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.

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Public Law 114-328 · Became law December 23, 2016National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 375–34Senate 92–7
Public Law 114-326 · Became law December 16, 2016National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016

To authorize the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–7Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-323 · Became law December 16, 2016Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017

To authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 374–16Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-322 · Became law December 16, 2016WIIN Act

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 360–61Senate 78–21
Public Law 114-315 · Became law December 16, 2016Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: voice vote
H.R. 6014 · Became law December 16, 2016Public Law 114-307

To allow the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain airport projects.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 5798 · Became law December 16, 2016Public Law 114-303

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the “Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–22Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-302 · Became law December 16, 2016Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016

To provide adequate protections for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–0Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-292 · Became law December 16, 2016Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016

To restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to individuals who retired or separated from service in the Armed Forces for combat-related injuries, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-277 · Became law December 15, 2016Iran Sanctions Extension Act

To reauthorize the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–1Senate 99–0
Public Law 114-272 · Became law December 14, 2016Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act

To redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–8Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-270 · Became law December 14, 2016ECHO Act

To require studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 97–0
Public Law 114-264 · Became law December 14, 2016Program Management Improvement Accountability Act

To amend title 31, United States Code, to establish entities tasked with improving program and project management in certain Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–11Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-257 · Became law December 14, 2016District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act

To update the financial disclosure requirements for judges of the District of Columbia courts and to make other improvements to the District of Columbia courts.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-255 · Became law December 13, 201621st Century Cures Act

To accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–26Senate 94–5
Public Law 114-254 · Became law December 10, 2016Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017

Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 326–96Senate 63–36
H.R. 5785 · Became law December 8, 2016Public Law 114-251

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–4Senate: without objection
H.R. 6007 · Became law November 28, 2016Public Law 114-248

To amend title 49, United States Code, to include consideration of certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a navigable airspace analysis, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-247 · Became law November 28, 2016No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the Veterans Crisis Line.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 357–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-246 · Became law November 28, 2016Gold Star Families Voices Act

To amend the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to allow the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period of war.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 97–0
S. 3283 · Became law October 7, 2016Public Law 114-243

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the “PFC James Dunn VA Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-239 · Became law October 7, 2016United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act of 2016

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-236 · Became law October 7, 2016Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016

To establish certain rights for sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–0Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-235 · Became law October 7, 2016BABIES Act

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require restrooms in public buildings to be equipped with baby changing facilities.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 389–34Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-228 · Became law September 29, 2016Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2016

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: voice voteSenate 89–0
Public Law 114-223 · Became law September 29, 2016Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 342–85Senate 72–26
Public Law 114-222 · Became law September 28, 2016Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

To deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 348–77Senate 97–1
Public Law 114-216 · Became law July 29, 2016National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015

To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 306–117Senate 63–30
Public Law 114-210 · Became law July 29, 2016MEGABYTE Act of 2016

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 366–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-201 · Became law July 29, 2016Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016

To provide housing opportunities in the United States through modernization of various housing programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 427–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-198 · Became law July 22, 2016Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

An Act to authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the prescription opioid abuse and heroin use crisis, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–5Senate 92–2
Public Law 114-195 · Became law July 20, 2016Global Food Security Act of 2016

To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United States foreign assistance to developing countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, promote inclusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and children, build resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–53Senate: voice vote
Public Law 114-190 · Became law July 15, 2016FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016

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 89–4
H.R. 3114 · Became law July 6, 2016Public Law 114-189

To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation activities, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-187 · Became law June 30, 2016PROMESA

To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: Not checked yetSenate 68–30
Public Law 114-182 · Became law June 22, 2016Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

To modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–12Senate: voice vote
H.R. 3735 · Became law June 13, 2016Public Law 114-174

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the “Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–9Senate: without objection
H.R. 136 · Became law June 13, 2016Public Law 114-166

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the “Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4957 · Became law May 20, 2016Public Law 114-160

To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the “Ariel Rios Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-159 · Became law May 20, 2016American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016

To establish a process for the submission and consideration of petitions for temporary duty suspensions and reductions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 4238 · Became law May 20, 2016Public Law 114-157

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 376–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-153 · Became law May 11, 2016Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

To amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–2Senate 87–0
S. 719 · Became law April 29, 2016Public Law 114-149

To rename the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Great Falls, Montana, the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 387–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-148 · Became law April 29, 2016Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–9Senate: without objection
S. 2426 · Became law March 18, 2016Public Law 114-139

To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–0Senate: without objection
S. 1826 · Became law March 18, 2016Public Law 114-138

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the Lieutenant Colonel James “Maggie” Megellas Post Office.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 114-125 · Became law February 24, 2016Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 256–158Senate 75–20
Public Law 114-122 · Became law February 18, 2016North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 408–2Senate 96–0
Public Law 114-113 · Became law December 18, 2015Consolidated 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.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 316–113Senate 65–33
Public Law 114-111 · Became law December 18, 2015Emergency 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.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–1Senate: without objection
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