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 115-342 · Became law Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017

To amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart disease research efforts and to improve public education and awareness of congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 355–7Senate: without objection
H.R. 1211 · Became law Public Law 115-341

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the “Encinal Veterans Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1210 · Became law Public Law 115-340

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the “Pleasanton Veterans Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-339 · Became law No Hero Left Untreated Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-338 · Became law USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the crew of the USS Indianapolis, in recognition of their perseverance, bravery, and service to the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-337 · Became law Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Chinese- American Veterans of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-336 · Became law 21st Century IDEA

To improve executive agency digital services, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-335 · Became law Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018

To oppose loans at international financial institutions for the Government of Nicaragua unless the Government of Nicaragua is taking effective steps to hold free, fair, and transparent elections, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-334 · Became law Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–47Senate 87–13
Public Law 115-333 · Became law Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2017

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the number of small business investment companies in underlicensed States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-332 · Became law Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act

To amend title 28, United States Code, to permit other courts to transfer certain cases to United States Tax Court.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-331 · Became law Department of Homeland Security Data Framework Act of 2018

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a data framework to provide access for appropriate personnel to law enforcement and other information of the Department, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-330 · Became law Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018

To promote access for United States diplomats and other officials, journalists, and other citizens to Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-329 · Became law Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act

To allow for the taking of sea lions on the Columbia River and its tributaries to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish species.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-328 · Became law PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018

To revise and extend the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act (PREEMIE Act).

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-327 · Became law Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and to provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-326 · Became law Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017

To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-325 · Became law Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

To amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self Determination Act of 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-324 · Became law Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the method for prescribing size standards for business concerns.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-323 · Became law REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act

To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to meet identification requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-322 · Became law The Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Lawrence Eugene “Larry” Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-321 · Became law National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act

To amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to allow the Museum to acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and display firearms, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-320 · Became law Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care health services.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
S. 3237 · Became law Public Law 115-319

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in Columbus, Georgia, as the “Richard W. Williams, Jr., Chapter of the Triple Nickles (555th P.I.A.) Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3209 · Became law Public Law 115-318

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 413 Washington Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, as the “Private Henry Svehla Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5238 · Became law Public Law 115-317

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the “Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4407 · Became law Public Law 115-316

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as the “Corporal Jeffrey Allen Williams Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 3946 · Became law Public Law 115-315

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Statesboro, Georgia, the Ray Hendrix Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3442 · Became law Public Law 115-314

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 105 Duff Street in Macon, Missouri, as the “Arla W. Harrell Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3414 · Became law Public Law 115-313

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the “Captain Matthew J. August Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 2377 · Became law Public Law 115-312

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the “Walter H. Rice Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 1207 · Became law Public Law 115-311

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 River Street in Tilden, Texas, as the “Tilden Veterans Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-310 · Became law Anwar Sadat Centennial Celebration Act

To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat in recognition of his heroic achievements and courageous contributions to peace in the Middle East.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3389 · Became law Public Law 115-309

To redesignate a facility of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 2074 · Became law Public Law 115-308

To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-307 · Became law National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 440 · Became law Public Law 115-306

To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-305 · Became law PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018

To extend certain authorities relating to United States efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria globally, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5317 · Became law Public Law 115-304

To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-303 · Became law Women in Aerospace Education Act

To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion of Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics and Space Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-302 · Became law Action for Dental Health Act of 2018

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve essential oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down barriers to care, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 1074 · Became law Public Law 115-301

To repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation".

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-300 · Became law Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018

To provide relief for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes who are members of religious and ethnic minority groups in Iraq and Syria, for accountability for perpetrators of these crimes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-299 · Became law Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for assistance for victims of child pornography, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 143 · Became law Public Law 115-298

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
H.R. 6116 · Became law Public Law 115-297

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 362 North Ross Street in Beaverton, Michigan, as the “Colonel Alfred Asch Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5935 · Became law Public Law 115-296

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1355 North Meridian Road in Harristown, Illinois, as the “Logan S. Palmer Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5868 · Became law Public Law 115-295

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, as the “Bill Harris Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5784 · Became law Public Law 115-294

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 North Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the “Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5737 · Became law Public Law 115-293

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 West D Street in Alpha, Illinois, as the “Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office”.

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