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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Environment and outdoors: 28 laws

Public Law 119-118 · Signed September 30, 2026Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act

Renews federal work on diseases spread by ticks and mosquitoes through fiscal year 2030.

House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 119-116 · Signed September 25, 2026Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act

Requires a public online map of where fishing, boating and other recreation are restricted in U.S. ocean waters.

Text not published yet
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 603 · Signed September 25, 2026Public Law 119-115

Makes the General George C. Marshall House in Virginia an affiliated site of the National Park System.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-100 · Signed June 26, 2026Lulu's Law

Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.

House 401–6Senate: without objection
Public Law 119-91 · Signed May 19, 2026Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act

Adjusts the boundary of the Sloan Canyon conservation area in Nevada and allows a water pipeline.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 140 · Signed April 27, 2026Public Law 119-85

Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

House 214–208Senate 50–49
Public Law 119-74 · Signed January 23, 2026Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.

House 397–28Senate 82–15
Public Law 119-67 · Signed December 26, 2025Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act

Renews funding authority for fishery research in the Great Lakes.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-65 · Signed December 26, 2025Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act

Updates how the federal marine debris program and its foundation are run.

House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 119-62 · Signed December 26, 2025Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025

Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.

House 413–0Senate: voice vote
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45
H.J.Res. 130 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-51

Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.

House 214–212Senate 51–43
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46
H.J.Res. 105 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-49

Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.

House 215–211Senate 50–45
H.J.Res. 104 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-48

Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.

House 211–208Senate 52–47
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed December 5, 2025Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45
Public Law 119-40 · Signed November 25, 2025Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025

Changes how interest earned by the federal wildlife restoration fund is used for wetlands conservation.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-30 · Signed July 24, 2025Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act

Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.

House 372–0Senate: voice vote
Public Law 119-25 · Signed July 15, 2025Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act

Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.

House 382–31Senate: voice vote
S.J.Res. 31 · Signed June 20, 2025Public Law 119-20

Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.

House 216–212Senate 52–46
Public Law 119-18 · Signed June 12, 2025Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

Lets the Defense Department sell surplus aircraft and parts to companies that fight wildfires.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 89 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-17

Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.

House 225–196Senate 49–46
H.J.Res. 88 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-16

Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.

House 246–164Senate 51–44
H.J.Res. 87 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-15

Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.

House 231–191Senate 51–45
H.J.Res. 61 · Signed May 23, 2025Public Law 119-14

Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.

House 216–202Senate 55–45
H.J.Res. 60 · Signed May 23, 2025Public Law 119-13

Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

House 219–205Senate 50–43
S.J.Res. 11 · Signed March 14, 2025Public Law 119-3

Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.

House 221–202Senate 54–44
H.J.Res. 35 · Signed March 14, 2025Public Law 119-2

Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.

House 220–206Senate 52–47