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.
29,651 individual votes saved for this Congress.
Laws with a recorded vote
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 expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo 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 startedTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to formally recognize caregivers of veterans, notify veterans and caregivers of clinical determinations relating to eligibility for the family caregiver program, and temporarily extend benefits for veterans who are determined ineligible for the family caregiver program, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to incorporate the recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office relating to advance contracts, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo strengthen the capacity and competitiveness of historically Black colleges and universities through robust public-sector, private-sector, and community partnerships and engagement, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid detection capability, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress reports on patient safety and quality of care at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-connected disability.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disability and pension benefits provided to members of the National Guard and members of reserve components of the Armed Forces by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to require the Secretary of State to report on intercountry adoptions from countries which have significantly reduced adoption rates involving immigration to the United States, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo require the Administrator of General Services to issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for the charging of Federal electric motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo establish the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, to study and make recommendations to address social problems affecting Black men and boys, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo express United States support for Taiwan's diplomatic alliances around the world.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo enable registered apprenticeship programs to better serve veterans, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo extend the temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo implement the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement of section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo reauthorize programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an assessment of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention coordinators, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedTo amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not startedMaking continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.
Plain-language account: Not started