Every law Congress has passed

365 laws of the 117th Congress, 2021–2023

1. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the “Ryan J. Cummings Post Office Building”.

   Public Law 117-299 · 136 Stat. 4378 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

2. An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma.

   Public Law 117-300 · 136 Stat. 4379 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

3. Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022

   An Act To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the United States, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 117-301 · 136 Stat. 4382 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

4. Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022

   An Act To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 117-302 · 136 Stat. 4384 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

5. MST Claims Coordination Act

   An Act To improve coordination between the Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration with respect to claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

   Public Law 117-303 · 136 Stat. 4387 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

6. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania, as the “Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building”.

   Public Law 117-304 · 136 Stat. 4389 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

7. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as the “Roy E. Dickens Post Office”.

   Public Law 117-305 · 136 Stat. 4390 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

8. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, as the “Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building”.

   Public Law 117-306 · 136 Stat. 4391 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

9. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the “U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office”.

   Public Law 117-307 · 136 Stat. 4392 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

10. Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Benefit Act of 2022

    An Act To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-308 · 136 Stat. 4393 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

11. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the “Martin Olav Sabo Post Office”.

    Public Law 117-309 · 136 Stat. 4395 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

12. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the “Charles W. Lindberg Post Office”.

    Public Law 117-310 · 136 Stat. 4396 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

13. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the “Bob Krueger Post Office”.

    Public Law 117-311 · 136 Stat. 4397 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

14. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the “Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 117-312 · 136 Stat. 4398 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

15. Faster Payments to Veterans’ Survivors Act of 2022

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-313 · 136 Stat. 4399 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

16. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as the “Susan A. Davis Post Office”.

    Public Law 117-314 · 136 Stat. 4403 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

17. VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022

    An Act To make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-315 · 136 Stat. 4404 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

18. Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act

    An Act To establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-316 · 136 Stat. 4406 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

19. Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

    An Act To repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians.

    Public Law 117-317 · 136 Stat. 4419 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

20. Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2022

    An Act To authorize the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-318 · 136 Stat. 4421 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

21. Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2022

    An Act To amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-319 · 136 Stat. 4424 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

22. Iran Hostages Congressional Gold Medal Act

    An Act To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979–1981, highlighting their resilience throughout the unprecedented ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United States.

    Public Law 117-320 · 136 Stat. 4426 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

23. Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021

    An Act To require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates.

    Public Law 117-321 · 136 Stat. 4430 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

24. Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021

    An Act To establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-322 · 136 Stat. 4433 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

25. Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022

    An Act To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-323 · 136 Stat. 4437 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

26. Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act

    An Act To prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-324 · 136 Stat. 4439 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

27. Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022

    An Act To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises.

    Public Law 117-325 · 136 Stat. 4441 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

28. An Act To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall for installation in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-326 · 136 Stat. 4452 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

29. Billy’s Law

    An Act To increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-327 · 136 Stat. 4454 · December 27, 2022 · Original text

30. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

    An Act Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-328 · 136 Stat. 4459 · December 29, 2022 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.

    Private Law 117-3 · January 5, 2023 · Private law

32. Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act

    An Act To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-329 · 136 Stat. 6112 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

33. Sami’s Law

    An Act To study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives.

    Public Law 117-330 · 136 Stat. 6114 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

34. Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act

    An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-331 · 136 Stat. 6116 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

35. Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act

    An Act To modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-332 · 136 Stat. 6119 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

36. Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022

    An Act To make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of education by reason of emergency situations, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-333 · 136 Stat. 6121 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

37. Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

    An Act To award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.

    Public Law 117-334 · 136 Stat. 6140 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

38. Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022

    An Act To establish a Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act.

    Public Law 117-335 · 136 Stat. 6143 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

39. Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022

    An Act To authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have engaged in significant theft of trade secrets of United States persons, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-336 · 136 Stat. 6147 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

40. Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022

    An Act To amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-337 · 136 Stat. 6153 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

41. Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022

    An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities.

    Public Law 117-338 · 136 Stat. 6156 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

42. National Heritage Area Act

    An Act To standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-339 · 136 Stat. 6158 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

43. Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2022

    An Act To amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-340 · 136 Stat. 6175 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

44. Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022

    An Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program.

    Public Law 117-341 · 136 Stat. 6179 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

45. An Act To amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-342 · 136 Stat. 6182 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

46. Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022

    An Act To authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-343 · 136 Stat. 6186 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

47. Low Power Protection Act

    An Act To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A television licensees, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-344 · 136 Stat. 6193 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

48. Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act

    An Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-345 · 136 Stat. 6196 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

    Public Law 117-346 · 136 Stat. 6198 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

50. Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022

    An Act To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-347 · 136 Stat. 6199 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

51. Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022

    An Act To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-348 · 136 Stat. 6211 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

52. Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

    An Act To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-349 · 136 Stat. 6225 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

53. Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Reauthorization Act of 2022

    An Act To maximize discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-350 · 136 Stat. 6262 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

54. Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act

    An Act To amend section 2441 of title 18, United States Code, to broaden the scope of individuals subject to prosecution for war crimes.

    Public Law 117-351 · 136 Stat. 6265 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

55. An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the “Vanessa Guillén Post Office Building”.

    Public Law 117-352 · 136 Stat. 6267 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

56. Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act

    An Act To take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-353 · 136 Stat. 6268 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

57. Respect for Child Survivors Act

    An Act To amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    Public Law 117-354 · 136 Stat. 6270 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

58. National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act of 2022

    An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to address green burial sections in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-355 · 136 Stat. 6278 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

59. State Offices of Rural Health Program Reauthorization Act of 2022

    An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the State offices of rural health program.

    Public Law 117-356 · 136 Stat. 6282 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

60. Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System Act of 2022

    An Act To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the “Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System”, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-357 · 136 Stat. 6283 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

61. Don Young Recognition Act

    An Act To designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-358 · 136 Stat. 6286 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-359 · 136 Stat. 6291 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

63. Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022

    An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-360 · 136 Stat. 6292 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend terminal lakes assistance.

    Public Law 117-361 · 136 Stat. 6294 · January 5, 2023 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.

    Public Law 117-362 · 136 Stat. 6295 · January 5, 2023 · Original text