Saved history · 2023 and 2024

Laws of the 118th Congress

The 274 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2025, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

274 laws
82 with a recorded vote · 192 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

36,847 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Laws with a recorded vote

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 118-274 · Became law D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 348–55Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-273 · Became law Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 327–75Senate 76–20
Public Law 118-272 · Became law Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024

To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–18Senate 97–1
H.R. 9600 · Became law Public Law 118-268

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–15Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-258 · Became law Supporting America's Children and Families Act

To reauthorize child welfare programs under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act and strengthen the State and tribal child support enforcement program under part D of such title, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–10Senate: without objection
H.R. 8057 · Became law Public Law 118-248

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the “Little Saigon Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-228 · Became law Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0

To extend the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 384–4Senate: voice vote
H.R. 6983 · Became law Public Law 118-224

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the “Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 3354 · Became law Public Law 118-213

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 North Hatcher Avenue in Purcellville, Virginia, as the “Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–28Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-210 · Became law Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs for home and community based services for veterans, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 382–12Senate: without objection
S. 4077 · Became law Public Law 118-204

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the “Dianne Feinstein Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 348–39Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-203 · Became law Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024

To provide for the permanent appointment of certain temporary district judgeships.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 390–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-199 · Became law Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act

To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 369–37Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-198 · Became law America's Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024

To reauthorize the America's Conservation Enhancement Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 366–21Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-197 · Became law Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023

To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 402–12Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-194 · Became law Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act

To study and prevent child abuse in youth residential programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 373–33Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-191 · Became law Beagle Brigade Act of 2023

To authorize the National Detector Dog Training Center, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–20Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-190 · Became law Federal Agency Performance Act of 2024

To improve performance and accountability in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 389–6Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-186 · Became law Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024

To require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect and identify illicit substances in very low concentrations.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-184 · Became law Lahaina National Heritage Area Study Act

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Lahaina National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–25Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-180 · Became law Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act of 2024

To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance and reauthorize activities and programs relating to autism spectrum disorder, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 374–15Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-178 · Became law Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 399–13Senate: without objection
H.R. 3324 · Became law Public Law 118-166

To extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2029.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-163 · Became law Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension Act

To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 427–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 1607 · Became law Public Law 118-162

To clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 384–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-160 · Became law Native American Child Protection Act

To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–32Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-159 · Became law Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 281–140Senate 85–14
Public Law 118-158 · Became law American Relief Act, 2025

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 366–34Senate 85–11
Public Law 118-157 · Became law Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024

To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–6Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-148 · Became law Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023

To provide tax relief with respect to certain Federal disasters.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 382–7Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-147 · Became law Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023

To reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–7Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-145 · Became law FAFSA Deadline Act

To establish an earlier application processing cycle for the FAFSA.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 381–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 7423 · Became law Public Law 118-129

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, as the “Luke Letlow Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 401–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-106 · Became law Confirmation Of Congressional Observer Access Act of 2024

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to confirm the requirement that States allow access to designated congressional election observers to observe the election administration procedures in congressional elections.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 413–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-105 · Became law Building Chips in America Act of 2023

To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify the scope of a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to certain projects relating to the production of semiconductors, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 257–125Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-91 · Became law Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024

To direct the Director of the United States Secret Service to apply the same standards for determining the number of agents required to protect Presidents, Vice Presidents, and major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-90 · Became law United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2024

To extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2026.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 365–20Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-88 · Became law Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, an American icon, in recognition of a remarkable life devoted to championing equal rights for all, in sports and in society.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 308–87Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-83 · Became law Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 341–82Senate 78–18
Public Law 118-79 · Became law Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study on the trafficking into the United States of synthetic drugs, and related illicit finance, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 402–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-77 · Became law Victims' Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness Act

To amend section 3663A of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that restitution includes necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by a person who has assumed the victim's rights.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 408–2Senate: without objection
S. 3249 · Became law Public Law 118-75

To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the “Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 363–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-73 · Became law Improving Access to Our Courts Act

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–3Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-72 · Became law Debbie Smith Act of 2023

To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-71 · Became law Federal Prison Oversight Act

To establish an inspections regime for the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-70 · Became law Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet- China Dispute Act

To amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 391–26Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-69 · Became law Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024

To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 408–3Senate: without objection
S. 870 · Became law Public Law 118-67

An act to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs, to advance the benefits of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 393–13Senate 88–2
Public Law 118-66 · Became law Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson's Act

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national project to prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure Parkinson's, to be known as the National Parkinson's Project, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–9Senate: voice vote
Public Law 118-65 · Became law Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023

To reauthorize the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–0Senate: without objection
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