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.

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.

Public Law 116-294 · Became law GLRI Act of 2019

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 373–45Senate: without objection
H.R. 3976 · Became law Public Law 116-293

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the “Aretha Franklin Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-292 · Became law School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain allergies and asthma-related grants, to States that require certain public schools to have allergies and asthma management programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-291 · Became law Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to complete a study on barriers to participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in such trials.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-290 · Became law Orange Book Transparency Act of 2020

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the list under section 505(j)(7) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-289 · Became law Young Fishermen's Development Act

To preserve United States fishing heritage through a national program dedicated to training and assisting the next generation of commercial fishermen.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-288 · Became law Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020

To establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-287 · Became law Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to develop and disseminate information to the public about scams related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-286 · Became law 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to honor the 100th anniversary of completion of coinage of the “Morgan Dollar” and the 100th anniversary of commencement of coinage of the “Peace Dollar”, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-285 · Became law Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow certain individuals to terminate contracts for telephone, multichannel video programming, or internet access service, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-284 · Became law STORM Act

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide hazard mitigation assistance to reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards, and other related environmental harm.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-283 · Became law William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

To 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 started
House 322–87Senate 81–13
Public Law 116-282 · Became law United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020

To amend the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to modify certain membership and other requirements of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-281 · Became law Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020

To establish a crisis stabilization and community reentry grant program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-280 · Became law Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act

To establish and ensure an inclusive and transparent Drone Advisory Committee.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-279 · Became law Child Care Protection Improvement Act of 2020

To establish a task force to assist States in implementing hiring requirements for child care staff members to improve child safety.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-278 · Became law TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act

To 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 started
House 380–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-277 · Became law Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019

To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Act, the Attorney General is authorized to use funds appropriated for the operationalization, maintenance, and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) for the purpose of carrying out this Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-276 · Became law Secure Federal LEASEs Act

To require the disclosure of ownership of high-security space leased to accommodate a Federal agency, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-275 · Became law One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act

To require the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to add recommendations and inform other relevant agencies of information relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-274 · Became law Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2020

To require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update periodically the environmental sensitivity index products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for each coastal area of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-273 · Became law Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-272 · Became law FACE Act

To 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 started
House 386–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-271 · Became law Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to post-storm assessments, and to require the establishment of a National Water Center, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-270 · Became law HBCU PARTNERS Act

To 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 started
House 388–6Senate: voice vote
Public Law 116-269 · Became law Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act

To amend the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend the Secret Service overtime pay exception through 2023, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 4684 · Became law Public Law 116-268

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the “Robert L. Brown Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 4126 · Became law Public Law 116-267

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 104 East Main Street in Port Washington, Wisconsin, as the “Joseph G. Demler Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3462 · Became law Public Law 116-266

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the “Ralph Hall Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3461 · Became law Public Law 116-265

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the “Audie Murphy Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 3257 · Became law Public Law 116-264

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as the “Einar `Sarge' H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-263 · Became law Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility Act

To redesignate the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 900 · Became law Public Law 116-262

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as the Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-261 · Became law Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2020

To amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-260 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–53Senate 92–6
Public Law 116-259 · Became law National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020

To reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 265–124Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-258 · Became law IOGAN Act

To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-257 · Became law Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019

To provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-256 · Became law Route 66 Centennial Commission Act

To establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-255 · Became law Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

To provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-254 · Became law DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019

To 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 started
House 393–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-253 · Became law Fallen Journalists Memorial Act

To authorize the Fallen Journalists 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: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-252 · Became law Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act

To amend the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act to improve the prevention of elder abuse and exploitation of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-251 · Became law Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019

To explicitly make unauthorized access to Department of Education information technology systems and the misuse of identification devices issued by the Department of Education a criminal act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-250 · Became law ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

To 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 started
House: voice voteSenate 96–1
Public Law 116-249 · Became law Combat Online Predators Act

To amend title 18, United States Code, with regard to stalking.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-248 · Became law Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act

To authorize the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to establish the Republic of Texas Legation Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-247 · Became law National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-246 · Became law Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–0Senate: voice vote
S. 4902 · Became law Public Law 116-245

To designate the United States courthouse located at 351 South West Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the “Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse”.

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