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. 558 · Became law Public Law 114-79

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 South Pioneer Boulevard in Springboro, Ohio, as the “Richard `Dick' Chenault Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 324 · Became law Public Law 114-78

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 323 · Became law Public Law 114-77

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 114-75 · Became law Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 114-73 · Became law Surface Transportation Extension 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: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-72 · Became law Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act

To extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-71 · Became law United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015

To reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-70 · Became law Adoptive Family Relief Act

To amend the section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain situations.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-69 · Became law Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
S. 1707 · Became law Public Law 114-67

To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the “Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 994 · Became law Public Law 114-66

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the “Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-65 · Became law Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015

To reduce the operation and maintenance costs associated with the Federal fleet by encouraging the use of remanufactured parts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 261 · Became law Public Law 114-64

To designate the United States courthouse located at 200 NW 4th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the William J. Holloway, Jr. United States Courthouse.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-63 · Became law Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

To permanently allow an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income program and the Medicaid program for compensation provided to individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-62 · Became law Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015

To amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2617 · Became law Public Law 114-61

To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-60 · Became law Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-59 · Became law STEM Education Act of 2015

To define STEM education to include computer science, and to support existing STEM education programs at the National Science Foundation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
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 114-57 · Became law New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

To make technical corrections to the Navajo water rights settlement in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 230 · Became law Public Law 114-56

To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-55 · Became law Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015

To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-54 · Became law Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock mandatory price reporting requirements, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 114-52 · Became law National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015

To reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
Public Law 114-50 · Became law Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015

To improve intergovernmental planning for and communication during security incidents at domestic airports, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 2131 · Became law Public Law 114-48

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 83 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, as the “J. Waties Waring Judicial Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-47 · Became law Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-46 · Became law Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act

To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 114-43 · Became law DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015

To reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 114-40 · Became law Steve Gleason Act of 2015

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program with respect to speech generating devices.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-39 · Became law Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the limit on the length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-38 · Became law Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015

To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 179 · Became law Public Law 114-37

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, as the “James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2620 · Became law Public Law 114-36

To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1350 · Became law Public Law 114-35

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the “Herman Badillo Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1326 · Became law Public Law 114-34

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the “Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 891 · Became law Public Law 114-33

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in Floresville, Texas, as the “Floresville Veterans Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 728 · Became law Public Law 114-32

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the “Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 114-30 · Became law Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.

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