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The 117th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2021, and ended on January 3, 2023, enacted 362 public laws and 3 private laws. [1] [2] Donald Trump, who was the incumbent president for the Congress's first seventeen days, did not enact any laws before his presidential term expired.
The 118th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2023, and will end on January 3, 2025, has enacted 209 public laws and zero private laws. [1] [2] [3]In contrast with previous Congresses, which generally enacted their first laws no later than January or February, the 118th Congress's first law was enacted on March 20. [4]
At the federal level in the United States, legislation (i.e., "statutes" or "statutory law") consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of the United States and its predecessor, the Continental Congress, that were either signed into law by the President or passed by Congress after a presidential veto.
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 117th Congress that have successfully completed this process become public laws, listed as Acts of the 117th United States Congress.
Members of Congress spent the past 12 months ensuring that this session would be one for the history books. It was punctuated with the first removal of a House speaker, the first interim speaker ...
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 118th Congress that have successfully completed this process become public laws, listed as Acts of the 118th United States Congress.
An Act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act passed at the first Session of Congress, intituled “An act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States.” Sess. 3, ch. 8 1 Stat. 191 (chapter 8) 9: Feb. 25, 1791: Representatives in Congress from Kentucky and Vermont.
The last Congress, among the most productive in decades, passed more than 300 pieces of legislation over two years, including major infrastructure and climate change bills.