Laws

The 118 laws passed since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025. 2 have a plain-language account written from the law's official text, 115 have an account written from the official description of the bill and 1 has no full account yet. 117 of 118 laws have saved official text. The text of 1 law is Not published yet: Public Law 119-116.

118 laws
61 with a recorded vote · 57 passed by voice vote or without objection

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S. 550 · Signed September 25, 2026Public Law 119-114

Lets the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma bring its treaty land claim in federal court.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-109 · Signed September 16, 2026Local Access to Courts Act

Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.

House 378–10Senate: without objection
Public Law 119-82 · Signed April 13, 2026Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025

Makes it harder to dismiss lawsuits seeking the return of art stolen during the Holocaust on the ground that too much time has passed.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-76 · Signed February 6, 2026Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025

Raises pay for bankruptcy trustees and extends temporary bankruptcy judgeships.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-73 · Signed January 23, 2026Trafficking Survivors Relief Act

Lets survivors of human trafficking ask federal courts to clear certain convictions and arrests that resulted from being trafficked.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-57 · Signed December 12, 2025Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025

Updates the federal charter of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-38 · Signed November 19, 2025Epstein Files Transparency Act

Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.

House 427–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 119-1 · Signed January 29, 2025Laken Riley Act

Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.

House 263–156Senate 64–35
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