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.

H.R. 5504 · Became law Public Law 115-292

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington, as the “Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5349 · Became law Public Law 115-291

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1325 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the “Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4960 · Became law Public Law 115-290

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 East Walnut Street in Columbia, Missouri, as the “Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4946 · Became law Public Law 115-289

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the “Specialist Trevor A. Win'E Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4913 · Became law Public Law 115-288

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 816 East Salisbury Parkway in Salisbury, Maryland, as the “Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4890 · Became law Public Law 115-287

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the “Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3230 · Became law Public Law 115-286

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the “Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2979 · Became law Public Law 115-285

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the “Jack H. Brown Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1209 · Became law Public Law 115-284

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the “Mission Veterans Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 606 · Became law Public Law 115-283

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the “Harold D. McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-282 · Became law Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 94–6
Public Law 115-281 · Became law National Flood Insurance Program Further Extension Act of 2018

To extend the National Flood Insurance Program until December 7, 2018.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 350–46Senate: voice vote
S. 3554 · Became law Public Law 115-280

To extend the effective date for the sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration disaster loans.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-279 · Became law Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act

To authorize the exchange of certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, between the National Park Service and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 375–1Senate: voice vote
Public Law 115-278 · Became law Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6870 · Became law Public Law 115-277

To rename the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 in honor of Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-276 · Became law 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 2017

To provide that members of public safety agencies who died of 9/11- related health conditions are eligible for the Presidential 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1037 · Became law Public Law 115-275

To authorize the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-274 · Became law United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2018

To provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-273 · Became law SUCCESS Act

To direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to study and provide recommendations to promote the participation of women, minorities, and veterans in entrepreneurship activities and the patent system, to extend by 8 years the Patent and Trademark Office's authority to set the amounts for the fees it charges, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-272 · Became law Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018

To amend the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 to impose additional sanctions with respect to Hizballah, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-271 · Became law SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

To provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 1099, 393–8Senate 98–1
Public Law 115-270 · Became law America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

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, to provide for water pollution control activities, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 99–1
Public Law 115-269 · Became law STB Information Security Improvement Act

To require the Surface Transportation Board to implement certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-268 · Became law Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-267 · Became law Missing Children's Assistance Act of 2018

To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-266 · Became law Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2017

To reauthorize the Global Food Security Act of 2016 for 5 additional years.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-265 · Became law Save Our Seas 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: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-264 · Became law Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act

To modernize copyright law, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-263 · Became law Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act

To ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 98–2
Public Law 115-262 · Became law Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare part D plans from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding the prices for certain drugs and biologicals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-261 · Became law Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act

To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the Marrakesh Treaty, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1668 · Became law Public Law 115-260

To rename a waterway in the State of New York as the “Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-259 · Became law Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017

To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-258 · Became law Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-257 · Became law Justice Served Act of 2018

To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide additional resources to State and local prosecutors, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 377–1Senate: voice vote
Public Law 115-256 · Became law Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

To amend the Peace Corps Act to expand services and benefits for volunteers, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-255 · Became law Fort Ontario Study Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Fort Ontario in the State of New York.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-254 · Became law FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals, to reauthorize Federal aviation programs, to improve aircraft safety certification processes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 1082, 398–23Senate 93–6
Public Law 115-253 · Became law Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of the terms “act of war” and “blocked asset”, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-252 · Became law Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2017

To require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-251 · Became law Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2018

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: voice vote
Public Law 115-250 · Became law Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2018, Part II

To extend the authorizations of Federal aviation programs, to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-249 · Became law Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the protection of community centers with religious affiliation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-248 · Became law Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017

To enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions, to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 1109 · Became law Public Law 115-247

To amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-246 · Became law Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act

To establish Department of Energy policy for science and energy research and development programs, and reform National Laboratory management and technology transfer programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-245 · Became law Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019

Making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 361–61Senate 93–7
Public Law 115-244 · Became law Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019

Making consolidated appropriations for Energy and Water Development, the Legislative Branch, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 377–20Senate 92–5
Public Law 115-243 · Became law Tribal Social Security Fairness Act of 2018

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian tribal council members, and for other purposes.

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