Saved history · 2015 and 2016

Laws of the 114th Congress

The 329 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2015 to January 3, 2017, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

329 laws
84 with a recorded vote · 245 passed with no recorded vote

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37,374 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Laws with a recorded vote

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Public Law 114-107 · Became law National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2015

To 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 started
House 419–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-104 · Became law Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015

To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-102 · Became law Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015

To prevent Hizballah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-101 · Became law Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act

To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-99 · Became law Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015

To 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, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-95 · Became law Every Student Succeeds Act

An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–64Senate 85–12
Public Law 114-94 · Became law FAST Act

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–65Senate 83–16
Public Law 114-92 · Became law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 370–58Senate 91–3
H.R. 322 · Became law Public Law 114-76

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the “Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-74 · Became law Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 266–167Senate 64–35
Public Law 114-68 · Became law Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015

To actively recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection officers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-58 · Became law Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2015

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-53 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016

To require the Transportation Security Administration to conform to existing Federal law and regulations regarding criminal investigator positions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 277–151Senate 78–20
Public Law 114-51 · Became law E-Warranty Act of 2015

To allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 388–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 2559 · Became law Public Law 114-49

To designate the “PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway” in the State of Texas.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 389–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-45 · Became law Drinking Water Protection Act

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 375–37Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-44 · Became law Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015

To improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based educational aid.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-42 · Became law NOTICE Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 395–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-41 · Became law Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–34Senate 91–4
Public Law 114-31 · Became law Veterans Identification Card Act 2015

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-27 · Became law Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015

To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 286–138Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-26 · Became law Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 218–208Senate 60–38
Public Law 114-23 · Became law USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

To reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 338–88Senate 67–32
Public Law 114-22 · Became law Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–3Senate 99–0
Public Law 114-21 · Became law Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015

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 387–35Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-17 · Became law Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015

To provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–25Senate 98–1
H.R. 651 · Became law Public Law 114-15

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the “Sister Ann Keefe Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-14 · Became law Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-10 · Became law Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–37Senate 92–8
H.R. 431 · Became law Public Law 114-5

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-4 · Became law Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 257–167Senate 68–31
H.R. 33 · Became law Public Law 114-3

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 357–60Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-2 · Became law Clay Hunt SAV Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–0Senate 99–0
Public Law 114-1 · Became law Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015

To extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–5Senate 93–4
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