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.
67,776 individual votes saved for this Congress.
All laws
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.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the “Janet Capello Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the rewards program of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the “Merle Haggard Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the “Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the “Converse Veterans Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the “Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the “Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2700 Cullen Boulevard in Pearland, Texas, as the “Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya Post Office Building”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky, as the “Lexington VA Health Care System” and to make certain other designations.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a warning regarding dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the “Gateway Arch National Park”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate a mountain peak in the State of Montana as “Alex Diekmann Peak”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Family Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedAn Act to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve foreign intelligence collection and the safeguards, accountability, and oversight of acquisitions of foreign intelligence, to extend title VII of such Act, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo modify the boundary of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination from energy conservation standards for external power supplies, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo require a new or updated Federal website that is intended for use by the public to be mobile friendly, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as “Sky Point”.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo redesignate the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo disqualify from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life an individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in committing a felony involving human trafficking.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo streamline the process by which active duty military, reservists, and veterans receive commercial driver's licenses.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the African American Civil Rights Network, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo establish the 400 Years of African-American History Commission, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo extend the period during which vessels that are shorter than 79 feet in length and fishing vessels are not required to have a permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of the vessel.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo designate a human trafficking prevention coordinator and to expand the scope of activities authorized under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's outreach and education program to include human trafficking prevention activities, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not started