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. 2254 · Became law Public Law 115-142

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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-141 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

To 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 started
House 256–167Senate 65–32
H.R. 1988 · Became law Public Law 115-140

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 1858 · Became law Public Law 115-139

To 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 started
House 397–0Senate: voice vote
H.R. 1208 · Became law Public Law 115-138

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
S. 831 · Became law Public Law 115-137

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3656 · Became law Public Law 115-136

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-135 · Became law Taiwan Travel Act

To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 452 · Became law Public Law 115-134

To 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 started
House 418–0Senate: voice vote
H.R. 294 · Became law Public Law 115-133

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 4533 · Became law Public Law 115-132

To 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 started
House 402–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-131 · Became law Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1725 · Became law Public Law 115-130

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-129 · Became law Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-128 · Became law Gateway Arch National Park Designation Act

To redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the “Gateway Arch National Park”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-127 · Became law Kari's Law Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-126 · Became law Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017

To 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 started
House 406–3Senate: voice vote
Public Law 115-125 · Became law Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act

To 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 started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-124 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-123 · Became law Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

To 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 started
House 240–186Senate 71–28
Public Law 115-122 · Became law Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2017

To designate a mountain peak in the State of Montana as “Alex Diekmann Peak”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-121 · Became law Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 195 · Became law Public Law 115-120

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 266–150Senate 81–18
Public Law 115-119 · Became law RAISE Family Caregivers Act

To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Family Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-118 · Became law FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017

An 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 started
House 256–164Senate 65–34
Public Law 115-117 · Became law Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

To modify the boundary of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–0Senate: voice vote
H.R. 954 · Became law Public Law 115-116

To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-115 · Became law EPS Improvement Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-114 · Became law Connected Government Act

To 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 started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-113 · Became law Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-112 · Became law INTERDICT Act

To 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 started
House 412–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 863 · Became law Public Law 115-111

To facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–42Senate: voice vote
Public Law 115-110 · Became law Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act

To 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 started
House 415–1Senate: voice vote
H.R. 381 · Became law Public Law 115-109

To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as “Sky Point”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-108 · Became law Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017

To redesignate the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-107 · Became law SAFER Act of 2017

To reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-106 · Became law No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act

To 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 started
House 393–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-105 · Became law Jobs for Our Heroes Act

To streamline the process by which active duty military, reservists, and veterans receive commercial driver's licenses.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-104 · Became law African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-103 · Became law Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act

To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 115-102 · Became law 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

To establish the 400 Years of African-American History Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 560 · Became law Public Law 115-101

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
S. 2273 · Became law Public Law 115-100

To 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 started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-99 · Became law Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act

To 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 started
House 418–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-98 · Became law United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1 · Became law Public Law 115-97

An 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 started
House 224–201Senate 51–49
H.R. 1370 · Became law Public Law 115-96

To 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 started
House 231–188Senate 66–32
Public Law 115-95 · Became law Enhancing Veteran Care Act

To 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 started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 115-94 · Became law Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act

To make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 115-93 · Became law Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

To 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
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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