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 116-94 · Became law Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 297–120Senate 71–23
Public Law 116-93 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 280–138Senate 81–11
Public Law 116-92 · Became law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

To 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 started
House 377–48Senate 86–8
Public Law 116-91 · Became law FUTURE Act

To reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 319–96Senate: voice vote
H.R. 3314 · Became law Public Law 116-90

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 McCulloch Boulevard North in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, as the “Lake Havasu City Combat Veterans Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3144 · Became law Public Law 116-89

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Avenue in Whittier, California, as the “Jose Ramos Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2451 · Became law Public Law 116-88

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island, as the “Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2334 · Became law Public Law 116-87

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Odessa, Texas, as the “Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2325 · Became law Public Law 116-86

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Calle Alondra in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the “65th Infantry Regiment Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2151 · Became law Public Law 116-85

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7722 South Main Street in Pine Plains, New York, as the “Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1972 · Became law Public Law 116-84

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Montana, as the “Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1844 · Became law Public Law 116-83

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Grove Court in Elgin, Illinois, as the “Corporal Alex Martinez Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1526 · Became law Public Law 116-82

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Israel Road Southeast in Tumwater, Washington, as the “Eva G. Hewitt Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1253 · Became law Public Law 116-81

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima, California, as the “Ritchie Valens Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1252 · Became law Public Law 116-80

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the “Marilyn Monroe Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 887 · Became law Public Law 116-79

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 877 East 1200 South in Orem, Utah, as the “Jerry C. Washburn Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5277 · Became law Public Law 116-78

To amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for the Government Publishing Office.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 2710 · Became law Public Law 116-77

To prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-76 · Became law Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019

To amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-75 · Became law Reauthorizing Security for Supreme Court Justices Act of 2019

To authorize the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices, employees, and official guests of the Supreme Court outside of the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-74 · Became law ONDCP Technical Corrections Act of 2019

To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to make technical corrections.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-73 · Became law Divisional Realignment for the Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 2019

To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the eastern judicial district of Arkansas, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-72 · Became law PACT Act

To revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-71 · Became law Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving women in the United States the right to vote.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-70 · Became law Rebuilding Small Businesses After Disasters Act

To extend the sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration disaster loans.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-69 · Became law Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 231–192Senate 74–20
Public Law 116-68 · Became law Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden, to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congressional Gold Medal to honor all of the women who contributed to the success of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space Race.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-67 · Became law National POW/MIA Flag Act

To amend title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1196 · Became law Public Law 116-66

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the “Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-65 · Became law Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of Christa McAuliffe.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-64 · Became law Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019

To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 394–7Senate: without objection
S. 1689 · Became law Public Law 116-63

To permit States to transfer certain funds from the clean water revolving fund of a State to the drinking water revolving fund of the State in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-62 · Became law Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act

To prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-61 · Became law Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019

To 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 started
House 417–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-60 · Became law Autism CARES Act of 2019

To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance programs relating to autism, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-59 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 301–123Senate 81–16
Public Law 116-58 · Became law Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2019, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-57 · Became law Reviving America's Scenic Byways Act of 2019

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to request nominations for and make determinations regarding roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–19Senate: voice vote
Public Law 116-56 · Became law Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act

To transfer a bridge over the Wabash River to the New Harmony River Bridge Authority and the New Harmony and Wabash River Bridge Authority, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1250 · Became law Public Law 116-55

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11158 Highway 146 North in Hardin, Texas, as the “Lucas Lowe Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 116-54 · Became law Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019

To amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, to address reorganization of small businesses, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-53 · Became law National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019

To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–1Senate: voice vote
Public Law 116-52 · Became law HAVEN Act

To exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-51 · Became law Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019

To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of “family farmer”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 116-50 · Became law CASES Act

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on electronic consent forms, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 116-49 · Became law Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 639 · Became law Public Law 116-48

To amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3305 · Became law Public Law 116-47

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2509 George Mason Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the “Ryan Keith Cox Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1449 · Became law Public Law 116-46

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3033 203rd Street in Olympia Fields, Illinois, as the “Captain Robert L. Martin Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1198 · Became law Public Law 116-45

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 South Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada, as the “Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office Building”.

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