Administration of Barack Obama, 2015

Acts Approved by the President

December 31, 2015

Approved January 12

H.R. 26 / Public Law No. 114–1

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015

Approved February 12

H.R. 203 / Public Law No. 114–2

Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act

Approved February 27

H.R. 33 / Public Law No. 114–3

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Approved March 4

H.R. 240 / Public Law No. 114–4

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes

Approved March 7

H.R. 431 / Public Law No. 114–5

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Approved March 20

H.R. 1213 / Public Law No. 114–6

Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015

Approved April 1

H.R. 1527 / Public Law No. 114–7

Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015

Approved April 7

H.R. 1092 / Public Law No. 114–8

To designate the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the "Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building"

H.J. Res. 10 / Public Law No. 114–9

Providing for the reappointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Approved April 16

H.R. 2 / Public Law No. 114–10

Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Approved April 30

S. 535 / Public Law No. 114–11

Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015\

Approved May 19

S. 665 / Public Law No. 114–12

Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015

H.R. 2252 / Public Law No. 114–13

To clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, and for other purposes

Approved May 22

H.R. 606 / Public Law No. 114–14

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

H.R. 651 / Public Law No. 114–15

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the "Sister Ann Keefe Post Office"

H.R. 1075 / Public Law No. 114–16

To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry"

H.R. 1191 / Public Law No. 114–17

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015

S. 1124 / Public Law No. 114–18

WIOA Technical Amendments Act

H.R. 2496 / Public Law No. 114–19

Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act

Approved May 29

H.R. 1690 / Public Law No. 114–20

To designate the United States courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse"

H.R. 2353 / Public Law No. 114–21

Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015

S. 178 / Public Law No. 114–22

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015

Approved June 2

H.R. 2048 / Public Law No. 114–23

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Approved June 12

S. 802 / Public Law No. 114–24

Girls Count Act of 2015

Approved June 15

S. 1568 / Public Law No. 114–25

To extend the authorization to carry out the replacement of the existing medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado, to authorize transfers of amounts to carry out the replacement of such medical center, and for other purposes

Approved June 29

H.R. 2146 / Public Law No. 114–26

Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act

H.R. 1295 / Public Law No. 114–27

Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015

Approved July 6

H.R. 533 / Public Law No. 114–28

To revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes

H.R. 615 / Public Law No. 114–29

Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act

H.R. 893 / Public Law No. 114–30

Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Approved July 20

H.R. 91 / Public Law No. 114–31

Veterans Identification Card Act 2015

H.R. 728 / Public Law No. 114–32

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the "Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office"

H.R. 891 / Public Law No. 114–33

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in Floresville, Texas, as the "Floresville Veterans Post Office Building"

H.R. 1326 / Public Law No. 114–34

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office"

H.R. 1350 / Public Law No. 114–35

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the "Herman Badillo Post Office Building"

H.R. 2620 / Public Law No. 114–36

To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act

S. 179 / Public Law No. 114–37

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building"

Approved July 28

H.R. 2499 / Public Law No. 114–38

Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015

Approved July 30

S. 971 / Public Law No. 114–39

Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015

S. 984 / Public Law No. 114–40

Steve Gleason Act of 2015

Approved July 30

H.R. 3236 / Public Law No. 114–41

Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015

Approved August 6

H.R. 876 / Public Law No. 114–42

Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act

H.R. 1626 / Public Law No. 114–43

DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015

S. 1482 / Public Law No. 114–44

Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015

Approved August 7

H.R. 212 / Public Law No. 114–45

Drinking Water Protection Act

H.R. 1138 / Public Law No. 114–46

Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act

H.R. 1531 / Public Law No. 114–47

Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

H.R. 2131 / Public Law No. 114–48

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 83 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, as the "J. Waties Waring Judicial Center"

H.R. 2559 / Public Law No. 114–49

To designate the "PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway" in the State of Texas

Approved September 24

H.R. 720 / Public Law No. 114–50

Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015

S. 1359 / Public Law No. 114–51

E-Warranty Act of 2015

Approved September 30

H.R. 23 / Public Law No. 114–52

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015

H.R. 719 / Public Law No. 114–53

TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015. Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016

H.R. 2051 / Public Law No. 114–54

Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015

H.R. 3614 / Public Law No. 114–55

Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015

S. 230 / Public Law No. 114–56

To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska

S. 501 / Public Law No. 114–57

New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

S. 2082 / Public Law No. 114–58

Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2015

Approved October 7

H.R. 1020 / Public Law No. 114–59

STEM Education Act of 2015

H.R. 1624 / Public Law No. 114–60

Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

H.R. 2617 / Public Law No. 114–61

To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to reduce a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa

S. 136 / Public Law No. 114–62

Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015

S. 139 / Public Law No. 114–63

Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

S. 261 / Public Law No. 114–64

To designate the United States courthouse located at 200 NW 4th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the "William J. Holloway, Jr. United States Courthouse"

S. 565 / Public Law No. 114–65

Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015

S. 994 / Public Law No. 114–66

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office Building"

S. 1707 / Public Law No. 114–67

To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the "Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House"

Approved October 16

H.R. 2835 / Public Law No. 114–68

Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015

S. 986 / Public Law No. 114–69

Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act

S. 1300 / Public Law No. 114–70

Adoptive Family Relief Act

S. 2078 / Public Law No. 114–71

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015

Approved October 23

H.R. 3116 / Public Law No. 114–72

Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act

Approved October 29

H.R. 3819 / Public Law No. 114–73

Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015

Approved November 2

H.R. 1314 / Public Law No. 114–74

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

Approved November 5

H.R. 313 / Public Law No. 114–75

Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015

H.R. 322 / Public Law No. 114–76

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office"

H.R. 323 / Public Law No. 114–77

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office"

H.R. 324 / Public Law No. 114–78

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office"

H.R. 558 / Public Law No. 114–79

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 South Pioneer Boulevard in Springboro, Ohio, as the "Richard 'Dick' Chenault Post Office Building"

H.R. 623 / Public Law No. 114–80

DHS Social Media Improvement Act of 2015

H.R. 774 / Public Law No. 114–81

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

H.R. 1442 / Public Law No. 114–82

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building"

H.R. 1884 / Public Law No. 114–83

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New York, as the "Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building"

H.R. 3059 / Public Law No. 114–84

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 SE 28th Street, Del City, Oklahoma, as the James Robert Kalsu Post Office Building

S. 1362 / Public Law No. 114–85

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE programs)

S. 2162 / Public Law No. 114–86

Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015

Approved November 20

H.R. 3996 / Public Law No. 114–87

Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II

Approved November 25

H.R. 208 / Public Law No. 114–88

Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015

H.R. 639 / Public Law No. 114–89

Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act

H.R. 2262 / Public Law No. 114–90

U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act

S. 799 / Public Law No. 114–91

Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015

S. 1356 / Public Law No. 114–92

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

S. 2036 / Public Law No. 114–93

Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2015

Approved December 4

H.R. 22 / Public Law No. 114–94

Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act

Approved December 10

S. 1177 / Public Law No. 114–95

Every Student Succeeds Act

Approved December 11

H.R. 2250 / Public Law No. 114–96

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016

S. 599 / Public Law No. 114–97

Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act

S. 611 / Public Law No. 114–98

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

S. 1170 / Public Law No. 114–99

Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015

Approved December 16

H.J. Res. 78 / Public Law No. 114–100

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes

Approved December 18

H.R. 2270 / Public Law No. 114–101

Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act

H.R. 2297 / Public Law No. 114–102

Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015

H.R. 2693 / Public Law No. 114–103

To designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum"

H.R. 2820 / Public Law No. 114–104

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015

H.R. 3594 / Public Law No. 114–105

Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015

H.R. 3831 / Public Law No. 114–106

Securing Fairness in Regulatory Timing Act of 2015

H.R. 4246 / Public Law No. 114–107

National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2015

H.J. Res. 76 / Public Law No. 114–108

Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

S. 614 / Public Law No. 114–109

Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015

S. 808 / Public Law No. 114–110

Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015

S. 1090 / Public Law No. 114–111

Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015

S. 1461 / Public Law No. 114–112

To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015

H.R. 2029 / Public Law No. 114–113

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Approved December 28

H.R. 1321 / Public Law No. 114–114

Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

S. 2425 / Public Law No. 114–115

Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act