Saved history · 2021 and 2022

Laws of the 117th Congress

The 362 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2023, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

362 laws
188 with a recorded vote · 174 passed with no recorded vote

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83,817 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Laws with a recorded vote

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Public Law 117-150 · Became law State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–14Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-148 · Became law Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022

To amend title 40, United States Code, to grant the Supreme Court of the United States security-related authorities equivalent to the legislative and executive branches.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 396–27Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-146 · Became law Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022

To amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to prohibited acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–42Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-144 · Became law South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2021

To require the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia to develop a plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in South Florida, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–7Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-138 · Became law Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration and Recovery Act of 2022

To restore entitlement to educational assistance under Veterans Rapid Retraining Program in cases of a closure of an educational institution or a disapproval of a program of education, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–17Senate: voice vote
S. 3527 · Became law Public Law 117-137

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer the name of property of the Department of Veterans Affairs designated by law to other property of the Department.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-136 · Became law Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021

To provide the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs testimonial subpoena authority, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–6Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-135 · Became law Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act

To improve mammography services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: voice vote
S. 2514 · Became law Public Law 117-134

To rename the Provo Veterans Center in Orem, Utah, as the “Col. Gail S. Halvorsen `Candy Bomber' Veterans Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-133 · Became law Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas SERVICE Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mammography screening for veterans who served in locations associated with toxic exposure.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-132 · Became law United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
S. 1760 · Became law Public Law 117-131

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs planned to be built in Oahu, Hawaii, as the “Daniel Kahikina Akaka Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 384–22Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-129 · Became law Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish waiver authority to address certain emergencies, disasters, and supply chain disruptions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–9Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-128 · Became law Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–57Senate 86–11
S. 812 · Became law Public Law 117-124

To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-122 · Became law National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2021

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with cybersecurity consortia for training, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 403–19Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-121 · Became law American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

To establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–11Senate: without objection
S. 2126 · Became law Public Law 117-120

To designate the Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the “Louisa Swain Federal Office Building”, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–1Senate: without objection
S. 1226 · Became law Public Law 117-119

To designate the United States courthouse located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the “Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse”, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 364–61Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-118 · Became law Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022

To provide enhanced authority for the President to enter into agreements with the Government of Ukraine to lend or lease defense articles to that Government to protect civilian populations in Ukraine from Russian military invasion, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–10Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-117 · Became law William T. Coleman, Jr. and Norman Y. Mineta Department of Transportation Headquarters Act

To designate the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as the William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal Building.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-116 · Became law Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

To establish cybercrime reporting mechanisms, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 377–48Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-114 · Became law Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

To require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available geographic information system mapping data relating to public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor recreation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–9Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-113 · Became law Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act

To authorize the reclassification of the tactical enforcement officers (commonly known as the “Shadow Wolves”) in the Homeland Security Investigations tactical patrol unit operating on the lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation as special agents, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 387–33Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-112 · Became law Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land in Louisiana, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–4Senate: without objection
S. 3294 · Became law Public Law 117-111

To obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor and a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 349–63Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-110 · Became law Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act

To suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 420–3Senate 100–0
Public Law 117-109 · Became law Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act

To prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–9Senate 100–0
Public Law 117-108 · Became law Postal Service Reform Act of 2022

To provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 342–92Senate 79–19
Public Law 117-107 · Became law Emmett Till Antilynching Act

To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-105 · Became law Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act

To address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–36Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-103 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 260–171Senate 68–31
Public Law 117-97 · Became law "Six Triple Eight" Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the “Six Triple Eight”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-90 · Became law Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021

To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration of disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 335–97Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-88 · Became law PRICE Act of 2021

To promote innovative acquisition techniques and procurement strategies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 426–5Senate: without objection
S. 566 · Became law Public Law 117-87

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the “Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 432–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-86 · Became law Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 272–162Senate 65–27
Public Law 117-84 · Became law Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 426–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-83 · Became law Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act

To provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID-19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2023 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2022 application.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–6Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-81 · Became law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 363–70Senate 88–11
H.R. 1664 · Became law Public Law 117-80

To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-79 · Became law Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support research on, and expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–3Senate: voice vote
H.R. 4660 · Became law Public Law 117-75

To designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–4Senate: without objection
H.R. 390 · Became law Public Law 117-74

To redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee as the “Odell Horton Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–2Senate: without objection
S.J.Res. 33 · Became law Public Law 117-73

A joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 221–209Senate 50–49
Public Law 117-71 · Became law Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act

To address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 222–212Senate 59–35
Public Law 117-70 · Became law Further Extending Government Funding Act

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 221–212Senate 69–28
Public Law 117-69 · Became law Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021

To codify maternity care coordination programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–9Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-68 · Became law Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 424–0Senate: voice vote
S. 108 · Became law Public Law 117-65

To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–2Senate: without objection
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