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.

Laws with a recorded vote

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Public Law 113-295 · Became law Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–46Senate 76–16
H.R. 5462 · Became law Public Law 113-294

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on the fees charged to passengers of air carriers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-293 · Became law Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 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 325–100Senate: voice vote
Public Law 113-291 · Became law Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 300–119Senate 89–11
H.R. 1068 · Became law Public Law 113-287

To enact title 54, United States Code, “National Park Service and Related Programs”, as positive law.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-273 · Became law Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-270 · Became law No Social Security for Nazis Act

To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the termination of social security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-262 · Became law May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act

To repeal the Act of May 31, 1918, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3572 · Became law Public Law 113-253

To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–7Senate: without objection
H.R. 3096 · Became law Public Law 113-249

To designate the building occupied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation located at 801 Follin Lane, Vienna, Virginia, as the “Michael D. Resnick Terrorist Screening Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-245 · Became law Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act

To require the Transportation Security Administration to implement best practices and improve transparency with regard to technology acquisition programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-239 · Became law Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013

To grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-238 · Became law Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–5Senate: without objection
H.R. 1067 · Became law Public Law 113-237

To make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-235 · Became law Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 219–206Senate 56–40
Public Law 113-232 · Became law Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014

To exchange trust and fee land to resolve land disputes created by the realignment of the Blackfoot River along the boundary of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5108 · Became law Public Law 113-227

To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 327–22Senate: without objection
H.R. 3375 · Became law Public Law 113-215

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be constructed at 3141 Centennial Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 396–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2678 · Became law Public Law 113-213

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10360 Southwest 186th Street in Miami, Florida, as the “Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-212 · Became law World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of World War I.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 2203 · Became law Public Law 113-210

To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–10Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-188 · Became law Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014

To provide for the elimination or modification of Federal reporting requirements.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 382–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-186 · Became law Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014

To reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 88–1
Public Law 113-180 · Became law Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2014

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-179 · Became law Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act

To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–64Senate: without objection
S. 476 · Became law Public Law 113-178

To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4809 · Became law Public Law 113-172

To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 386–32Senate: without objection
H.R. 4751 · Became law Public Law 113-171

To make technical corrections to Public Law 110-229 to reflect the renaming of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2600 · Became law Public Law 113-167

To amend the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to clarify how the Act applies to condominiums.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-164 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 319–108Senate 78–22
Public Law 113-159 · Became law Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 367–55Senate 81–13
H.R. 1671 · Became law Public Law 113-148

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the “James `Jim' Kohnen Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-146 · Became law Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014

To improve the access of veterans to medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–5Senate 91–3
Public Law 113-145 · Became law Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Making an emergency supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, to provide funding to Israel for the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 395–8Senate: without objection
H.R. 1813 · Became law Public Law 113-140

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 162 Northeast Avenue in Tallmadge, Ohio, as the “Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin, Jr., Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 393–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-136 · Became law Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act

To authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-134 · Became law Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act

To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-131 · Became law Black Hills Cemetery Act

To provide for the conveyance of certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 272 · Became law Public Law 113-130

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the “Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 388–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 255 · Became law Public Law 113-129

To amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-128 · Became law Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs in the United States, and to promote individual and national economic growth, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–6Senate 95–3
Public Law 113-123 · Became law World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United States on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 370–12Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-122 · Became law Collinsville Renewable Energy Production Act

To reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-121 · Became law Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–4Senate 91–7
H.R. 3060 · Became law Public Law 113-115

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 232 Southwest Johnson Avenue in Burleson, Texas, as the “Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1228 · Became law Public Law 113-111

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 South 9 th Street in De Pere, Wisconsin, as the “Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 724 · Became law Public Law 113-109

To amend the Clean Air Act to remove the requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 862 · Became law Public Law 113-107

To authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 395–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 113-105 · Became law American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the American Fighter Aces, collectively, in recognition of their heroic military service and defense of our country's freedom throughout the history of aviation warfare.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4192 · Became law Public Law 113-103

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia" to clarify the rules of the District of Columbia regarding human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 367–16Senate: without objection
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