Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 13, 2024
Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22
How far 15,716 bills had gotten
At month 22 · Nov 13, 2024
12 of 106 were ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).
92% of the 118th Congress’s bills had not left committee at month 22. 1 in 148 had become law.
Shortcuts and dead ends
How endings are recordedEndings
Veto upheld is part of vetoed. A count of 0 has no list to open. Skipped committee usually means suspension of the rules or unanimous consent; discharge is by House petition or Senate Rule XIV.
How far bills get, by lobbying
Each group by stage reached · colors as in the bar above
Bills that 5 or more organizations lobbied on got past committee about three times as often as bills with no lobbying on file.
Counts organizations that reported lobbying on a bill, once each, from filings made before the bill left committee. Only organizations with a PAC on file are counted (about 2,200), so universities, hospitals, local governments and most nonprofits are left out and “no lobbying on file” can include bills others lobbied on. Set aside: 106 must-pass bills (spending, defense, stopgap, budget) and the handful of bills lobbied by more organizations than almost any other (12 became law).
Lobbying disclosure filings public by that date · 118th at month 22 Method
How long they take
median days10th–90th
Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 125 days.
Medians use only bills that made the step.
Action dates · 118th at month 22 Method
How long they are
Words (each step is 10 times longer) · bills per bar
The median bill is 529 words; 3 are over 200,000.
Latest text version on file, which can be newer than this point in the Congress. 113 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.
GovInfo bill text, latest version · 118th at month 22 Method
Every bill
9,241 bills · latest action first
- H.R. 9953In committeeReturn USA Act
- H.R. 9921In committeeTo amend the Delta Development Act to include the parish of Terrebonne as a Delta Regional Authority area.
- H.R. 9927In committeeTo terminate the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6513Became lawCOCOA Act of 2024
- H.R. 9912In committeeCoastal Restoration Act of 2024
- H.R. 9913In committeeEnding FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act
- H.R. 9914In committeeFresh Food Act
- H.R. 9915In committeeTo permanently extend the first right of refusal for the purchase of Tribal assets, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 9916In committeeImproving Medicare Services Act of 2024
- H.R. 9917In committeeTo modify procurement requirements relating to rare earth elements and strategic and critical materials by contractors of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 9918In committeeChiquita Canyon Tax Relief Act
- H.R. 9919In committeePostmaster General Reform Act of 2024
- H.R. 9920In committeeBE GONE Act
- H.R. 9923In committeeTo designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building".
- H.R. 9925In committeeMilitary and Educational Data Integration Act
- H.R. 9926In committeeSchool Freedom Act of 2024
- H.R. 9930In committeeTo amend the Small Business Act to include surviving children in the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 9931In committeeStudent Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2024
- H.R. 9932In committeeUpholding USPS Delivery Standards and Election Integrity Act of 2024
- H.R. 9933In committeeLINK Act
- H.R. 9935In committeeLowering Energy Costs for Manufactured Homeowners Act
- H.R. 9937In committeeStop Predatory Investing Act
- H.R. 9938In committeePromising Pathway Act 2.0
- H.R. 9939In committeeOrgan Donation Referral Improvement Act
- H.R. 9538In committeeLocal Procurement Act
Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file