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Volume 135

2021 · 117th Congress · session 1 · 81 public laws.

  1. Public Law 117–1Public Law 117–1: To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.Jan 22, 2021
  2. Public Law 117–2Public Law 117–2: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5.Mar 11, 2021
  3. Public Law 117–3Public Law 117–3: To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.Mar 23, 2021
  4. Public Law 117–4Public Law 117–4: To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish COVID–19 vaccines to certain individuals, and for other purposes.Mar 24, 2021
  5. Public Law 117–5Public Law 117–5: To amend the CARES Act to extend the sunset for the definition of a small business debtor, and for other purposes.Mar 27, 2021
  6. Public Law 117–6Public Law 117–6: To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to extend the covered period for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.Mar 30, 2021
  7. Public Law 117–7Public Law 117–7: To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.Apr 14, 2021
  8. Public Law 117–8Public Law 117–8: To educate health care providers and the public on biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes.Apr 23, 2021
  9. Public Law 117–9Public Law 117–9: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the scope of new chemical exclusivity.Apr 23, 2021
  10. Public Law 117–10Public Law 117–10: To allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, leadership offices, and other offices of the Senate to share employees, and for other purposes.Apr 23, 2021
  11. Public Law 117–11Public Law 117–11: To improve the health and safety of Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, including potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, and for other purposes.Apr 23, 2021
  12. Public Law 117–12Public Law 117–12: To amend the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act to extend until October 2021, a temporary order for fentanyl-related substances.May 4, 2021
  13. Public Law 117–13Public Law 117–13: To facilitate the expedited review of COVID–19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.May 20, 2021
  14. Public Law 117–14Public Law 117–14: To restrict the imposition by the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, or tariffs applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise qualified non-United States citizens from serving as crew, on specified vessels transporting passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska, to address a Canadian cruise ship ban and the extraordinary impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic on Alaskan communities, and for other purposes.May 24, 2021
  15. Public Law 117–15Public Law 117–15: To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes.May 26, 2021
  16. Public Law 117–16Public Law 117–16: To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve the COVID–19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program, to make certain technical corrections to the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, and for other purposes.Jun 8, 2021
  17. Public Law 117–17Public Law 117–17: To amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.Jun 17, 2021
  18. Public Law 117–18Public Law 117–18: To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use of certain funds received pursuant to leases entered into under such Act, and for other purposes.Jun 23, 2021
  19. Public Law 117–19Public Law 117–19: Providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.Jun 23, 2021
  20. Public Law 117–20Public Law 117–20: To designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32806, and for other purposes.Jun 25, 2021
  21. Public Law 117–21Public Law 117–21: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to assess certain mental health care resources of the Department of Veterans Affairs available to veterans who live in rural areas.Jun 30, 2021
  22. Public Law 117–22Public Law 117–22: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to “Update of Commission’s Conciliation Procedures”.Jun 30, 2021
  23. Public Law 117–23Public Law 117–23: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review”.Jun 30, 2021
  24. Public Law 117–24Public Law 117–24: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to “National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders”.Jun 30, 2021
  25. Public Law 117–25Public Law 117–25: To provide for the availability of amounts for customer education initiatives and non-awards expenses of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program, and for other purposes.Jul 6, 2021
  26. Public Law 117–26Public Law 117–26: To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.Jul 6, 2021
  27. Public Law 117–27Public Law 117–27: To deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.Jul 22, 2021
  28. Public Law 117–28Public Law 117–28: To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, to correct a provision on the prohibition on the use of a reverse auction, and for other purposes.Jul 26, 2021
  29. Public Law 117–29Public Law 117–29: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.Jul 29, 2021
  30. Public Law 117–30Public Law 117–30: To authorize major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021.Jul 29, 2021
  31. Public Law 117–31Public Law 117–31: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.Jul 30, 2021
  32. Public Law 117–32Public Law 117–32: To award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.Aug 5, 2021
  33. Public Law 117–33Public Law 117–33: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the “Colonel Carlyle ‘Smitty’ Harris Post Office”.Aug 6, 2021
  34. Public Law 117–34Public Law 117–34: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the “Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building”.Aug 6, 2021
  35. Public Law 117–35Public Law 117–35: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the “Jim Ramstad Post Office”.Aug 6, 2021
  36. Public Law 117–36Public Law 117–36: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.Aug 6, 2021
  37. Public Law 117–37Public Law 117–37: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy, and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments.Aug 25, 2021
  38. Public Law 117–38Public Law 117–38: To award a Congressional gold medal to the 369th Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters”, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during World War I.Aug 25, 2021
  39. Public Law 117–39Public Law 117–39: To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increased payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries, and for other purposes.Aug 31, 2021
  40. Public Law 117–40Public Law 117–40: To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available.Sep 24, 2021
  41. Public Law 117–41Public Law 117–41: To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.Sep 24, 2021
  42. Public Law 117–42Public Law 117–42: 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.Sep 30, 2021
  43. Public Law 117–43Public Law 117–43: Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance, and for other purposes.Sep 30, 2021
  44. Public Law 117–44Public Law 117–44: To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs, and for other purposes.Oct 2, 2021
  45. Public Law 117–45Public Law 117–45: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2021, 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.Oct 8, 2021
  46. Public Law 117–46Public Law 117–46: To amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency who incur qualifying injuries to the brain, to authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the Department of State who incur similar injuries, and for other purposes.Oct 8, 2021
  47. Public Law 117–47Public Law 117–47: To establish a K–12 education cybersecurity initiative, and for other purposes.Oct 8, 2021
  48. Public Law 117–48Public Law 117–48: To designate the September 11th National Memorial Trail Route, and for other purposes.Oct 13, 2021
  49. Public Law 117–49Public Law 117–49: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the service obligation verification process for TEACH Grant recipients, and for other purposes.Oct 13, 2021
  50. Public Law 117–50Public Law 117–50: To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.Oct 14, 2021
  51. Public Law 117–51Public Law 117–51: To amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, to modify certain deadlines relating to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.Oct 19, 2021
  52. Public Law 117–52Public Law 117–52: To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs, and for other purposes.Oct 31, 2021
  53. Public Law 117–53Public Law 117–53: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the modification, transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 2021
  54. Public Law 117–54Public Law 117–54: To advance the strategic alignment of United States diplomatic tools toward the realization of free, fair, and transparent elections in Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to protect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of the people of Nicaragua, and for other purposes.Nov 10, 2021
  55. Public Law 117–55Public Law 117–55: To ensure that the Federal Communications Commission prohibits authorization of radio frequency devices that pose a national security risk.Nov 11, 2021
  56. Public Law 117–56Public Law 117–56: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Columbus, Georgia, as the “Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic”.Nov 12, 2021
  57. Public Law 117–57Public Law 117–57: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Aurora, Colorado, as the “Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley VA Clinic”.Nov 12, 2021
  58. Public Law 117–58Public Law 117–58: To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.Nov 15, 2021
  59. Public Law 117–59Public Law 117–59: To amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.Nov 18, 2021
  60. Public Law 117–60Public Law 117–60: To make Federal law enforcement officer peer support communications confidential, and for other purposes.Nov 18, 2021
  61. Public Law 117–61Public Law 117–61: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty, and for other purposes.Nov 18, 2021
  62. Public Law 117–62Public Law 117–62: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and other commonly spoken languages, and for other purposes.Nov 22, 2021
  63. Public Law 117–63Public Law 117–63: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Nov 22, 2021
  64. Public Law 117–64Public Law 117–64: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of cameras in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.Nov 23, 2021
  65. Public Law 117–65Public Law 117–65: To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.Nov 23, 2021
  66. Public Law 117–66Public Law 117–66: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Nov 30, 2021
  67. Public Law 117–67Public Law 117–67: To identify and refer members of the Armed Forces with a health care occupation who are separating from the Armed Forces for potential employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Nov 30, 2021
  68. Public Law 117–68Public Law 117–68: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.Nov 30, 2021
  69. Public Law 117–69Public Law 117–69: To codify maternity care coordination programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.Nov 30, 2021
  70. Public Law 117–70Public Law 117–70: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 2021
  71. Public Law 117–71Public Law 117–71: To address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals.Dec 10, 2021
  72. Public Law 117–72Public Law 117–72: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and for other purposes.Dec 16, 2021
  73. Public Law 117–73Public Law 117–73: Joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit.Dec 16, 2021
  74. Public Law 117–74Public Law 117–74: To redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee as the “Odell Horton Federal Building”.Dec 21, 2021
  75. Public Law 117–75Public Law 117–75: To designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.Dec 21, 2021
  76. Public Law 117–76Public Law 117–76: To extend certain expiring provisions of law relating to benefits provided under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs during COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes.Dec 21, 2021
  77. Public Law 117–77Public Law 117–77: To empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to unilaterally request the assistance of the DC National Guard or Federal law enforcement agencies in emergencies without prior approval of the Capitol Police Board.Dec 22, 2021
  78. Public Law 117–78Public Law 117–78: To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes.Dec 23, 2021
  79. Public Law 117–79Public Law 117–79: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support research on, and expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and for other purposes.Dec 23, 2021
  80. Public Law 117–80Public Law 117–80: To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.Dec 27, 2021
  81. Public Law 117–81Public Law 117–81: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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.Dec 27, 2021