83 · Became law Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act

To temporarily extend the public debt limit, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 221–201Senate 55–43
S. 25 · Became law Public Law 113-82

To ensure that the reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment to the retired pay of members and former members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 will not apply to members or former members who first became members prior to January 1, 2014, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 326–90Senate 95–3
Public Law 113-81 · Became law Support for United States-Republic of Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation Act

To authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear energy agreement with the Republic of Korea until March 19, 2016.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-80 · Became law OPM IG Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management may use amounts in the revolving fund of the Office to fund audits, investigations, and oversight activities, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-79 · Became law Agricultural Act of 2014

To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 251–166Senate 68–32
S. 230 · Became law Public Law 113-78

To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 387–7Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-77 · Became law Poison Center Network Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 388–18Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-76 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–67Senate 72–26
H.R. 667 · Became law Public Law 113-75

To redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 394–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-74 · Became law Accuracy for Adoptees Act

To require Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to reflect name and date of birth determinations made by a State court and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 106 · Became law Public Law 113-73

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 86–14
H.R. 3487 · Became law Public Law 113-72

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to extend through 2018 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission, to expand such authority to certain other violations, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3343 · Became law Public Law 113-71

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify the rules regarding the determination of the compensation of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-70 · Became law Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013

To clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 767 · Became law Public Law 113-69

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-68 · Became law Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act

To provide for the conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-67 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 332–94Senate 64–36
Public Law 113-66 · Became law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 started
House adopted H.Res. 441, 350–69Senate 84–15
Public Law 113-65 · Became law Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of the Army to reconsider decisions to inter or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-64 · Became law Community Fire Safety Act of 2013

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt fire hydrants from the prohibition on the use of lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 384–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-63 · Became law Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2013

To treat payments by charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: Not checked yet
H.R. 2922 · Became law Public Law 113-62

To extend the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect court officials away from the Supreme Court grounds.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 2871 · Became law Public Law 113-61

To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the southern judicial district of Mississippi to improve judicial efficiency, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2251 · Became law Public Law 113-60

To designate the United States courthouse and Federal building located at 118 South Mill Street, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, as the “Edward J. Devitt United States Courthouse and Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-59 · Became law VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 353–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 185 · Became law Public Law 113-58

To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the “Paul Brown United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 402–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 3626 · Became law Public Law 113-57

To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-56 · Became law PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013

To extend authorities related to global HIV/AIDS and to promote oversight of United States programs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-55 · Became law Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act

To reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-54 · Became law Drug Quality and Security Act

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to human drug compounding and drug supply chain security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 113-53 · Became law Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013

To ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration advances the safety of small airplanes, and the continued development of the general aviation industry, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-52 · Became law Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013

To provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2013, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-51 · Became law HIV Organ Policy Equity Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-50 · Became law Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act

To amend title 40, United States Code, to transfer certain functions from the Government Accountability Office to the Department of Labor relating to the processing of claims for the payment of workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of such title.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 396–10Senate: without objection
H.R. 3302 · Became law Public Law 113-49

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bay Pines, Florida, as the “C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-48 · Became law School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school personnel to administer epinephrine and meeting other related requirements).

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 113-47 · Became law United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2013

To provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
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