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.

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 118-24 · Became law National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2023

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 Nation al 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: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 118-23 · Became law TRANQ Research Act of 2023

To require coordinated National Institute of Standards and Technology science and research activities regarding illicit drugs containing xylazine, novel synthetic opioids, and other substances of concern, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 118-22 · Became law Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 336–95Senate 87–11
Public Law 118-21 · Became law Wounded Warrior Access Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow for the electronic request of certain records, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-20 · Became law Korean American VALOR Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain individuals who served in Vietnam as a member of the armed forces of the Republic of Korea as a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2795 · Became law Public Law 118-19

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: voice voteSenate: voice vote
S. 112 · Became law Public Law 118-18

To amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-17 · Became law Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 424–1Senate: without objection
S. 475 · Became law Public Law 118-16

To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-15 · Became law Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 335–91Senate 88–9
Public Law 118-14 · Became law Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act

To improve the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 118-13 · Became law United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act

To approve and implement the Agreement between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States regarding Trade between the United States of America and Taiwan, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3672 · Became law Public Law 118-12

To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Indian River, Michigan, as the “Pfc. Justin T. Paton Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-11 · Became law Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023

To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 118-10 · Became law 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support programs at the Marine Corps Heritage Center.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-9 · Became law Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023

To require each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to include a link to a 100-word plain language summary of the proposed rule.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 118-8 · Became law Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 118-7 · Became law CADETS Act

To modify the age requirement for the Student Incentive Payment Program of the State maritime academies.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 118-6 · Became law Veterans' COLA Act of 2023

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2023, 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 118-5 · Became law Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

To provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 314–117Senate 63–36
Public Law 118-4 · Became law NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023

To establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 7 · Became law Public Law 118-3

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 229–197Senate 68–23
Public Law 118-2 · Became law COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023

To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 26 · Became law Public Law 118-1

Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 250–173Senate 81–14
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