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.

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 117-112 · 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.

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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.

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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.

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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 117-106 · Became law Amache National Historic Site Act

To establish the Amache National Historic Site in the State of Colorado as a Unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: 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.

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House 392–36Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-104 · Became law John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that the authority of the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies with respect to both current and former centers of excellence, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: 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.

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House 260–171Senate 68–31
S. 3706 · Became law Public Law 117-102

To provide for the application of certain provisions of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 for fiscal year 2021.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-101 · Became law Supporting the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Act

To increase funding for the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration and for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 117-100 · Became law STANDUP Act of 2021

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and condition State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 117-99 · Became law Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021

To designate methamphetamine as an emerging threat, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 3665 · Became law Public Law 117-98

To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Diego, California, as the Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and to support the designation of a component of such medical center in honor of Kathleen Bruyere.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
H.R. 2545 · Became law Public Law 117-96

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

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House: Not checked yetSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-95 · Became law Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
H.R. 3419 · Became law Public Law 117-94

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the “Joseph R. Lentol Post Office”.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 960 · Became law Public Law 117-93

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the “John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3210 · Became law Public Law 117-92

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1905 15th Street in Boulder, Colorado, as the “Officer Eric H. Talley Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2044 · Became law Public Law 117-91

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as the “Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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
H.R. 1281 · Became law Public Law 117-89

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gaylord, Michigan, as the “Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 117-85 · Became law Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23d Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133d Signal Service Company, popularly known as the “Ghost Army”, in recognition of their unique and highly distinguished service in conducting deception operations in Europe during World War II.

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House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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 117-82 · Became law PRRADA

To impose requirements on the payment of compensation to professional persons employed in voluntary cases commenced under title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act (commonly known as “PROMESA”).

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: 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. 6256 · Became law Public Law 117-78

To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-77 · Became law Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act of 2021

To empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to unilaterally request the assistance of the DC National Guard or Federal law enforcement agencies in emergencies without prior approval of the Capitol Police Board.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-76 · Became law REMOTE Act

To extend certain expiring provisions of law relating to benefits provided under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs during COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

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House: voice voteSenate: 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”.

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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”.

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House 422–2Senate: without objection
S.J.Res. 33 · Became law Public Law 117-73

A joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit.

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House 221–209Senate 50–49
H.R. 5142 · Became law Public Law 117-72

To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and for other purposes.

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

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House 424–0Senate: voice vote
Public Law 117-67 · Became law Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2021

To identify and refer members of the Armed Forces with a health care occupation who are separating from the Armed Forces for potential employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1031 · Became law Public Law 117-66

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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
H.R. 1510 · Became law Public Law 117-64

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of cameras in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: Not checked yetSenate: without objection
Public Law 117-63 · Became law VA Transparency & Trust Act of 2021

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–4Senate: without objection
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