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

36 passage votes are not checked yet.

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83,817 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 117-162 · Became law Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 117-161 · Became law Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–41Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-160 · Became law Formula Act

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula products, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–2Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-159 · Became law Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

To make our communities safer.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 234–193Senate 65–33
Public Law 117-158 · Became law Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022

To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend child nutrition waiver authority, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1444 · Became law Public Law 117-157

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1 in Winchester, Virginia, as the “Patsy Cline Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 767 · Became law Public Law 117-156

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the “Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 735 · Became law Public Law 117-155

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 502 East Cotati Avenue in Cotati, California, as the “Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 117-154 · Became law VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress periodic reports on the costs, performance metrics, and outcomes of the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization program.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 2324 · Became law Public Law 117-153

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the “D. Edwina Stephens Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 428–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 1170 · Became law Public Law 117-152

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the “Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-151 · Became law Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act

To amend title 11, United States Code, to modify the eligibility requirements for a debtor under chapter 13, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–21Senate: without objection
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 117-149 · Became law Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2021

To establish a Federal rotational cyber workforce program for the Federal cyber workforce.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 3613 · Became law Public Law 117-147

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 Trumbull Street in Saint Clair, Michigan, as the “Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 117-145 · Became law Supply Chain Security Training Act of 2021

To manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
H.R. 1298 · Became law Public Law 117-143

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, Oklahoma, as the “Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4168 · Became law Public Law 117-142

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6223 Maple Street, in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3579 · Became law Public Law 117-141

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the “Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-140 · Became law Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act

To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-139 · Became law RECA Extension Act of 2022

To reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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 117-130 · Became law Homeland Security for Children Act

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure that the needs of children are considered in homeland security planning, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
Public Law 117-127 · Became law Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2021

To require the United States Postal Service to continue selling the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp until all remaining stamps are sold, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 117-126 · Became law Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021

To provide that inclined sleepers for infants and crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: Not checked yetSenate: voice vote
Public Law 117-125 · Became law Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for a periodic transaction reporting requirement for Federal judicial officers and the online publication of financial disclosure reports of Federal judicial officers, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
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 117-123 · Became law Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act

To amend the Act entitled “Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes” to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
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 117-115 · Became law Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021

To designate the Rocksprings Station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the “Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
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