Saved history · 2019 and 2020

Laws of the 116th Congress

The 344 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2019 to January 3, 2021, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

344 laws
67 with a recorded vote · 277 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

29,651 individual votes saved for this Congress.

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S. 5076 · Became law January 13, 2021Public Law 116-344

To authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to delegate authority to approve payroll and personnel actions.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-343 · Became law January 13, 2021Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act of 2020

To strengthen the participation of elected national legislators in the activities of the Organization of American States and reaffirm United States support for Organization of American States human rights and anti-corruption initiatives, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-342 · Became law January 13, 2021BUILD Act

To provide regulatory relief to charitable organizations that provide housing assistance, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-341 · Became law January 13, 2021Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation Act

To redesignate the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site as the “Jimmy Carter National Historical Park”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-340 · Became law January 13, 2021DESCEND Act of 2020

To require individuals fishing for Gulf reef fish to use certain descending devices, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-339 · Became law January 13, 2021Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act

To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support multidisciplinary research on the science of suicide, and to advance the knowledge and understanding of issues that may be associated with several aspects of suicide including intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulnerability.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-338 · Became law January 13, 2021Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act

To expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 374–16Senate: voice vote
Public Law 116-337 · Became law January 13, 2021Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 355–62Senate: voice vote
Public Law 116-336 · Became law January 13, 2021Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the sites associated with the life and legacy of the noted American philanthropist and business executive Julius Rosenwald, with a special focus on the Rosenwald Schools, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 387–5Senate: voice vote
Public Law 116-335 · Became law January 13, 2021EFFORT Act

To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on opioid addiction, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-334 · Became law January 13, 2021USAID Branding Modernization Act

To authorize the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to prescribe the manner in which programs of the agency are identified overseas, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-333 · Became law January 13, 2021Transparency in Federal Buildings Projects Act of 2019

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly available, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-332 · Became law January 13, 2021Eastern European Security Act

To authorize the Secretary of State to make direct loans under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1925 · Became law January 13, 2021Public Law 116-331

To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the “Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-330 · Became law January 13, 2021Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue certain circulating collectible coins, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-329 · Became law January 13, 2021Yucca House National Monument Expansion Act

To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Yucca House National Monument.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 1472 · Became law January 13, 2021Public Law 116-328

To rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-327 · Became law January 13, 2021Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2020

To restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-326 · Became law January 13, 2021Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-325 · Became law January 12, 2021Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020

To ensure funding of the United States trustees, extend temporary bankruptcy judgeships, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-324 · Became law January 5, 2021Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2020

To amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program under such title relating to lifespan respite care.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-323 · Became law January 5, 2021National Landslide Preparedness Act

To establish a national program to identify and reduce losses from landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D Elevation Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 8611 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-322

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4755 Southeast Dixie Highway in Port Salerno, Florida, as the “Joseph Bullock Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 7898 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-321

To amend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider certain recognized security practices of covered entities and business associates when making certain determinations, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 7810 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-320

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the “Tom Reid Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 7502 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-319

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as the “Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-318 · Became law January 5, 2021Peace Corps Commemorative Work Extension Act

To extend the authority for the establishment by the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation of a commemorative work to commemorate the mission of the Peace Corps and the ideals on which the Peace Corps was founded, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 7347 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-317

To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the “Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-316 · Became law January 5, 2021Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-315 · Became law January 5, 2021Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020

To provide flexibility for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 7088 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-314

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the “Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 6535 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-313

To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 6418 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-312

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama, as the “William `Jack' Jackson Edwards III Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-311 · Became law January 5, 2021PRC for Native Veterans Act

To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to clarify the requirement of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to reimburse the Indian Health Service for certain health care services.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 6161 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-310

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, as the “J. Howard Coble Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-309 · Became law January 5, 2021STOP FGM Act of 2020

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the criminalization of female genital mutilation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 6016 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-308

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, as the “Marc Lee Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5983 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-307

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the “Woodie Rucker- Hughes Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-306 · Became law January 5, 2021Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wilmington, Delaware, as the “Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-305 · Became law January 5, 2021Weir Farm National Historical Park Redesignation Act

To redesignate the Weir Farm National Historic Site in the State of Connecticut as the “Weir Farm National Historical Park”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-304 · Became law January 5, 2021Safeguarding Therapeutics Act

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy counterfeit devices.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5597 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-303

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the “Clara Luper Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-302 · Became law January 5, 2021Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-301 · Became law January 5, 2021Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification Act

To modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 5451 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-300

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the “George H. Bacel Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-299 · Became law January 5, 2021Securing America's Ports Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning of commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail entering the United States at land ports of entry along the border using large-scale, non-intrusive inspection systems to enhance border security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5123 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-298

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 476 East Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois, as the “Senior Airman Daniel Miller Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 5023 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-297

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the “Carl Nunziato VA Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4988 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-296

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Walnut Street in Bordentown, New Jersey, as the “Clara Barton Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4983 · Became law January 5, 2021Public Law 116-295

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the “Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic”.

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