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.

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.

H.R. 3262 · Became law Public Law 114-129

To provide for the conveyance of land of the Illiana Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Danville, Illinois.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 890 · Became law Public Law 114-128

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

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 487 · Became law Public Law 114-127

To allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-126 · Became law Judicial Redress Act of 2015

To extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified states, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-125 · Became law Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

To reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, and for other purposes.

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House 256–158Senate 75–20
Public Law 114-124 · Became law READ Act

To require the President's annual budget request to Congress each year to include a line item for the Research in Disabilities Education program of the National Science Foundation and to require the National Science Foundation to conduct research on dyslexia.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-123 · Became law United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015

To improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-122 · Became law North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016

To improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, and for other purposes.

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House 408–2Senate 96–0
Public Law 114-121 · Became law Electrify Africa Act of 2015

To establish a comprehensive United States Government policy to encourage the efforts of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, including renewable energy, for more broadly distributed electricity access in order to support poverty reduction, promote development outcomes, and drive economic growth, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-120 · Became law Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-119 · Became law International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders

To protect children and others from sexual abuse and exploitation, including sex trafficking and sex tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-118 · Became law District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015

To revise certain authorities of the District of Columbia courts, the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-117 · Became law GONE Act

To close out expired grants.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-116 · Became law Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

To require special packaging for liquid nicotine containers, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-115 · Became law Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act

To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and certain radiation therapy services, to ensure flexibility in applying the hardship exception for meaningful use for the 2015 EHR reporting period for 2017 payment adjustments, and for other purposes.

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House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-114 · Became law Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the manufacture and introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of rinse-off cosmetics containing intentionally-added plastic microbeads.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-113 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

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House 316–113Senate 65–33
S. 1461 · Became law Public Law 114-112

To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-111 · Became law Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.

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House 420–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-110 · Became law Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015

To establish the Surface Transportation Board as an independent establishment, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-109 · Became law Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015

To provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 76 · Became law Public Law 114-108

Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
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.

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House 419–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-106 · Became law Securing Fairness in Regulatory Timing Act of 2015

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the annual comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-105 · Became law Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015

To extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan program, and for other purposes.

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House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
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
H.R. 2693 · Became law Public Law 114-103

To designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the “Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum”.

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House: without objectionSenate: 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.

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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.

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House 413–2Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 78 · Became law Public Law 114-100

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
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.

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House 422–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-98 · Became law Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize technical assistance to small public water systems, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-97 · Became law Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act

To extend and expand the Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-96 · Became law Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
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.

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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.

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House 359–65Senate 83–16
Public Law 114-93 · Became law Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2015

To suspend the current compensation packages for the chief executive officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and for other purposes.

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

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House 370–58Senate 91–3
Public Law 114-91 · Became law Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015

To address problems related to prenatal opioid use.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-90 · Became law U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act

To facilitate a pro-growth environment for the developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-89 · Became law Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to drug scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and with respect to registration of manufacturers and distributors seeking to conduct clinical testing.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-88 · Became law RISE After Disaster Act of 2015

To improve the disaster assistance programs of the Small Business Administration.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-87 · Became law Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II

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.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-86 · Became law Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015

To establish a 10-year term for the service of the Librarian of Congress.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1362 · Became law Public Law 114-85

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE programs).

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3059 · Became law Public Law 114-84

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 SE 28th Street, Del City, Oklahoma, as the James Robert Kalsu Post Office Building.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1884 · Became law Public Law 114-83

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New York, as the “Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1442 · Became law Public Law 114-82

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York, as the “Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-81 · Became law Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-80 · Became law DHS Social Media Improvement Act of 2015

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to establish a social media working group, and for other purposes.

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