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.

Public Law 114-29 · Became law DHS Interoperable Communications Act

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among the components of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 533 · Became law Public Law 114-28

To revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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.

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House 218–208Senate 60–38
S. 1568 · Became law Public Law 114-25

To extend the authorization to carry out the replacement of the existing medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado, to authorize transfers of amounts to carry out the replacement of such medical center, and for other purposes.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-24 · Became law Girls Count Act of 2015

To authorize the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls in developing countries, and for other purposes.

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

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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.

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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.

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House 387–35Senate: voice vote
H.R. 1690 · Became law Public Law 114-20

To designate the United States courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the “Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse”.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-19 · Became law Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act

To extend the authorization for the replacement of the existing Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, to make certain improvements in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-18 · Became law WIOA Technical Amendments Act

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the Act.

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

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House 400–25Senate 98–1
H.R. 1075 · Became law Public Law 114-16

To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the “Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry”.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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”.

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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.

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House 413–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 2252 · Became law Public Law 114-13

To clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-12 · Became law Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015

To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, or an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is received, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 114-11 · Became law Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015

To promote energy efficiency.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
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.

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House 392–37Senate 92–8
H.J.Res. 10 · Became law Public Law 114-9

Providing for the reappointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

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House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1092 · Became law Public Law 114-8

To designate the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the “Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building”.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-7 · Became law Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015

To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of the families of New York Police Department Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 114-6 · Became law Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015

To make administrative and technical corrections to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.

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

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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.

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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.

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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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