Saved history · 2017 and 2018

Laws of the 115th Congress

The 442 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2017 to January 3, 2019, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

442 laws
152 with a recorded vote · 290 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

67,776 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 115-392 · Became law Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017

To provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-391 · Became law First Step Act of 2018

To reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 358–36Senate 87–12
Public Law 115-390 · Became law SECURE Technology Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a security vulnerability disclosure policy, to establish a bug bounty program for the Department of Homeland Security, to amend title 41, United States Code, to provide for Federal acquisition supply chain security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 362–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 7243 · Became law Public Law 115-389

To amend Public Law 115-217 to change the address of the postal facility designated by such Public Law in honor of Sergeant First Class Alwyn Crendall Cashe, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 7230 · Became law Public Law 115-388

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 226 West Main Street in Lake City, South Carolina, as the “Postmaster Frazier B. Baker Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-387 · Became law Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
H.R. 7120 · Became law Public Law 115-386

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend through 2023 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-385 · Became law Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
H.R. 6930 · Became law Public Law 115-384

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Miller Street in Plattsburgh, New York, as the “Ross Bouyea Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-383 · Became law Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act

To amend the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend the Secret Service overtime pay exception through 2020, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6831 · Became law Public Law 115-382

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the “Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6780 · Became law Public Law 115-381

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the “Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6655 · Became law Public Law 115-380

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 44160 State Highway 299 East Suite 1 in McArthur, California, as the “Janet Lucille Oilar Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6628 · Became law Public Law 115-379

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4301 Northeast 4th Street in Renton, Washington, as the “James Marshall `Jimi' Hendrix Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6621 · Became law Public Law 115-378

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 East Main Street in Johnson City, Tennessee, as the “Major Homer L. Pease Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-377 · Became law Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

To reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 352–6Senate: without objection
H.R. 6591 · Became law Public Law 115-376

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 South Kirkman Road in Orlando, Florida, as the “Napoleon `Nap' Ford Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6513 · Became law Public Law 115-375

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1110 West Market Street in Athens, Alabama, as the “Judge James E. Horton, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-374 · Became law Frank Leone Post Office Act

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 332 Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, New Jersey, as the “Frank Leone Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6405 · Became law Public Law 115-373

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2801 Mitchell Road in Ceres, California, as the “Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-372 · Became law United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a threat and operational analysis of ports of entry, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-371 · Became law Small Business ACE Act

To adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the section 504 program to bring them into line with the thresholds used by the Federal banking regulators, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-370 · Became law 7(a) Real Estate Appraisal Harmonization Act

To adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the 7(a) program to bring them into line with the thresholds used by the Federal banking regulators, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 6335 · Became law Public Law 115-369

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 322 Main Street in Oakville, Connecticut, as the “Oakville Veterans Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-368 · Became law National Quantum Initiative Act

To provide for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate quantum research and development for the economic and national security of the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 348–11Senate: without objection
H.R. 6217 · Became law Public Law 115-367

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the “Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6216 · Became law Public Law 115-366

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the “Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6167 · Became law Public Law 115-365

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the “James William Robinson Jr. Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6160 · Became law Public Law 115-364

To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the sources of the authority to issue regulations regarding certifications and other criteria applicable to legislative branch employees under Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6059 · Became law Public Law 115-363

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, as the “Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6020 · Became law Public Law 115-362

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 325 South Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan, as the “Sergeant Donald Burgett Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-361 · Became law Walnut Grove Land Exchange Act

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands in Ouachita National Forest, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 5792 · Became law Public Law 115-360

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 North 4th Avenue in Brighton, Colorado, as the “Detective Heath McDonald Gumm Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5791 · Became law Public Law 115-359

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9609 South University Boulevard in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, as the “Deputy Sheriff Zackari Spurlock Parrish, III, Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-358 · Became law Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 375–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 5475 · Became law Public Law 115-357

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, as the “SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5412 · Became law Public Law 115-356

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the “Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5395 · Became law Public Law 115-355

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 Main Street in Dansville, New York, as the “Staff Sergeant Alexandria Gleason-Morrow Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5205 · Became law Public Law 115-354

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 6th Street in Hawthorne, Nevada, as the “Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-353 · Became law DELTA Act

To promote inclusive economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate transboundary cooperation, improve natural resource management, and build local capacity to protect and preserve threatened wildlife species in the greater Okavango River Basin of southern Africa.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-352 · Became law Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans' Pensions Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for interest payments by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing certain annuity deposits for prior military service or certain volunteer service, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4326 · Became law Public Law 115-351

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 West North Street in Normal, Illinois, as the “Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-350 · Became law Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act

To confirm undocumented Federal rights-of-way or easements on the Gila River Indian Reservation, clarify the northern boundary of the Gila River Indian Community's Reservation, to take certain land located in Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 3383 · Became law Public Law 115-349

To designate the flood control project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, commonly known as the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project, as the “M.S. `Mitch' Mitchell Floodway”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-348 · Became law Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act

To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are responsible for using civilians as human shields, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 3184 · Became law Public Law 115-347

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 McCormick Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the “Captain Humayun Khan Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1850 · Became law Public Law 115-346

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 907 Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Michigan, as the “Donna Sauers Besko Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1733 · Became law Public Law 115-345

To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-344 · Became law Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

To support States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-343 · Became law Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the 60th Anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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