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116th United States Congress. The 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021, during the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency.
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266) is a $484 billion law that increases funding to the Paycheck Protection Program and also provides more funding for hospitals and testing for COVID-19. The bill passed the Senate by voice vote on April 21, 2020. [1][2][3] The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote ...
Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019. A bill to provide for the compensation of Federal and other government employees affected by lapses in appropriations. Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 116–1 (text) (PDF) 116-2. January 18, 2019. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, [ b ][ 1 ] also known as the CARES Act, [ 2 ] is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The ...
At the end of a congressional session, the statutes enacted during that session are compiled into bound books, known as "session law" publications. The United States Statutes at Large is the name of the session law publication for U.S. Federal statutes. [1] The public laws and private laws are numbered and organized in chronological order. [2]
Public Law 116-136. 134 Stat 281. 116-139 Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Public Law 116-139. 134 Stat 620. 116-145 Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 116-159 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act 116-260 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Public Law 116-260. 134 Stat 1182. 116-283
For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill. After passage by both houses, a bill is enrolled and sent to the president for signature or veto. Bills from the 116th Congress that have successfully completed this process become public laws, listed as Acts of the 116th United States Congress.
The first public law enacted in the 115th Congress (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–1 (text)) was the last law signed by President Barack Obama, and he signed it into law in the Capitol in the last hour of his presidency on January 20, 2017, shortly before the inauguration of his successor. [1]